McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II ↗
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
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The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
A compact aerobatic biplane family with both single-seat and tandem-seat branches.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A tandem-seat canard homebuilt with a pusher engine and distinctive winglets.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A tandem-seat development of Scheibe’s touring motorglider family.
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