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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
A five-seat turbine helicopter developed from Robinson's smaller piston-helicopter line.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
A composite, low-wing touring single with fixed gear and a turbocharged engine.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
A two-seat light aircraft with folding wings and a choice of nosewheel or tailwheel gear.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A light business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated flight deck.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A midsize business jet developed by Bombardier’s Learjet division.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
A military liaison aircraft built around a high wing, tandem cabin and short-field utility work.
A British jet trainer with tandem seating and a long military training career.
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