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.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A single-seat helicopter originally developed as a homebuilt kit.
A compact aerobatic biplane family with both single-seat and tandem-seat branches.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A modern utility single whose family includes both tailwheel and nosewheel configurations.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
A large twin-engine helicopter from the Super Puma line, used for offshore and public-service work.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A two-seat training single with a high wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
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