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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.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
RotorWay's two-seat kit-helicopter family, with piston and turbine simulator interpretations.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
A compact two-seat light aircraft with a high wing and a wide range of development variants.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A four-engine Airbus wide-body developed in parallel with the A330.
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