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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 pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
The CJ4 belongs to Cessna's light-jet line, with two rear-mounted engines and a T-tail.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A compact twin-engine helicopter widely used for medical, police and training work.
A tandem-seat utility aircraft whose light structure and high wing suit bush, towing and recreational work.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A Hungarian two-seat light helicopter powered by a Rotax 915 iS.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
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