Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ↗
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
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An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A compact regional turboprop with a pressurised cabin for up to 19 passengers.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A four-seat, pressurised kit aircraft with a composite airframe and retractable landing gear.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
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