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The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
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The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A tandem-seat light aircraft with a streamlined low-wing layout.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
An open, single-seat ultralight with its propeller behind the pilot.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
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