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 long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
A two-seat composite light-aircraft family with a high wing and a compact enclosed cabin.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A two-seat training single with a high wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
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