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A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
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A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A single-seat helicopter originally developed as a homebuilt kit.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
The fixed-gear, six-cylinder touring branch of Piper's PA-28 family.
A simulated twin-turbine helicopter that explores no-tail-rotor anti-torque control.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
Diamond's four-seat light twin, developed with diesel-powered versions.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
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