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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 pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
The turboprop-powered member of Beechcraft’s tandem-seat Mentor training family.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
An early CRJ regional jet with rear-mounted engines and a small airliner flight deck.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A Hungarian two-seat light helicopter powered by a Rotax 915 iS.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A modern utility single whose family includes both tailwheel and nosewheel configurations.
A single-seat helicopter originally developed as a homebuilt kit.
Dassault's long-range Falcon 8X, developed from the three-engine 7X.
A four-engine military turboprop designed to combine tactical access with long-distance transport.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
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