Lockheed SR-71 ↗
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
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A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
A twin-aisle Boeing designed alongside the 757's generation of two-pilot flight decks.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A carbon-fibre aerobatic monoplane family with a dedicated air-racing branch.
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