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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 rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
RotorWay's two-seat kit-helicopter family, with piston and turbine simulator interpretations.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
Three fictional aircraft for exploring X-Plane’s atmosphere, terrain and extreme flight regimes.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A box-shaped utility twin whose cabin and rear access are central to its design.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
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