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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 Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A compact utility helicopter distinguished by its enclosed Fenestron tail rotor.
Tecnam's four-seat high-wing single, built with metal and carbon-fibre components.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A low-wing agricultural Cessna with a cockpit and hopper arranged around the job.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
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 compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A late-1930s cabin aircraft with metal construction and retractable landing gear.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
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