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An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
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An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
An advanced trainer known around the world as the Texan, Harvard and SNJ.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A light tandem-seat taildragger built around the familiar braced high-wing layout.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and a long international service history.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A four-abreast regional-jet family spanning the E170, E175, E190 and E195.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A corrugated-metal transport best known in its three-engine form.
New aircraft, useful sources and improvements to AirframeDB. Occasional updates, when there’s something to share.