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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 four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
Mooney's four-seat piston family, developed through many touring-aircraft variants.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
A tandem-seat canard homebuilt with a pusher engine and distinctive winglets.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
Two related Dutch regional jets developed from the F28 lineage.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
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