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An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
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An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
The fixed-gear, six-cylinder touring branch of Piper's PA-28 family.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A compact regional turboprop with a pressurised cabin for up to 19 passengers.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A low-wing agricultural Cessna with a cockpit and hopper arranged around the job.
Avro's delta-wing bomber, developed for Britain's postwar strategic force.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
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