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.
An open, single-seat ultralight with its propeller behind the pilot.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A four-abreast regional-jet family spanning the E170, E175, E190 and E195.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
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