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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 compact aerobatic biplane family with both single-seat and tandem-seat branches.
A compact utility helicopter distinguished by its enclosed Fenestron tail rotor.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A light tandem-seat taildragger built around the familiar braced high-wing layout.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A tandem-seat canard homebuilt with a pusher engine and distinctive winglets.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A compact twin-engine helicopter widely used for medical, police and training work.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
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