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.
An open, single-seat ultralight with its propeller behind the pilot.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A single-seat competition sailplane offered in Standard and 18-metre configurations.
A low-wing agricultural Cessna with a cockpit and hopper arranged around the job.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A twin-turboprop utility aircraft developed by Reims Aviation with Cessna.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
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