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.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
Mooney's four-seat piston family, developed through many touring-aircraft variants.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A simulated twin-turbine helicopter that explores no-tail-rotor anti-torque control.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A flyable interpretation of Testors’ 1980s speculative stealth-fighter design.
A slender supersonic trainer with tandem seats and two small afterburning turbojets.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A twin-aisle Boeing designed alongside the 757's generation of two-pilot flight decks.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
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