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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.
Avro's delta-wing bomber, developed for Britain's postwar strategic force.
Cessna's retractable-gear Centurion, a high-wing touring aircraft.
An advanced trainer known around the world as the Texan, Harvard and SNJ.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
Mooney's four-seat piston family, developed through many touring-aircraft variants.
A two-seat Tecnam high-wing aircraft combining composite and metal construction.
A four-seat composite touring and training aircraft developed from Diamond's smaller two-seater.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A tandem-seat development of Scheibe’s touring motorglider family.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
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