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 utility-aircraft family whose stretched 207 branch trades compact proportions for more cabin space.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A radial-engined light transport whose long career covered passengers, freight and military training.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A super-midsize business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated glass cockpit.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
A carbon-fibre aerobatic monoplane family with a dedicated air-racing branch.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
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