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 cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
A four-engine Airbus wide-body developed in parallel with the A330.
A Belgian light helicopter with two seats arranged side by side.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
A twin-hull flying boat with its engines mounted together above the wing.
A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A four-abreast regional-jet family spanning the E170, E175, E190 and E195.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
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