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 DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
A four-seat, pressurised kit aircraft with a composite airframe and retractable landing gear.
A slender supersonic trainer with tandem seats and two small afterburning turbojets.
A light business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated flight deck.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
A single-seat competition sailplane offered in Standard and 18-metre configurations.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
The turboprop-powered member of Beechcraft’s tandem-seat Mentor training family.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
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