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 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
Airbus's first production aircraft, built around a twin-engine wide-body layout.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
An all-metal sport and touring aircraft from Bayerische Flugzeugwerke.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
The CJ4 belongs to Cessna's light-jet line, with two rear-mounted engines and a T-tail.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
Tecnam's two-seat, low-wing Sierra, introduced in the early 2000s.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A super-midsize business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated glass cockpit.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
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