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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 pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
Airbus's first production aircraft, built around a twin-engine wide-body layout.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A twin-aisle Boeing designed alongside the 757's generation of two-pilot flight decks.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A two-seat Tecnam high-wing aircraft combining composite and metal construction.
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