Hughes H-4 Hercules ↗
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
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A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
Tecnam's two-seat, low-wing Sierra, introduced in the early 2000s.
A high-wing utility aircraft known for short-field work and a broad choice of working configurations.
A tandem-seat development of Scheibe’s touring motorglider family.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
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