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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A European variable-sweep combat-aircraft family with distinct strike and interceptor versions.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
An Italian light aircraft known for military training and aerobatic use.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A flyable interpretation of Testors’ 1980s speculative stealth-fighter design.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
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