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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 twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A box-shaped utility twin whose cabin and rear access are central to its design.
A corrugated-metal transport best known in its three-engine form.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A compact two-seat light aircraft with a high wing and a wide range of development variants.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A single-seat competition sailplane offered in Standard and 18-metre configurations.
A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
The turboprop-powered member of Beechcraft’s tandem-seat Mentor training family.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A twin-turboprop utility aircraft developed by Reims Aviation with Cessna.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
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