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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 lightweight short-field aircraft with a specialised wing and tall, shock-absorbing landing gear.
A small three-engine demonstrator created to explore technologies for a future supersonic airliner.
A purpose-built agricultural aircraft that also became a single-engine air tanker.
A compact Australian wartime fighter built around a radial engine.
A powered hang-glider wing above an amphibious inflatable boat.
A four-seat, pressurised kit aircraft with a composite airframe and retractable landing gear.
A small open gyroplane with an unpowered rotor and pusher propulsion.
Beechcraft's Model 76, designed to introduce pilots to twin-engine flying.
An electric-powered educational glider concept inspired by the human-powered MIT Daedalus 88.
A composite two-seat light sport aircraft with an unobstructed cantilever high wing.
Lockheed's wide-body TriStar, with three RB211 engines and a distinctive tail intake.
A four-engine tactical transport built around a rear loading ramp and access to austere airfields.
An unpowered military cargo glider designed to deliver troops and equipment behind a tow aircraft.
Tecnam's two-seat, low-wing Sierra, introduced in the early 2000s.
A modern open-cockpit light aircraft that revives the corrugated-metal style of the 1929 A50.
A light amphibian with a hull, retractable wheels and a pusher propeller.
A regional jet family with four small engines, a high wing and a large split tail airbrake.
A compact twin-engine transport helicopter with retractable gear and a long development history.
A six-engine flying boat created for long-distance passenger travel over water.
A family of single-aisle airliners built around sidesticks, electronic flight controls and a shared cockpit.
A two-seat touring motorglider with interchangeable wing tips.
A twin-turboprop utility aircraft developed by Reims Aviation with Cessna.
A tandem-seat canard homebuilt with a pusher engine and distinctive winglets.
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