McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II ↗
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
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The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
The fixed-gear, six-cylinder touring branch of Piper's PA-28 family.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A twin-hull flying boat with its engines mounted together above the wing.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A British utility twin built around short regional and practical transport work.
A Belgian light helicopter with two seats arranged side by side.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
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