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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 pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A high-wing utility aircraft known for short-field work and a broad choice of working configurations.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
A compact Australian wartime fighter built around a radial engine.
A light business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated flight deck.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A Belgian light helicopter with two seats arranged side by side.
A corrugated-metal transport best known in its three-engine form.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A very large single-engine biplane designed for practical work from modest airfields.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A compact Czech touring aircraft with side-by-side seats and a streamlined low-wing airframe.
A twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
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