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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 wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
A single-seat competition sailplane offered in Standard and 18-metre configurations.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A composite amphibian that carries Dornier's centreline engine arrangement into the turboprop era.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A twin-turboprop utility aircraft developed by Reims Aviation with Cessna.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A box-shaped utility twin whose cabin and rear access are central to its design.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
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