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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
The fixed-gear, six-cylinder touring branch of Piper's PA-28 family.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
SOCATA's touring-aircraft family, including the Tobago and Trinidad.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A four-seat composite touring and training aircraft developed from Diamond's smaller two-seater.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
A compact two-seat light aircraft with a high wing and a wide range of development variants.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A compact twin-engine helicopter widely used for medical, police and training work.
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