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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 large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
Pipistrel's streamlined four-seat composite-aircraft design.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A four-seat, pressurised kit aircraft with a composite airframe and retractable landing gear.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
A British utility twin built around short regional and practical transport work.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
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