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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.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
A four-engine Airbus wide-body developed in parallel with the A330.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
A light two-seat helicopter with a side-by-side cabin and a semi-rigid main rotor.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A twin-turboprop family whose smaller conventional-tail and larger T-tail branches have distinct identities.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
A two-seat amphibian with a flying-boat hull and a pusher engine above the cabin.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
A single-engine utility helicopter known as the Écureuil, Squirrel and AStar.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
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