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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.
The fixed-gear, six-cylinder touring branch of Piper's PA-28 family.
Two related Dutch regional jets developed from the F28 lineage.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A personal jet with one engine above the rear fuselage and a distinctive V-tail.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
A twin-aisle Boeing designed alongside the 757's generation of two-pilot flight decks.
A very light twin jet developed from the Eclipse 500.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
Tecnam's four-seat high-wing single, built with metal and carbon-fibre components.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A five-seat turbine helicopter developed from Robinson's smaller piston-helicopter line.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A carbon-fibre aerobatic monoplane family with a dedicated air-racing branch.
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