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 flyable interpretation of Testors’ 1980s speculative stealth-fighter design.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A tandem-seat development of Scheibe’s touring motorglider family.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A twin-turbine Huey descendant with a four-blade main rotor.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
A twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A twin-turboprop regional airliner developed through Swedish and American industrial cooperation.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
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