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An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
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An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A tandem-seat light aircraft with a streamlined low-wing layout.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
Two related Dutch regional jets developed from the F28 lineage.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
A radial-engined light transport whose long career covered passengers, freight and military training.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
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