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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
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Japan’s postwar regional turboprop, with Rolls-Royce Dart power and a career spanning passenger, freight and specialist government flying.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
A pioneering light helicopter whose bubble cabin and exposed structure became widely recognisable.
Lockheed's tandem-seat Shooting Star jet trainer.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A fixed-wing observation aircraft with a helicopter-like view from its glazed nose.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A medium commercial helicopter designed for passenger and utility transport.
A six-seat composite single turboprop with a pressurised cabin and retractable gear.
A twin-turboprop regional airliner developed through Swedish and American industrial cooperation.
A wide-cabin business-jet family that developed from Canadair's original Challenger programme.
A turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and a long international service history.
A wooden touring-aircraft family recognisable by the upward-angled outer wing panels.
A very large single-engine biplane designed for practical work from modest airfields.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
Cirrus's first type-certified aircraft, a composite piston single.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A radial-engine trainer that also served in combat and civilian warbird roles.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A large amphibious flying boat built around maritime rescue and utility transport.
A super-midsize business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated glass cockpit.
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