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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 two-seat Tecnam high-wing aircraft combining composite and metal construction.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A very light twin jet developed from the Eclipse 500.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A medium commercial helicopter designed for passenger and utility transport.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
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