Ford 4AT Trimotor ↗
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
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A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A super-midsize business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated glass cockpit.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
A compact two-seat light aircraft with a high wing and a wide range of development variants.
A compact utility helicopter distinguished by its enclosed Fenestron tail rotor.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
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