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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 four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
A very light twin jet developed from the Eclipse 500.
A Belgian light helicopter with two seats arranged side by side.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
A super-midsize business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated glass cockpit.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
The turboprop-powered member of Beechcraft’s tandem-seat Mentor training family.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
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