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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.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
Cessna's retractable-gear Centurion, a high-wing touring aircraft.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
TorqueSim's Pocket Rocket, a simulated PT6-powered light aircraft with two gear layouts.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A large twin-engine helicopter from the Super Puma line, used for offshore and public-service work.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
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