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 heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A two-seat composite light-aircraft family with a high wing and a compact enclosed cabin.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
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