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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 short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A flyable interpretation of Testors’ 1980s speculative stealth-fighter design.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A twin-hull flying boat with its engines mounted together above the wing.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
Tecnam's two-seat, low-wing Sierra, introduced in the early 2000s.
RotorWay's two-seat kit-helicopter family, with piston and turbine simulator interpretations.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A compact Italian light twin with a shoulder wing and metal airframe.
The CJ4 belongs to Cessna's light-jet line, with two rear-mounted engines and a T-tail.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A utility-aircraft family whose stretched 207 branch trades compact proportions for more cabin space.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A twin-turboprop utility aircraft developed by Reims Aviation with Cessna.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
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