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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.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A utility-aircraft family whose stretched 207 branch trades compact proportions for more cabin space.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
Embraer's regional-jet family, from the ERJ 135 to the longer ERJ 145.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
A late member of the Nieuport V-strut scout family, remembered both as a First World War fighter and as an advanced trainer.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A pressurised four-engine piston transport from the last major generation before the jet airliner.
A pressurised twin turboprop with a canard, composite airframe and rear-facing propellers.
A four-bladed utility helicopter developed from the LongRanger lineage.
A Brazilian light trainer with a high wing, tandem seats and a simple utility layout.
A four-engine airliner that brought pressurised-cabin travel into scheduled service.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
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