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 twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A two-seat training single with a high wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A tandem-seat light aircraft with a streamlined low-wing layout.
A corrugated-metal transport best known in its three-engine form.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A tandem-seat canard homebuilt with a pusher engine and distinctive winglets.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A two-seat composite light-aircraft family with a high wing and a compact enclosed cabin.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
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