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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 pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
A tandem-seat utility aircraft whose light structure and high wing suit bush, towing and recreational work.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
A compact twin-engine transport helicopter with retractable gear and a long development history.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A very light twin jet developed from the Eclipse 500.
Three fictional aircraft for exploring X-Plane’s atmosphere, terrain and extreme flight regimes.
A high-wing utility aircraft known for short-field work and a broad choice of working configurations.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
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