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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.
Avro's delta-wing bomber, developed for Britain's postwar strategic force.
An experimental twin-boom racing aircraft commissioned by Bob Pond and designed by Burt Rutan.
A corrugated-metal, three-engine transport from the formative years of airline travel.
A two-seat training single with a high wing and fixed tricycle landing gear.
A tandem two-seat sailplane designed for instruction and broader soaring use.
A modern composite twin with a roomy cabin and two wing-mounted piston engines.
A four-seat piston helicopter with a two-blade main rotor and conventional tail rotor.
A First World War trainer that became a familiar sight in the barnstorming era.
A side-by-side touring motorglider used for both powered flying and soaring.
An experimental French helicopter with two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
A five-seat composite single whose development led to the diesel DA50 RG.
A low-wing agricultural Cessna with a cockpit and hopper arranged around the job.
Ted Smith's piston twin, later produced by Piper as the Aerostar.
A large long-haul twin that introduced Boeing's first commercial fly-by-wire airliner flight controls.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A compact rear-engined jet designed for short-haul regional airline work.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
Piper's two-seat trainer with fixed tricycle landing gear.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
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