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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.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
A compact twin-engine helicopter widely used for medical, police and training work.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
Cessna's retractable-gear Centurion, a high-wing touring aircraft.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A compact aerobatic biplane family with both single-seat and tandem-seat branches.
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A utility-aircraft family whose stretched 207 branch trades compact proportions for more cabin space.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
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