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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 utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
A very light twin jet developed from the Eclipse 500.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A twin-turboprop regional airliner developed through Swedish and American industrial cooperation.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A tandem-seat utility aircraft whose light structure and high wing suit bush, towing and recreational work.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
Dassault's long-range Falcon 8X, developed from the three-engine 7X.
A slender supersonic trainer with tandem seats and two small afterburning turbojets.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A very large single-engine biplane designed for practical work from modest airfields.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
The turboprop-powered member of Beechcraft’s tandem-seat Mentor training family.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
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