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 vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A high-wing utility aircraft known for short-field work and a broad choice of working configurations.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A light business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated flight deck.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
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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