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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 three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A single-seat helicopter originally developed as a homebuilt kit.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
The fixed-gear, six-cylinder touring branch of Piper's PA-28 family.
A compact twin-engine transport helicopter with retractable gear and a long development history.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A low-wing agricultural Cessna with a cockpit and hopper arranged around the job.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
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