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 large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A twin-hull flying boat with its engines mounted together above the wing.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
An Italian light aircraft known for military training and aerobatic use.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
A single-seat competition sailplane offered in Standard and 18-metre configurations.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
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