Granville Gee Bee R2 / Z ↗
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
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A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A four-seat, pressurised kit aircraft with a composite airframe and retractable landing gear.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A simulator-designed very light jet using the Citation Mustang as a reference.
A twin-hull flying boat with its engines mounted together above the wing.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A very large single-engine biplane designed for practical work from modest airfields.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
The Model 525 CitationJet, the starting point of Cessna's CJ and M2 lineage.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A light tandem-seat taildragger built around the familiar braced high-wing layout.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
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