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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 large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
RotorWay's two-seat kit-helicopter family, with piston and turbine simulator interpretations.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
An advanced trainer known around the world as the Texan, Harvard and SNJ.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
A twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A twin-turboprop utility aircraft developed by Reims Aviation with Cessna.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
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