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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
An advanced trainer known around the world as the Texan, Harvard and SNJ.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
Tecnam's two-seat, low-wing Sierra, introduced in the early 2000s.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A flyable interpretation of Testors’ 1980s speculative stealth-fighter design.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
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