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.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A four-seat, pressurised kit aircraft with a composite airframe and retractable landing gear.
A personal jet with one engine above the rear fuselage and a distinctive V-tail.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A slender supersonic trainer with tandem seats and two small afterburning turbojets.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A compact two-seat light aircraft with a high wing and a wide range of development variants.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A two-seat amphibian with a flying-boat hull and a pusher engine above the cabin.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
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