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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 stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
The fixed-gear, six-cylinder touring branch of Piper's PA-28 family.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A tandem-seat light aircraft with a streamlined low-wing layout.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A three-engine airliner that became a mainstay of Soviet and Russian passenger transport.
A light tandem-seat taildragger built around the familiar braced high-wing layout.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A four-engine Airbus wide-body developed in parallel with the A330.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
Two related Dutch regional jets developed from the F28 lineage.
A Hungarian two-seat light helicopter powered by a Rotax 915 iS.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
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