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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 side-by-side two-seat sailplane with a retractable powerplant for self-launching.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A small twin-engine amphibian that moved from business transport into military and utility service.
A regional turboprop family whose short early versions and larger Q400 have different proportions and systems.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
The Huey: a turbine-powered utility helicopter with a broad cabin and an unmistakable two-bladed rotor.
An enclosed-cabin development of the Bell 47, shaped for passenger and executive transport.
An enlarged Velocity kit aircraft with a canard and rear-mounted pusher propeller.
A light business jet with a swept wing, rear-mounted engines and an integrated flight deck.
A compact utility helicopter distinguished by its enclosed Fenestron tail rotor.
A long-range twin whose programme emphasised composite construction and more electrically powered systems.
A tandem-seat homebuilt jet with composite construction and retractable landing gear.
A compact Australian wartime fighter built around a radial engine.
A single-seat competition sailplane offered in Standard and 18-metre configurations.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A twin-radial airliner that helped make practical passenger transport a regular business.
A long-range trijet developed from the DC-10 with a stretched fuselage and revised wing and cockpit.
A retractable-gear touring single with an all-metal airframe and a long-lived enthusiast following.
A twin-turboprop utility aircraft developed by Reims Aviation with Cessna.
A twin-engine business jet designed to retain some of the utility flexibility associated with the PC-12.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
A Swedish reconnaissance and dive-bombing aircraft from the early 1940s.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
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