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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.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A close-air-support aircraft with a straight wing, twin tail and two widely separated jet engines.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A twin-turbine Huey descendant with a four-blade main rotor.
A four-engine airliner whose history also includes long-range maritime military service.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
A two-seat amphibian with a flying-boat hull and a pusher engine above the cabin.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A pioneering all-metal transport with an enclosed passenger cabin and corrugated skin.
A twin-aisle Boeing designed alongside the 757's generation of two-pilot flight decks.
A twin-turboprop utility aircraft developed by Reims Aviation with Cessna.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and a long international service history.
A tandem-seat autogyro prototype developed around transport and observation roles.
The turboprop-powered member of Beechcraft’s tandem-seat Mentor training family.
Regional flying built around a high wing, two turboprops and short sectors.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
Mooney's four-seat piston family, developed through many touring-aircraft variants.
A pressurised single turboprop with a large cargo door and a broad range of working roles.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
The tip-tanked turbofan Learjets, combining the classic compact airframe with longer range and careers in business, military and medical flying.
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