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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 long-range fighter whose different engine and canopy developments produced several distinct forms.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
A side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
An open-cockpit biplane trainer that found a second life in civilian flying.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
The retractable member of Beechcraft’s Musketeer family: a roomy, four-cylinder travelling aircraft with an unusually large baggage door.
A two-seat Tecnam high-wing aircraft combining composite and metal construction.
A post-war Businessliner with a radial engine, cabin transport ambitions and tailwheel gear.
A tailwheel utility aircraft with a high wing and a large cabin loading door.
A pressurised touring twin whose piston and turbine-conversion versions make a particularly interesting comparison.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
The Stationair utility family, combining a high wing with fixed landing gear.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A Polish utility aircraft designed for short takeoffs and landings.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
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