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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 JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
Mooney's four-seat piston family, developed through many touring-aircraft variants.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A narrow-body twin developed as a new generation of medium-range airliner.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
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