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A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
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A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
An advanced trainer known around the world as the Texan, Harvard and SNJ.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A box-shaped utility twin whose cabin and rear access are central to its design.
A British utility twin built around short regional and practical transport work.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
A five-seat turbine helicopter developed from Robinson's smaller piston-helicopter line.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
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