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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 long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A narrow-body twin developed as a new generation of medium-range airliner.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A heavy-lift helicopter built around an open frame and an external working load.
An enclosed, two-seat autogyro with side-by-side seating and a pusher propeller.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A personal jet with one engine above the rear fuselage and a distinctive V-tail.
Airbus's first production aircraft, built around a twin-engine wide-body layout.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
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