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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 post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
A four-seat high-wing single that spans generations of conventional instruments and glass cockpits.
A compact aerobatic biplane family with both single-seat and tandem-seat branches.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A compact Italian light twin with a shoulder wing and metal airframe.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A medium commercial helicopter designed for passenger and utility transport.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and a long international service history.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A light tandem-seat taildragger built around the familiar braced high-wing layout.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
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