Douglas C-47 Skytrain ↗
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
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A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
Diamond's four-seat light twin, developed with diesel-powered versions.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A compact regional turboprop with a pressurised cabin for up to 19 passengers.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
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