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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 Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A high-wing utility aircraft known for short-field work and a broad choice of working configurations.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A box-shaped utility twin whose cabin and rear access are central to its design.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A narrow-body twin developed as a new generation of medium-range airliner.
A slender supersonic trainer with tandem seats and two small afterburning turbojets.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
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