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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 wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
Tecnam's four-seat high-wing single, built with metal and carbon-fibre components.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
TorqueSim's Pocket Rocket, a simulated PT6-powered light aircraft with two gear layouts.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
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