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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 light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A two-seat powered hang-glider trike with an open cockpit.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A cabin-class piston twin designed for commuter, cargo and utility work.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
A turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and a long international service history.
A large twin-radial transport that carried heavy loads through wartime and post-war freight service.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
An open, single-seat ultralight with its propeller behind the pilot.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A swept-wing business jet designed around high subsonic cruise speed.
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