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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.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A carbon-fibre aerobatic monoplane family with a dedicated air-racing branch.
A compact Italian light twin with a shoulder wing and metal airframe.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
An enclosed gyroplane represented in VSKYLABS’ X-Plane fleet.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
Airbus's first production aircraft, built around a twin-engine wide-body layout.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
An open, single-seat ultralight with its propeller behind the pilot.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
A twin-turboprop utility aircraft developed by Reims Aviation with Cessna.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A two-seat Tecnam high-wing aircraft combining composite and metal construction.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A slender supersonic trainer with tandem seats and two small afterburning turbojets.
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