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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 heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A corrugated-metal transport best known in its three-engine form.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A twin-hull flying boat with its engines mounted together above the wing.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
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.
RotorWay's two-seat kit-helicopter family, with piston and turbine simulator interpretations.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A simulated twin-turbine helicopter that explores no-tail-rotor anti-torque control.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
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