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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 light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
The Model 525 CitationJet, the starting point of Cessna's CJ and M2 lineage.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
Diamond's four-seat light twin, developed with diesel-powered versions.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A very large single-engine biplane designed for practical work from modest airfields.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
Cessna's retractable-gear Centurion, a high-wing touring aircraft.
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