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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 small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A tandem-seat development of Scheibe’s touring motorglider family.
A compact two-seat light aircraft with a high wing and a wide range of development variants.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
The fixed-gear, six-cylinder touring branch of Piper's PA-28 family.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
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