Grumman Albatross HU-16 / G-111 ↗
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
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A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
A Belgian light helicopter with two seats arranged side by side.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
A personal jet with one engine above the rear fuselage and a distinctive V-tail.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
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