Lockheed C-130 Hercules ↗
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
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A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
Avro's delta-wing bomber, developed for Britain's postwar strategic force.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A tandem-seat development of Scheibe’s touring motorglider family.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
A two-seat composite light-aircraft family with a high wing and a compact enclosed cabin.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A utility-aircraft family whose stretched 207 branch trades compact proportions for more cabin space.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
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