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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 heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A light tandem-seat taildragger built around the familiar braced high-wing layout.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A two-seat amphibian with a flying-boat hull and a pusher engine above the cabin.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
An advanced trainer known around the world as the Texan, Harvard and SNJ.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
An enclosed gyroplane represented in VSKYLABS’ X-Plane fleet.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
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