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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 light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
Tecnam's four-seat high-wing single, built with metal and carbon-fibre components.
A twin-turboprop regional airliner developed through Swedish and American industrial cooperation.
The fixed-gear, six-cylinder touring branch of Piper's PA-28 family.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
TorqueSim's Pocket Rocket, a simulated PT6-powered light aircraft with two gear layouts.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
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