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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 military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
Pipistrel's streamlined four-seat composite-aircraft design.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A compact two-seat light aircraft with a high wing and a wide range of development variants.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
An all-metal sport and touring aircraft from Bayerische Flugzeugwerke.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
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