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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
A slender supersonic trainer with tandem seats and two small afterburning turbojets.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A corrugated-metal transport best known in its three-engine form.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
The Model 525 CitationJet, the starting point of Cessna's CJ and M2 lineage.
A twin-turbine Huey descendant with a four-blade main rotor.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A box-shaped utility twin whose cabin and rear access are central to its design.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A four-seat composite touring and training aircraft developed from Diamond's smaller two-seater.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
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