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A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
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A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A tandem-seat light aircraft with a streamlined low-wing layout.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
A slender supersonic trainer with tandem seats and two small afterburning turbojets.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A four-seat, pressurised kit aircraft with a composite airframe and retractable landing gear.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A compact utility helicopter distinguished by its enclosed Fenestron tail rotor.
A long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
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