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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 Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A twin-turboprop utility aircraft developed by Reims Aviation with Cessna.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A four-seat, pressurised kit aircraft with a composite airframe and retractable landing gear.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
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