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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.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A compact Australian wartime fighter built around a radial engine.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
Cessna's retractable-gear Centurion, a high-wing touring aircraft.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
A simulated twin-turbine helicopter that explores no-tail-rotor anti-torque control.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
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