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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.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
A tandem-seat light aircraft with a streamlined low-wing layout.
A four-seat kit-built touring aircraft that expanded the RV family beyond two-seat designs.
The purpose-built Ryan monoplane used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 solo Atlantic crossing.
A jet-powered military transport designed for both strategic loads and tactical airfield access.
A long-range twin designed around a new wide-body airframe and extensive composite construction.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A tandem two-seat sailplane family used for training and cross-country soaring.
A tailwheel utility single built around a high wing and a substantial working cabin.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A side-by-side military trainer with a low wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A four-seat, pressurised kit aircraft with a composite airframe and retractable landing gear.
A specialised reconnaissance aircraft designed for very high altitude and sustained supersonic flight.
A four-seat touring family whose Commander 114 added a larger engine and further refinements.
A utility-aircraft family whose stretched 207 branch trades compact proportions for more cabin space.
A fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
Mooney's four-seat piston family, developed through many touring-aircraft variants.
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