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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 swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A compact Czech touring aircraft with side-by-side seats and a streamlined low-wing airframe.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and a long international service history.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A five-seat turbine helicopter developed from Robinson's smaller piston-helicopter line.
A two-seat Tecnam high-wing aircraft combining composite and metal construction.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A narrow-body twin developed as a new generation of medium-range airliner.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
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