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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 large twin-engine helicopter from the Super Puma line, used for offshore and public-service work.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A carbon-fibre aerobatic monoplane family with a dedicated air-racing branch.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A compact Czech touring aircraft with side-by-side seats and a streamlined low-wing airframe.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
A radial-engined light transport whose long career covered passengers, freight and military training.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
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