Hughes H-4 Hercules ↗
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
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A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
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