World's First All-Magnesium Plane - This shows the U.S. Air Force's all-magnesium F-80C Shooting Star single jet fighter plane on the runway at Mitchell Air Force Base, Long Island, New York. Because magnesium in more rigid than aluminum, although lighter, the plane has about half the parts used in a comparable aluminum plane and is faster in speed. December 22, 1985. (Photo by United States Information Centre).