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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.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
A very large single-engine biplane designed for practical work from modest airfields.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A Hungarian two-seat light helicopter powered by a Rotax 915 iS.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A very light twin jet developed from the Eclipse 500.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
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