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32 aircraft · 26
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
The advanced trijet once flown by Air Lanka
19704,963 km
9 × TriStar tanker-transport, retired 2014
Boeing E-7A Wedgetail
Airborne early-warning jet built on the Boeing 737
20046,500 km
3 × entering service
BAE Systems 146 / Avro RJ
The quiet four-engined "Whisperjet"
19812,909 km
BAe 146 CC2/C3, retired 2022
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
Second-generation jump jet of the US Marines
19811,083 km/h
Harrier GR7/GR9, retired 2010
Leonardo (AgustaWestland) AW101 Merlin
Three-engined Anglo-Italian medium-lift helicopter
1987309 km/h1,389 km
Merlin HC3, transferred to Royal Navy 2014
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
The bristling four-engined bomber of the daylight air war
1935462 km/h3,219 km
Fortress I–III, Coastal Command
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Pressurised long-range bomber that ended the Pacific War
1942574 km/h5,230 km
as Washington B.1, 1950–54
Lockheed C-130H Hercules
The classic Hercules, the world's favourite military transport
1954592 km/h3,800 km
C-130K, retired 2013
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
The latest version of the legendary Hercules
1996671 km/h3,334 km
retired 2023
Sopwith Aviation Camel
The First World War's top-scoring Allied fighter
1916185 km/h485 km
with the RFC and RNAS before April 1918
de Havilland Aircraft Company DH.106 Comet
The world's first jet airliner
1949846 km/h5,190 km
Comet C2/C4 transports, retired
BAE Systems Harrier (first generation)
The world's first operational jump jet
19671,176 km/h
GR.1/GR.3, retired 1994
Hawker Aircraft Hurricane
The fighter that defended Colombo in 1942
1935547 km/h965 km
incl. squadrons based in Ceylon 1942–44
General Atomics Aeronautical MQ-9 Reaper
Long-endurance armed drone
2001482 km/h1,850 km
replaced by MQ-9B Protector
North American Aviation P-51 Mustang
Long-range escort fighter of the Second World War
1940703 km/h2,755 km
Mustang III/IV, retired
Consolidated Aircraft PBY Catalina
The flying boat that saved Ceylon
1935314 km/h4,030 km
incl. squadrons at Koggala, Ceylon
Supermarine Spitfire
Elliptical-winged hero of the Battle of Britain
1936657 km/h698 km
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
