Boeing-Stearman Model 75 ↗
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
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An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A narrow-body twin developed as a new generation of medium-range airliner.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A single-seat aerobatic monoplane that also became a familiar air-racing aircraft.
A compact Italian light twin with a shoulder wing and metal airframe.
An Italian light aircraft known for military training and aerobatic use.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
The H130 utility helicopter, descended from the AS350 and fitted with a Fenestron.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
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