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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 long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
Two related Dutch regional jets developed from the F28 lineage.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
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