Cessna CH-1 Skyhook ↗
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
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Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
An advanced trainer known around the world as the Texan, Harvard and SNJ.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A carbon-fibre aerobatic monoplane family with a dedicated air-racing branch.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A single-seat helicopter originally developed as a homebuilt kit.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
An Italian light aircraft known for military training and aerobatic use.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
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