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An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
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An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A late-war single-seat jet fighter with its engine mounted above the fuselage.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
An enclosed gyroplane represented in VSKYLABS’ X-Plane fleet.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
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