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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 corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A five-seat turbine helicopter developed from Robinson's smaller piston-helicopter line.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A tandem-seat light aircraft with a streamlined low-wing layout.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A compact Japanese twin turboprop with a high wing and pressurised cabin.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A low-wing agricultural Cessna with a cockpit and hopper arranged around the job.
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