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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 specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A four-seat composite touring and training aircraft developed from Diamond's smaller two-seater.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A medium commercial helicopter designed for passenger and utility transport.
A compact twin-engine transport helicopter with retractable gear and a long development history.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
Tecnam's two-seat, low-wing Sierra, introduced in the early 2000s.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A high-wing utility aircraft known for short-field work and a broad choice of working configurations.
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A Hungarian two-seat light helicopter powered by a Rotax 915 iS.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
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