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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.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A Hungarian two-seat light helicopter powered by a Rotax 915 iS.
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