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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 heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
An advanced trainer known around the world as the Texan, Harvard and SNJ.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
Dassault's long-range Falcon 8X, developed from the three-engine 7X.
A four-engine Airbus wide-body developed in parallel with the A330.
A twin-hull flying boat with its engines mounted together above the wing.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A slender supersonic trainer with tandem seats and two small afterburning turbojets.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A two-seat composite kit aircraft developed from the Lancair 320.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A twin-aisle Boeing designed alongside the 757's generation of two-pilot flight decks.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
Tecnam's two-seat, low-wing Sierra, introduced in the early 2000s.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A compact regional turboprop with a pressurised cabin for up to 19 passengers.
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