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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 two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
Three fictional aircraft for exploring X-Plane’s atmosphere, terrain and extreme flight regimes.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A compact Italian light twin with a shoulder wing and metal airframe.
Two related Dutch regional jets developed from the F28 lineage.
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A radial-engined light transport whose long career covered passengers, freight and military training.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A four-abreast regional-jet family spanning the E170, E175, E190 and E195.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A tandem-seat light aircraft with a streamlined low-wing layout.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A compact Czech touring aircraft with side-by-side seats and a streamlined low-wing airframe.
A Belgian light helicopter with two seats arranged side by side.
A very light twin jet developed from the Eclipse 500.
A modern utility single whose family includes both tailwheel and nosewheel configurations.
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