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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 four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
An open, single-seat ultralight with its propeller behind the pilot.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
Avro's delta-wing bomber, developed for Britain's postwar strategic force.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A twin-turbine Huey descendant with a four-blade main rotor.
A slender supersonic trainer with tandem seats and two small afterburning turbojets.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
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