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A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
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A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A late-1930s cabin aircraft with metal construction and retractable landing gear.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A corrugated-metal transport best known in its three-engine form.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A compact aerobatic biplane family with both single-seat and tandem-seat branches.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
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