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An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
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An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
A Canadian tandem-seat trainer developed after the Second World War.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A compact Australian wartime fighter built around a radial engine.
A low-wing piston twin that carries the Beechcraft touring-aircraft lineage into two-engine flying.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A radial-engined light transport whose long career covered passengers, freight and military training.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
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