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The Spirit of St. Louis is a custom-built airplane flown by Charles Lindbergh that made the first non-stop solo trans-Atlantic flight of 20 May & 21 May 1927.  This was also the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris, for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize. 

Size of Model:  W 20"   L 16"  H 8 1/2"

The Piper J-3 club is a small, simple, light aircraft that was built between 1937 & 1947 by Piper Aircraft.  With tandem (fore and aft) seating, it was intended for flight training but became one of the most popular and best-known light aircraft of all time.  Maiden flight 1938.

Size:  W  21"  L 14 1/2"  H 8 1/2"

The Cessna company traces its history to June 1911, when Clyde Cessna, a farmer in Rago, KS, built a wood-and-fabric plane and became the first person to build and fly an aircraft between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains.

The Beechcraft Bonanza is a general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by the Beech Aircraft Corp.  As of 2007 it is still being produced by Hawker Beechcraft.  More than 17,000 Bonanzas have been built.  Maiden flight December 12, 1945.

Size of model:  W 20 1/2    L  17 1/2    H 8 1/2

The CF 105 Arrow was a delta-wing interceptor aircraft.  Considered to be both advanced technical and aerodynamic achievement for the Canadian aviation industry, the CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at 50,000 ft+ altitude, and was intended to serve the Royal Canadian Air Force's interceptor for the 1960s and beyond.  Maiden flight March 25, 1958.

Size of Model:  W 11 1/4"  L 17"  H 9"

The A-1 Skyraider as a U.S. single-seat attack bomber of the 1950's, 1960's and early 1970's.  A propeller-driven anachronism in the jet age, the Skyraider had a remarkably long and successful career well into the space age, and inspired a straight-winged, slow-flying, jet-powered successor which is still in front line service today, the A-10 Warthog.  Maiden flight March 18, 1945.

The  Bonanza is a general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by the Beech Aircraft Corporation.  As of 2008 it is still being produced  by Hawker Beechcraft.  More than 17,000 Bonanzas have been built.  Maiden flight December 22, 1947.

Size of Model   W 19 12/"  L 18"  H 8 1/2"

The Avro 691 Lancastrian was a British passenger and mail transport aircraft of the 1940s and 1950s developed from the Avro Lancaster bomber.  Maiden flight 1943.  

Size of Model   W 22"  L 16  H 7

Stearman Aircraft Corporation as an aircraft manufacturer established by Lloyd Stearman at Wichita, KS in 1927.  Two years later, he sold it to the United Aircraft.
In September 1934, United was forced to separate its airline & aircraft manufacturing operations, Stearman was made a subsidiary.  The Stearman plant had created its most successful and enduring product, the Model 75 Kaydet that would become the main primary trainer aircraft for the US Military during WWII.

Size of model:  W 17 1/2"  L 15 1/2"  H 9 1/4"

The Van's RV-8 is a tandem two-seat, single-engine, low-wing homebuilt aircraft sold in kit form.  The  RV-8 is equipped with conventional landing gear.  The design is a larger development of the RV-4, and is similar in appearance to the earlier model.  Maiden flight 1998.

The Van's RV-6 is a two-seat, single-engine, low-wing homebuilt airplane sold in kit form.  The RV-6 is the tail-wheel equipped version while the RV-6A features a nose-wheel.  The RV-6 was the first aircraft in the popular Van's RV series to feature side-by-side seating and the first to offer a nosewheel option.  Miaden flight 1985.

Size of Model:   W15 1/4"  L 14"   H 7 1/4"

The Buhl was a utility aircraft built in the United States in 1926, notable as the first aircraft to receive a The Buhl was a utility aircraft built in the United States in 1926, notable as the first aircraft to recieve a type certificate in that country.  It was a conventional single-bay biplane with equal-span unstaggered wings and accomodations for the pilot and passengers.  Marketed for a variety of roles including crop-dusting, areial photography and freight carriage, only a hand full were built.  Maiden flight 1926.

Size of Model:   W 21"  L 17 1/2"  H 8" 

The Piper Cherokee is a series of six or seven seat, fixed-gear, light aircraft, manufactured in the United States by Piper Aircraft.  Maiden flight 1965.

Size of Model:  W 20 1/2"  L 17"  H 8"

The DHC-2 Beaver is a single engined, high wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, primarily known as a bush plane.  It is used for cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application (crop dusting and aerial topdressing), and has been widely adopted by armed forces as a utility aircraft.  The U.S. Army Air Corps purchased several hundred and nine DHC-2s are still in service with the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol) for search and rescue.  The Beaver is one of the most famous bush planes in the world, and today the aircraft is in such demand that there is a steady market for finding surplus examples in air museums and rebuilding them.  Maiden flight August 16, 1947.

Size of model:  W 21 1/2"  L 14"  H 5 1/2" (without stand)