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 radial-engined light transport whose long career covered passengers, freight and military training.
A tandem-seat light aircraft with a streamlined low-wing layout.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A modern utility single whose family includes both tailwheel and nosewheel configurations.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
Two related Dutch regional jets developed from the F28 lineage.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A medium commercial helicopter designed for passenger and utility transport.
A single-seat helicopter originally developed as a homebuilt kit.
A four-abreast regional-jet family spanning the E170, E175, E190 and E195.
Pipistrel's streamlined four-seat composite-aircraft design.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
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