Douglas C-47 Skytrain ↗
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
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A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A utility-aircraft family whose stretched 207 branch trades compact proportions for more cabin space.
A two-seat training single with a high wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A compact Italian light twin with a shoulder wing and metal airframe.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
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