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A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
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A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
An enclosed gyroplane represented in VSKYLABS’ X-Plane fleet.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
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