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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.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
Cessna's retractable-gear Centurion, a high-wing touring aircraft.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A box-shaped utility twin whose cabin and rear access are central to its design.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A compact twin-engine helicopter widely used for medical, police and training work.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
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