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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.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A single-seat competition sailplane offered in Standard and 18-metre configurations.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A two-seat Tecnam high-wing aircraft combining composite and metal construction.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A four-seat composite touring and training aircraft developed from Diamond's smaller two-seater.
An amphibious turboprop designed around scooping water and delivering it to fires.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A box-shaped utility twin whose cabin and rear access are central to its design.
A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
Pipistrel's streamlined four-seat composite-aircraft design.
A lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A purpose-built aerobatic monoplane family developed by pilot and designer Walter Extra.
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