It was mostly named after the bird of prey, as many fighter planes have been; for example, the Hawker Sea Hawk.
Eurofighter Typhoon, Harrier, and the Tornado (they plan to order F-35s)
EuroFighter Typhoon.
The lightest palne was a dog plane
Sukhoi MKI
F-35 Lightning
The Harrier Jump Jet
U2, B-52s.
Francis K. Mason has written: 'The hawker hurricane' 'Famous pilots and their planes' 'British fighters of World War 2' 'Harrier' -- subject(s): Harrier (Jet fighter plane)
The V:22 Osperey can...so can the harrier models but those are Jets not Planes. The F:35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) can too but again its a Jet.
Hawker Siddeley Harrier.
Harrier fighter
The possessive form of 'the wingspan of the fighter plane' is the fighter plane's wingspan.
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The V-22 Osprey is the newest Army "helicopter" that can lift off vertically. The Harrier Jet is the US Marine fighter jet that takes off vertically.
Form of a fighter plane is purely dictacted by function.
The first fighter plane was designed in 1914. It was the Fokker D. II, named for its designer, Antonne Fokker. He was Dutch, but worked for the Germans.
.....vertically at take-off and landing.