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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.
Three fictional aircraft for exploring X-Plane’s atmosphere, terrain and extreme flight regimes.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
A four-seat composite touring and training aircraft developed from Diamond's smaller two-seater.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A very light twin jet developed from the Eclipse 500.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A compact Australian wartime fighter built around a radial engine.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A large twin-engine helicopter from the Super Puma line, used for offshore and public-service work.
Airbus's first production aircraft, built around a twin-engine wide-body layout.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
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