Hughes H-4 Hercules ↗
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
Explore the aircraft. Find your simulator. Follow the sources.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
Mooney's four-seat piston family, developed through many touring-aircraft variants.
A compact two-seat light aircraft with a high wing and a wide range of development variants.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A four-seat composite touring and training aircraft developed from Diamond's smaller two-seater.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A two-seat Tecnam high-wing aircraft combining composite and metal construction.
A five-seat turbine helicopter developed from Robinson's smaller piston-helicopter line.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
New aircraft, useful sources and improvements to AirframeDB. Occasional updates, when there’s something to share.