Ryan NYP “Spirit of St. Louis” ↗
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
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The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
A carbon-fibre aerobatic monoplane family with a dedicated air-racing branch.
A corrugated-metal transport best known in its three-engine form.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
A two-seat Tecnam high-wing aircraft combining composite and metal construction.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
A modern utility single whose family includes both tailwheel and nosewheel configurations.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A twin-hull flying boat with its engines mounted together above the wing.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A super-midsize business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated glass cockpit.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
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