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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 compact Italian light twin with a shoulder wing and metal airframe.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A tandem-seat utility aircraft whose light structure and high wing suit bush, towing and recreational work.
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
A light tandem-seat taildragger built around the familiar braced high-wing layout.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
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