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A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
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A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
A compact two-seat light aircraft with a high wing and a wide range of development variants.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A twin-turboprop regional airliner developed through Swedish and American industrial cooperation.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A French two-seat aerobatic trainer with side-by-side seating and a distinctive curved wing outline.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
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