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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 family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A narrow-body twin developed as a new generation of medium-range airliner.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
A tandem-seat development of Scheibe’s touring motorglider family.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A five-seat turbine helicopter developed from Robinson's smaller piston-helicopter line.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A simulated twin-turbine helicopter that explores no-tail-rotor anti-torque control.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A Hungarian two-seat light helicopter powered by a Rotax 915 iS.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
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