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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 tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A very large single-engine biplane designed for practical work from modest airfields.
The Model 525 CitationJet, the starting point of Cessna's CJ and M2 lineage.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
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