Editing Fixed-wing aircraft (section)

===Postwar===
In October 1947, the [[Bell X-1]] was the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound, flown by [[Chuck Yeager]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-085-DFRC.html#.VZTAlPlViko NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: First Generation X-1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713021710/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-085-DFRC.html#.VZTAlPlViko |date=13 July 2015 }}, 28 February 2014</ref>

In 1948–49, aircraft transported supplies during the [[Berlin Blockade]]. New aircraft types, such as the [[B-52]], were produced during the [[Cold War]].

The first [[jet airliner]], the [[de Havilland Comet]], was introduced in 1952, followed by the Soviet [[Tupolev Tu-104]] in 1956. The [[Boeing 707]], the first widely successful commercial jet, was in commercial service for more than 50 years, from 1958 to 2010. The [[Boeing 747]] was the world's largest passenger aircraft from 1970 until it was surpassed by the [[Airbus A380]] in 2005. The most successful aircraft is the [[Douglas DC-3]] and its military version, the [[C-47]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/douglas-dc-3/nasm_A19530075000#:~:text=The%20airlines%20liked%20it%20because,hours%20with%20Eastern%20Air%20Lines | title=Douglas DC-3 &#124; National Air and Space Museum }}</ref> a medium sized twin engine passenger or transport aircraft that has been in service since 1936 and is still used throughout the world. Some of the hundreds of versions found other purposes, like the [[Douglas AC-47 Spooky|AC-47]], a [[Vietnam War]] era gunship, which is still used in the [[Colombian Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.twz.com/39236/theres-one-place-in-the-world-where-ac-47-spooky-gunships-still-fly#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20venerable%20World,of%20the%20Colombian%20Air%20Force | title=There's One Place in the World Where AC-47 Spooky Gunships Still Fly | date=12 February 2021 }}</ref>