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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 composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A modern utility single whose family includes both tailwheel and nosewheel configurations.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
A two-seat training single with a high wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
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