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 light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A compact twin-engine transport helicopter with retractable gear and a long development history.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A four-engine Airbus wide-body developed in parallel with the A330.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
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