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A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
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A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A light business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated flight deck.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A two-seat training single with a high wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A compact Czech touring aircraft with side-by-side seats and a streamlined low-wing airframe.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
Dassault's long-range Falcon 8X, developed from the three-engine 7X.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A large twin-engine helicopter from the Super Puma line, used for offshore and public-service work.
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