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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 carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A compact twin-engine transport helicopter with retractable gear and a long development history.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
Cessna's retractable-gear Centurion, a high-wing touring aircraft.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
Tecnam's four-seat high-wing single, built with metal and carbon-fibre components.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
Pipistrel's streamlined four-seat composite-aircraft design.
A compact aerobatic biplane family with both single-seat and tandem-seat branches.
A very large single-engine biplane designed for practical work from modest airfields.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
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