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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 long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
Tecnam's two-seat, low-wing Sierra, introduced in the early 2000s.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A twin-hull flying boat with its engines mounted together above the wing.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
Tecnam's four-seat high-wing single, built with metal and carbon-fibre components.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
A narrow-body twin developed as a new generation of medium-range airliner.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
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