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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 open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
A turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and a long international service history.
Airbus's first production aircraft, built around a twin-engine wide-body layout.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
A short-field Savage with leading-edge slats and a distinct Got Friends simulator implementation.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A tandem-seat jet trainer that also found a second life in civilian display and racing.
A high-wing twin turboprop developed for regional freight and passenger transport.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A carrier-capable multirole fighter, larger than the earlier Hornet from which it developed.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A pressurised single-engine turboprop family that combines a compact cabin with retractable gear.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
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