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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 heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A military transport developed from the DC-3, used for cargo, troops, parachuting and glider towing.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
Tecnam's four-seat high-wing single, built with metal and carbon-fibre components.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A tandem-seat utility aircraft whose light structure and high wing suit bush, towing and recreational work.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A simulated twin-turbine helicopter that explores no-tail-rotor anti-torque control.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A cabin biplane with the lower wing placed ahead of the upper one.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A Belgian light helicopter with two seats arranged side by side.
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