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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 compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A two-seat amphibian with a flying-boat hull and a pusher engine above the cabin.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A tandem-seat development of Scheibe’s touring motorglider family.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
The turboprop-powered member of Beechcraft’s tandem-seat Mentor training family.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
A very large single-engine biplane designed for practical work from modest airfields.
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