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.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
A corrugated-metal transport best known in its three-engine form.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
An open, single-seat ultralight with its propeller behind the pilot.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A narrow-body twin developed as a new generation of medium-range airliner.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
A tandem-seat canard homebuilt with a pusher engine and distinctive winglets.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
An Italian light aircraft known for military training and aerobatic use.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
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