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 tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
A long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
An open, single-seat ultralight with its propeller behind the pilot.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A box-shaped utility twin whose cabin and rear access are central to its design.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
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