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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
Tecnam's two-seat, low-wing Sierra, introduced in the early 2000s.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
A light business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated flight deck.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and a long international service history.
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