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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 fixed-gear twin turboprop with a long history in regional and remote-area transport.
A composite touring single with a whole-aircraft parachute and several generations of avionics.
A four-engine Airbus wide-body developed in parallel with the A330.
Cessna's unusual piston-powered helicopter, marketed as the Skyhook.
A shorter wide-body Airbus from the transition to two-pilot, electronic-instrument cockpits.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A low-wing piston family that spans simple trainers, touring aircraft and retractable-gear Arrows.
A two-seat composite trainer with a low wing and a large canopy.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A long-running touring single, familiar in both V-tail and conventional-tail forms.
A light tandem-seat taildragger built around the familiar braced high-wing layout.
The four-engine wide-body whose raised flight deck created one of aviation's most recognisable profiles.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A push-pull twin with one engine at each end of the central fuselage.
A single-engine turboprop workhorse for passenger services, freight and remote-area transport.
A light turbine helicopter whose land-based Scout and naval Wasp branches served different jobs.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
A two-seat, twin-engine fighter that served naval and land-based air forces in many roles.
The four-engine Flying Fortress, a major American bomber of the Second World War.
A simulated twin-turbine helicopter that explores no-tail-rotor anti-torque control.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
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