Types d'avion: General aviation

The only jet-powered biplane At the controls of the Jet Pitts G-JPIT, Rich Goodwin is electrifying European air shows with an absolutely unique aircraft. A former Royal Air Force Tornado pilot and Boeing 767 captain, Rich specialises in extreme aerobatics. His Jet Pitts is the culmination of a crazy project started in 2014: to design the very first twin-engine Pitts Special with mixed propulsion, combining a piston engine and two jet turbines. An extraordinary machine The G-JPIT has been completely rebuilt around a new oversized wing, designed by Eddie Saurenman, a specialist in experimental aerobatic aircraft. These wings offer exceptional…

The elegance of the Roaring Twenties The Travel Air 4000, the emblematic American biplane of the 1920s, embodies the romanticism of the early days of civil aviation. Designed in Wichita by the Travel Air Manufacturing Company - founded by Clyde Cessna and Walter Beech - this aircraft was one of the most popular of the post-First World War era. Used as much for training as for air shows and passenger flights, it became a veritable symbol of leisure aviation in the United States. Its classic offset-wing design, tubular fuselage and sleek lines make it as attractive as it is efficient.…