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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 tandem-seat utility aircraft whose light structure and high wing suit bush, towing and recreational work.
A radial-engined utility aircraft closely associated with bush flying and float operations.
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
A rear-engined trijet built to bring jet service to shorter routes and smaller airports.
Piper's PA-31 utility twin, used in commuter, cargo and corporate transport.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A 1920s flying boat with two engines arranged in tandem above the wing.
An open, single-seat ultralight with its propeller behind the pilot.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
A pressurised regional airliner with a high wing and two Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
A pressurised cabin-class piston twin, from the tip-tanked 414 to the longer-wing 414A and its many aftermarket conversions.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
A vast inter-war flying boat with twelve engines arranged in six paired installations.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
Airbus's first production aircraft, built around a twin-engine wide-body layout.
A streamlined light twin helicopter, with the later Bell 230 in the same family.
A compact racing aeroplane built around a large radial engine and very short fuselage.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
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