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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 two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
Airbus's first production aircraft, built around a twin-engine wide-body layout.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A high-wing utility aircraft known for short-field work and a broad choice of working configurations.
A box-shaped utility twin whose cabin and rear access are central to its design.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A twin-turboprop regional airliner developed through Swedish and American industrial cooperation.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A radial-engined light transport whose long career covered passengers, freight and military training.
A post-war Czech light twin with a rounded cabin and engines carried on a low wing.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
A lightweight pusher family with an enclosed cabin and a high, braced wing.
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