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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 twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A twin-aisle Boeing designed alongside the 757's generation of two-pilot flight decks.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A Hungarian two-seat light helicopter powered by a Rotax 915 iS.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
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