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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.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A super-midsize business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated glass cockpit.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
Tecnam's two-seat, low-wing Sierra, introduced in the early 2000s.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
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