Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing ↗
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
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A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A compact Australian wartime fighter built around a radial engine.
A British utility twin built around short regional and practical transport work.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A corrugated-metal transport best known in its three-engine form.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
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