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A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
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A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A compact Australian wartime fighter built around a radial engine.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
Diamond's four-seat light twin, developed with diesel-powered versions.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
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