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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.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
TorqueSim's Pocket Rocket, a simulated PT6-powered light aircraft with two gear layouts.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A late-1930s cabin aircraft with metal construction and retractable landing gear.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
A single-seat competition sailplane offered in Standard and 18-metre configurations.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
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