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An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
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An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
Tecnam's four-seat high-wing single, built with metal and carbon-fibre components.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A four-abreast regional-jet family spanning the E170, E175, E190 and E195.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
A tandem-seat development of Scheibe’s touring motorglider family.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
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