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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.
The Wilga is the real-aircraft starting point for Mike Patey's DRACO and the simulator's DRACO X.
A high-wing utility turboprop designed for short-field passenger and cargo work.
A light turbine helicopter combining an Alouette II airframe with more powerful Alouette III components.
A self-launching sailplane family with its engine inside the fuselage and a folding nose propeller.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
A four-engine jetliner that helped establish the shape of long-distance jet travel.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
A compact twin-engine helicopter widely used for medical, police and training work.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
The JetRanger and LongRanger family: a familiar turbine-helicopter shape with distinct cabin lengths.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
Dassault's long-range Falcon 8X, developed from the three-engine 7X.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
A two-seat composite light-aircraft family with a high wing and a compact enclosed cabin.
A six-engine heavy transport created for exceptionally large external and internal loads.
A twin-radial military transport with a rear ramp and short-field design priorities.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
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