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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 long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A twin-turbine Huey descendant with a four-blade main rotor.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
A two-seat composite light-aircraft family with a high wing and a compact enclosed cabin.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
A twin-aisle Boeing designed alongside the 757's generation of two-pilot flight decks.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
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