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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 pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A hybrid-electric regional-airliner concept represented in the simulator while the real programme develops.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A radial-engined light transport whose long career covered passengers, freight and military training.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
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