Granville Gee Bee R2 / Z ↗
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
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A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A radial-engined light transport whose long career covered passengers, freight and military training.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A tandem-seat canard homebuilt with a pusher engine and distinctive winglets.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
Diamond's four-seat light twin, developed with diesel-powered versions.
Airbus's first production aircraft, built around a twin-engine wide-body layout.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A medium commercial helicopter designed for passenger and utility transport.
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
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