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 utility-aircraft family whose stretched 207 branch trades compact proportions for more cabin space.
A five-seat turbine helicopter developed from Robinson's smaller piston-helicopter line.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
Pipistrel's streamlined four-seat composite-aircraft design.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
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