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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.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
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.
RotorWay's two-seat kit-helicopter family, with piston and turbine simulator interpretations.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A four-abreast regional-jet family spanning the E170, E175, E190 and E195.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A two-seat composite light-aircraft family with a high wing and a compact enclosed cabin.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
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