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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 pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A four-engine Airbus wide-body developed in parallel with the A330.
A single-seat helicopter originally developed as a homebuilt kit.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A late-1930s cabin aircraft with metal construction and retractable landing gear.
A single-seat competition sailplane offered in Standard and 18-metre configurations.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
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