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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.
A late-1930s cabin aircraft with metal construction and retractable landing gear.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
An all-metal sport and touring aircraft from Bayerische Flugzeugwerke.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
The fixed-gear, six-cylinder touring branch of Piper's PA-28 family.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
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