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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.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A five-seat turbine helicopter developed from Robinson's smaller piston-helicopter line.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
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