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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 four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
Cessna's retractable-gear Centurion, a high-wing touring aircraft.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A compact utility helicopter distinguished by its enclosed Fenestron tail rotor.
A flyable interpretation of Testors’ 1980s speculative stealth-fighter design.
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A single-seat helicopter originally developed as a homebuilt kit.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
A compact aerobatic biplane family with both single-seat and tandem-seat branches.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
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