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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 tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
An open, single-seat ultralight with its propeller behind the pilot.
A twin-hull flying boat with its engines mounted together above the wing.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A high-wing utility aircraft known for short-field work and a broad choice of working configurations.
A compact Australian wartime fighter built around a radial engine.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A modern utility single whose family includes both tailwheel and nosewheel configurations.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
A twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
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