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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 flyable interpretation of Testors’ 1980s speculative stealth-fighter design.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
Pipistrel's streamlined four-seat composite-aircraft design.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
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