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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 twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
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