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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 powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A flyable interpretation of Testors’ 1980s speculative stealth-fighter design.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
Diamond's four-seat light twin, developed with diesel-powered versions.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A two-seat amphibian with a flying-boat hull and a pusher engine above the cabin.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
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