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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.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A medium commercial helicopter designed for passenger and utility transport.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A British utility twin built around short regional and practical transport work.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
An enclosed gyroplane represented in VSKYLABS’ X-Plane fleet.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A large twin-engine helicopter from the Super Puma line, used for offshore and public-service work.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
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