Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ↗
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
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An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A tandem-seat canard homebuilt with a pusher engine and distinctive winglets.
A carbon-fibre aerobatic monoplane family with a dedicated air-racing branch.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A four-seat composite touring and training aircraft developed from Diamond's smaller two-seater.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
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