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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.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
A turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and a long international service history.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A modern medium twin-engine helicopter developed as a successor to the Dauphin line.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A Hungarian two-seat light helicopter powered by a Rotax 915 iS.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
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