Comments: -- Bonus Fact: the Boeing 747 actually started out as a prototype heavy cargo plane designed for the U.S.A.F. in which Boeing was confident they would get the contract, but didn't. During a very famous fishing trip between the two respective C.E.O's., an agreement was reached in which Boeing had a BEAUTIFUL PLANE with no purpose, and Pan-Am had a PERFECT PURPOSE with no plane! The only condition of which being the three (3) HVAC units normally situated behind the cockpit would be moved to the lower decks, opening up an entirely new deck for Pan-Am to use for first class service. Long story short, with one single aircraft, Pan-Am completely redefined what 'First Class' meant on an major airline.

Fact Checker SR-71 took off with way more fuel than it needed but it was built to fly at such altitude that the entire aircraft actually grew a little from the Heat the seals for the fuel tanks would not seal the tanks at low altitudes once It got to hire altitude heated up the seals and sealed perfectly the fuel leaked out during takeoff that why the refueled after takeoff every plane is worried about an engine flaming out on take off with full of fuel but they all do it but what they don't do is fly at this altitude 70000 80,000 feet that's why they're really refuel not all that crap that you said

Personally, i believe you missed out on one wicked mean ass aircraft by not including the A-10 Warthog. From its 1st test flight, this aircraft has been one badass fighter/bomber. It's profile was something out of a psycho warhead movie, but it gained serious respect from it's pilots and their enemies. It should have been on this list.

As much as I love aviation, I fear SpaceX & Rocketlabs are going to make much of it somewhat irrelevant in coming years. Pan-am's like "I can get ya there in like 18 hours or so" meanwhile, Elon Musk is all "Yeah, gimme two or three