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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 low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A four-engine Airbus wide-body developed in parallel with the A330.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
A British utility twin built around short regional and practical transport work.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
A super-midsize business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated glass cockpit.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
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