Ryan NYP “Spirit of St. Louis” ↗
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
Explore the aircraft. Find your simulator. Follow the sources.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A British utility twin built around short regional and practical transport work.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
Airbus's first production aircraft, built around a twin-engine wide-body layout.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A super-midsize business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated glass cockpit.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A carbon-fibre aerobatic monoplane family with a dedicated air-racing branch.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A late-1930s cabin aircraft with metal construction and retractable landing gear.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A twin-turboprop regional airliner developed through Swedish and American industrial cooperation.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
New aircraft, useful sources and improvements to AirframeDB. Occasional updates, when there’s something to share.