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 fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A tandem-seat development of Scheibe’s touring motorglider family.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A very light twin jet developed from the Eclipse 500.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
Tecnam's four-seat high-wing single, built with metal and carbon-fibre components.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
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