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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 pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
A long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A two-seat composite light-aircraft family with a high wing and a compact enclosed cabin.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A compact Italian light twin with a shoulder wing and metal airframe.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A medium commercial helicopter designed for passenger and utility transport.
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
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