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 rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
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 regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
A two-seat amphibian with a flying-boat hull and a pusher engine above the cabin.
A two-seat composite light-aircraft family with a high wing and a compact enclosed cabin.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
Mooney's four-seat piston family, developed through many touring-aircraft variants.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
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