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A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
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A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
A compact two-seat light aircraft with a high wing and a wide range of development variants.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
An advanced trainer known around the world as the Texan, Harvard and SNJ.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
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.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
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