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A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
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A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A personal jet with one engine above the rear fuselage and a distinctive V-tail.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A simulator-designed very light jet using the Citation Mustang as a reference.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A compact Australian wartime fighter built around a radial engine.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A compact Italian light twin with a shoulder wing and metal airframe.
A British utility twin built around short regional and practical transport work.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
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