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An aircraft is a vehicle that can fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or the dynamic lift...

An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to carry, launch, recover and support aircraft at sea, equipped with a full-length flight deck and hangar facilities...

Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter...

Sikorsky Aircraft is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut. It was established by the Russian-American aviation pioneer Igor...

Stealth aircraft are designed to avoid detection using a variety of technologies that reduce reflection/emission of radar, infrared, visible light, radio...

Aircraft upset is an unacceptable condition in aircraft operations in which the aircraft flight attitude or airspeed is outside the normally intended limits...

A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft propelled by one or more jet engines. Jets are nearly always fixed-wing aircraft, though a wide range of...

Various real-world aircraft have long made significant appearances in fictional works, including books, films, toys, TV programs, video games, and other...

Fairchild was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York; Hagerstown, Maryland; and San Antonio...

An aircraft pilot (or aviator) is an individual who controls an aircraft's flight by operating its directional controls. Other aircrew members, such as...

An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are...

Military aircraft A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary military of any type. Some...

Anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) or air defence (air defense in American English) is the counter to aerial warfare and includes "all measures designed to nullify...

A reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially, a spy plane) is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance with roles including...

Transport aircraft is a broad category of aircraft that includes: Airliners, aircraft, usually large and most often operated by airlines, intended for...

in 1945. Modified to a TB-29A standard, it served as an administrative aircraft before being placed in "desert storage". It was returned to active duty...

An aircraft catapult is an acceleration device used to help fixed-wing aircraft reach liftoff speed (VLOF) faster during takeoff, typically when trying...

A parasite aircraft is a component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air launched by a larger carrier aircraft or mother ship to support...

Aircraft hijacking (also known as airplane hijacking, skyjacking, plane hijacking, plane jacking, air robbery, air piracy, or aircraft piracy, with the...

Hawker Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer that was responsible for some of the most famous products in British aviation history. Hawker...

An electric aircraft is an aircraft powered by electricity. Electric aircraft are seen as a way to reduce the environmental effects of aviation, providing...

Cirrus Design Corporation, doing business as Cirrus Aircraft (formally Cirrus Design), is an aircraft design, manufacturing, maintenance and management...

supersonic aircraft is an aircraft capable of supersonic flight, that is, flying faster than the speed of sound (Mach 1). Supersonic aircraft were developed...

Aircraft leases are leases used by airlines and other aircraft operators. Airlines lease aircraft from other airlines or leasing companies for two main...

is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate flight training of pilots and aircrews. The use of a dedicated trainer aircraft with additional...

Aircraft spotting or planespotting is a hobby consisting of observing and tracking aircraft, which is usually accomplished by photography or videography...

aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft...

Karem Aircraft, Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer company with offices in Lake Forest, California; York, Virginia; and Victorville, California...

Piper Aircraft, Inc. is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, located at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in Vero Beach, Florida, United States...

Grob Aircraft SE, formerly Grob Aerospace, is a German aircraft manufacturer, specialising in gliders and general aviation. Since its foundation in 1971...

An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater...

All three were aspiring to win the Orteig Prize. It was also the first aircraft to carry official airmail across the Atlantic.[citation needed] The America...

Surveillance aircraft or observation aircraft are aircraft used for aerial surveillance. They are primarily operated by military forces and government...

Suicide by aircraft or aircraft-assisted suicide is an aviation event in which a pilot or another person onboard deliberately crashes or attempts to crash...

mostly produced aircraft for niche markets, in particular short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft as well as military training aircraft. During the 1950s...

An amphibious aircraft, or amphibian, is an aircraft that can take off and land on both solid ground and water. These aircraft are typically fixed-wing...

A cargo aircraft is a fixed-wing aircraft that is designed or converted for the carriage of cargo rather than passengers. Such aircraft generally feature...

light aircraft is an aircraft that has a maximum gross takeoff weight of 12,500 lb (5,670 kg) or less. Light aircraft are used as utility aircraft commercially...

Aircraft design may refer to: An aircraft design as defined by type definition documentation: Type certificate, for certified aircraft Airworthiness certificate...

in 1930), located in Trollhättan, into a proper aircraft manufacturer. It would soon merge with aircraft manufacturer ASJA (founded in 1931), located in...

Personal aircraft may refer to: Flying platform, a VTOL capable personal aircraft General aviation, which includes privately owned aircraft for personal...

An aircraft tire or tyre is designed to withstand extremely heavy loads for short durations. The number of tires required for aircraft increases with...

An aircraft bluebook is a bluebook (value guide) for used aircraft. There are four of these in common use within the aviation industry; Aircraft Bluebook...

List of aircraft (B–Be) List of aircraft (Bf–Bo) List of aircraft (Br–Bz) List of aircraft (C–Cc) List of aircraft (Cd–Cn) List of aircraft (Co–Cz) List...

Van's Aircraft, Inc. is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded by Richard VanGrunsven in 1973. The Van's RV series aircraft are all-aluminum, low-wing...

Aircraft marshalling is visual signalling between ground personnel and pilots on an airport, aircraft carrier or helipad. Marshalling is one-on-one visual...

The United Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer formed by the break-up of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation in 1934. In 1975...

The Schweizer Aircraft Corporation was an American manufacturer of sailplanes, agricultural aircraft and helicopters located in Horseheads, New York. It...

Panavia Aircraft GmbH is a German company established by the three partner states of the Tornado Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) project: West Germany...

An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use – usually aerial application of pesticides (crop dusting)...

The Bell Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, a builder of several types of fighter aircraft for World War II but most famous for...

A subsonic aircraft is an aircraft with a maximum speed less than the speed of sound (Mach 1). The term technically describes an aircraft that flies below...

The Consolidated Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1923 by Reuben H. Fleet in Buffalo, New York, the result of the Gallaudet Aircraft Company's liquidation...

experimental aircraft is an aircraft intended for testing new aerospace technologies and design concepts. The term research aircraft or testbed aircraft, by contrast...

A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water. Seaplanes are usually divided into two categories based...

dream; NATO reporting name: Cossack) was a large strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed and produced by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union...

An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that results in serious injury, death, or significant destruction. An aviation incident is any...

An aircraft graveyard or aircraft boneyard is a storage area for aircraft which are retired from service. Most aircraft at boneyards are either kept for...

An aircraft fairing is a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag. These structures are covers for gaps and spaces...

Zlin Aircraft a.s. (formerly Moravan Otrokovice) is a Czech light aircraft company. It is located at the Zlín Airfield on the outskirts of Otrokovice...

Aurora is a rumored mid-1980s American reconnaissance aircraft. There is no substantial evidence that it was ever built or flown and it has been termed...

aerial vehicle (UAV), or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), commonly known as an aerial drone or simply drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers...

An aircraft canopy is the transparent enclosure over the cockpit of some types of aircraft. An aircraft canopy provides a controlled and sometimes pressurized...

Army Air Forces in March 1945. The aircraft did not see combat and was converted to a radar calibration aircraft in 1951 and based at Griffiss Air Force...

The aircraft cruiser (also known as aviation cruiser or cruiser-carrier) is a warship that combines the features of the aircraft carrier and a surface...

landing (V/STOL) aircraft is an airplane able to take off or land vertically or on short runways. Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft are a subset...

model aircraft is a physical model of an existing or imagined aircraft, and is built typically for display, research, or amusement. Model aircraft are divided...

An aircraft in flight is free to rotate in three dimensions: yaw, nose left or right about an axis running up and down; pitch, nose up or down about an...

AVIC Aircraft may refer to following subsidiaries under the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC): AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Corporation AVIC Harbin...

for one or more aircraft that is surrounded by blast walls on three sides. These walls are as much about protecting neighbouring aircraft as it is to protect...

An aircraft livery is a set of comprehensive insignia comprising color, graphic, and typographical identifiers which operators (airlines, governments,...

New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. is a publicly traded company headquartered in Lindsay, Ontario, which is developing a hybrid eVTOL aircraft for regional air...

Vultee Aircraft, Inc., was an aircraft manufacturer founded in 1939 in Los Angeles County, California, when the Vultee Aircraft Division of the aviation...

An aircraft registration is a code unique to a single aircraft, required by international convention to be marked on the exterior of every civil aircraft...

An aircraft station (also aircraft radio station) is – according to Article 1.83 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations...

A modular aircraft or pod plane is a design principle for an aircraft where the payload carrying section can be routinely detached from, and reattached...

A narrow-body aircraft or single-aisle aircraft is an airliner arranged along a single aisle, permitting up to 6-abreast seating in a cabin less than...

An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking...

An aircraft cabin is the section of an aircraft in which passengers travel. Most modern commercial aircraft are pressurized, as cruising altitudes are...

aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with...

An aircraft lavatory or plane toilet is a small unisex room on an aircraft with a toilet and sink. They are commonplace on passenger flights except some...

Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil, Somerset. Formed as a separate company by separation from Petters Limited just...

In aeronautics, a tailless aircraft is a fixed-wing aircraft with no other horizontal aerodynamic surface besides its main wing. It may still have a fuselage...

The Aircraft Board was a United States federal government organization created from the Aircraft Production Board on October 1, 1917, by Act of Congress...

Jabiru Aircraft Pty Ltd is an Australian aircraft manufacturer that produces a range of kit- and ready-built civil light aircraft in Bundaberg, Queensland...

A liaison aircraft (also called an army cooperation aircraft) is a small, usually unarmed aircraft primarily used by military forces for artillery observation...

Aircraft bridges, including taxiway bridges and runway bridges, bring aircraft traffic over motorways, railways, and waterways. Aircraft bridges must be...

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters were scrambled to intercept the aircraft. Sea–Tac air traffic control made radio contact with Russell, the sole...

aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was lost when it was about 50 kilometres (31 mi; 27 nmi) from the Ukraine–Russia border, and wreckage from the aircraft...

Stearman Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer in Wichita, Kansas. Although the company designed a range of other aircraft, it is most known...

Miles was the name used for aircraft and associated businesses of British engineer Frederick George Miles, who, with his wife – aviator and draughtswoman...

38 minutes after takeoff when the flight was over the South China Sea. The aircraft was lost from ATC's secondary surveillance radar screens minutes later...

A tandem-rotor aircraft is an aircraft with two large helicopter rotor assemblies mounted one in front of the other in the horizontal plane. This configuration...

Spartan Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1930 to 1935. It was formed by reinvestment in Simmonds Aircraft which had suffered financially...

Icon Aircraft, Inc. is a privately held aircraft manufacturing company headquartered in Vacaville, California, USA. The company was founded in 2006 by...

States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. The term is commonly used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and used...

A utility aircraft is a general-purpose light airplane or helicopter, usually used for transporting people, freight, or other supplies, but also used for...

A number of aircraft have been claimed to be the fastest propeller-driven aircraft. This article presents the current record holders for several sub-classes...

Combi aircraft in commercial aviation are aircraft that can be used to carry either passengers as an airliner, or cargo as a freighter, and may have a...

This page describes several aircraft that are alleged in media reports to have been used in the practice of extraordinary rendition, the extralegal transfer...

Burl's Aircraft LLC is an American aircraft parts manufacturer located in Chugiak, Alaska. The company was founded in 1982 by Burl A Rogers, to design...

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (DHC) is a Canadian aircraft manufacturer founded in 2019 that purchased the aircraft programs of the original...

such as CV (Aircraft Carrier), CVA (Attack Aircraft Carrier), CVB (Large Aircraft Carrier), CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier), CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier),...

The dynamic stability of an aircraft refers to how the aircraft behaves after it has been disturbed following steady non-oscillating flight. Oscillating...

December 2025[update], Southwest Airlines operates an all-Boeing 737 fleet with 803 aircraft, making it the fifth largest commercial airline fleet in the world and...

Blackburn Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1914 to 1963 that concentrated mainly on naval and maritime aircraft. Blackburn Aircraft was...

the Middle East. The airline's fleet is composed of three wide-bodied aircraft families, the Airbus A350, Airbus A380 and Boeing 777, the latter two of...

The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries that were at war during World War II from the period between when...

large aircraft, including three types: fixed wing, rotary wing, and airships. The US Federal Aviation Administration defines a large aircraft as any...

Quest Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer located in Sandpoint, Idaho. Quest was started in 2001 to design and provide aircraft suitable...

Seamax Aircraft is a Brazilian manufacturer of amphibious light sport aircraft (LSA) based in São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo. The company was founded...

The Nimitz class is a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy. The lead ship of the class is named after...

A wide-body aircraft, also known as a twin-aisle aircraft and in the largest cases as a jumbo jet, is an airliner with a fuselage wide enough to accommodate...

The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace and defense company that was based in Southern California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills...

A testbed aircraft is an aeroplane, helicopter or other kind of aircraft intended for flight research or testing the aircraft concepts or on-board equipment...

the world's largest strategic bomber force at 130 aircraft, and the largest crewed stealth aircraft force at 636 fighters and bombers. USAF also operates...

Storm Aircraft, also called the StormAircraft Group, is an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Sabaudia. The company specializes in the design and...

The Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer that designed and built light general aviation aircraft. In November 2007...

The PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) (Russian: Объединённая авиастроительная корпорация, romanized: Obyedinyonnaya Aviastroitelnaya Korporatsiya...

Aircraft Industries, a.s., operating as Let, is a Czech (before December 1992 Czechoslovak) civil aircraft manufacturer. Its most successful design has...

Aircraft dope is a plasticised lacquer that is applied to fabric-covered aircraft. It tightens and stiffens fabric stretched over airframes, which renders...

Aircraft On Ground or AOG is a universally recognized acronym used within airlines and aircraft operators to indicate that an aircraft is temporarily unairworthy...

Chase Aircraft Company, founded in 1943, was an American aircraft manufacturer, primarily constructing assault gliders and military transport aircraft. Lacking...

Deutsche Aircraft GmbH is a German aircraft manufacturer based in the village of Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. The Dornier 328 program began in the mid-1980s...

Hunting Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer that produced light training aircraft and the initial design that would evolve into the BAC 1-11 jet...

A navalised aircraft (or navalized aircraft) is an aircraft that is designed for naval usage. A navalised aircraft specifically designed to take off and...

An aircraft category is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization as a "classification of aircraft according to specified basic characteristics"...

earlier aircraft company, Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company, which was operational from 1912 to 1920. The company built and operated aircraft for paying...

The O.W. Timm Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by Otto William Timm, based in Los Angeles, California. Between 1911 and...

Thrush Aircraft, LLC is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Albany, Georgia. It manufactures the Thrush series of agricultural, firefighting and...

Quicksilver Aircraft is an American manufacturer of ultralight and light aircraft. Founded in 1972 as Eipper Formance and later Eipper Aircraft, the company...

Twenty Concorde aircraft were built by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) and Sud Aviation during its lifetime; six development aircraft flew between...

Monocoupe Aircraft was a manufacturer of light airplanes originally produced in the late 1920s and 1930s. They introduced relatively inexpensive, compact...

Airbus A400M Atlas is a European four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military, now Airbus Defence and Space, as a...

Aircraft markings are symbols and annotations painted on aircraft, primarily for visual identification. Types of aircraft markings include: Aircraft registration...

A coaxial-rotor aircraft is an aircraft whose rotors are mounted on concentric shafts with the same axis of rotation but turn in opposite directions (contra-rotating)...

The Aircraft Disposal Company (ADC), or Airdisco, was a British firm established in March 1920 to take advantage of the large number of World War I-surplus...

Aircraft vectoring is a navigation service provided to aircraft by air traffic control. The controller decides on a particular airfield traffic pattern...

aircraft of the United States cover current and former military aircraft of the United States Armed Forces. List of United States Air Force aircraft designations...

Aircraft systems are those required to operate an aircraft efficiently and safely. Their complexity varies with the type of aircraft. Aircraft software...

An aircraft seat map or chair area is a diagram of the seat layout inside a passenger airliner. They are often published by airlines for informational...

An aircraft type designator is a two-, three- or four-character alphanumeric code designating every aircraft type (and some sub-types) that may appear...

Aircraft artillery are artillery weapons with a 30 mm caliber or larger that is mounted on aircraft. First used for ground attack roles during World War...

Cavalier Aircraft Corporation was a Sarasota, Florida, aircraft manufacturing, sales, and maintenance company whose most famous products were refurbished...

Aircraft 140 may refer to: serial number 140, of an aircraft model aircraft registration tail number 140 Aircraft models OKB-1 140, a Soviet forward-swept-wing...

General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, is an American aircraft engine supplier that is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, outside Cincinnati...

Spy aircraft may refer to: Reconnaissance aircraft, using images for later analysis. Surveillance aircraft, capturing real-time aerial observation. This...

Folland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturing company which was active between 1937 and 1963. British Marine Aircraft Limited was formed in February...

Aircraft maintenance is the performance of tasks required to ensure the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aircraft part, including overhaul,...

The Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier is a class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy to replace portions of the...

for undisclosed customers, including missile and flight-test work. The aircraft is an L-1011-100, the second production variant of the TriStar, which incorporated...

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. The ship is named after the 38th president...

An aircraft handler is a member of the Aircraft Handling branch in the Royal Navy of the British Armed Forces. Aircraft Handlers are responsible for the...

English), or aeroplane (Commonwealth English), also plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket...

Asymmetrical aircraft have left- and right-hand sides which are not exact mirror images of each other. Although most aircraft are symmetrical, there is...

This is a list of aircraft produced by Sukhoi, a Russian aircraft manufacturer. Su-1/I-330: high-altitude fighter, 1940 Su-3/I-360: improved Su-1, 1942...

the company was renamed United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, followed by the acquisition of several aircraft makers such as Avion, Chance Vought...

Titan Aircraft was an aircraft kit manufacturer, founded in Austinburg, Ohio in the 1990's. They produced kits for the Titan T-51 Mustang, which is a 3/4...

The Evolution Aircraft Company is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Redmond, Oregon. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of...

Aircraft was a U.S. aircraft manufacturer that marketed the Birdman TL-1 ultralight in the 1970s and early 1980s, at the time, the lightest aircraft to...

Indian military aircraft The Indian Armed Forces consists of Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force. These three arms and the Indian Coast Guard...

Aircraft may refer to : Viking Air, an aircraft manufacturer based in North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada Viking Aircraft Inc. a defunct aircraft...

Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer founded by Robert "Bob" Brown that purchased the design for the Aeronca Champion, a light aircraft previously...

Atlantic Aircraft Corporation, also known as Fokker-America and Atlantic-Fokker, was a US subsidiary of the Dutch Fokker company, responsible for sales...

conventionally powered aircraft carrier serving in the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). It is the third carrier of the Chinese aircraft carrier programme...

Keystone Aircraft Corporation was an early American airplane manufacturer. Headquartered in Bristol, Pennsylvania, the company was formed as "Ogdensburg...

1939, an order for 24 Marcel Bloch MB.151 fighter aircraft was placed, but only nine of the aircraft reached Greece, since the outbreak of World War II...

Lake Aircraft was a manufacturer of amphibious aircraft. Its factory was in Sanford, Maine, United States, and its sales offices were located at Laconia...

Apex Aircraft was a French company devoted to light aeroplane manufacture. It markets three ranges of light aircraft which it brands Robin, Alpha and...

A321XLR, Airbus A330, Airbus A380, Boeing 737 and Boeing 787 aircraft. This list excludes aircraft from subsidiaries Qantas Freight, QantasLink and Jetstar...

its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control. The aircraft crashed about 4,600 feet (1,400 m) from the end of runway 32R. All 271...

This list of aircraft carriers contains aircraft carriers listed alphabetically by name. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck...

Vulcan Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer. William Burke founded the Vulcan Last Company, a shoe making concern that branched...

A sixth-generation fighter is a jet-powered fighter aircraft more advanced than the fifth-generation jet fighters currently in service and development...

fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft, such as an airplane, which is capable of flight using aerodynamic lift. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct...

This list of missing aircraft includes aircraft that have disappeared and whose locations are unknown. According to Annex 13 of the International Civil...

Advanced Aircraft Corporation (AAC) is an aircraft manufacturer based in Carlsbad, California. AAC was founded in 1983, and bought out Riley Aircraft that...

Conroy Aircraft was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by John M. Conroy in Goleta, California, in 1968 after he resigned as president of Aero...

CITEREFFrancillon1969 (help) Francillon 1979, p. 357 Francillon, René J. (1979). Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-30251-6. OCLC 6124909. (new...

The world's busiest airports by aircraft movements are measured by total movements (data provided by Airports Council International). A movement is a landing...

2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailerons, elevator...

The Extra Aircraft company was established in 1980 as Extra Flugzeugbau in Germany by Walter Extra, an aerobatic pilot, to design and develop his own aerobatic...

and was badly damaged. Again, in February 1962, the aircraft crashed. In March 1977, the aircraft suffered yet another crash. According to the summarized...

Luscombe Aircraft was a United States aircraft manufacturer from 1933 to 1950. Donald A. Luscombe founded the Luscombe aircraft company in 1933 in Kansas...

company's primary business is the design and manufacture of commercial aircraft, it also operates separate divisions for Defence and Space and Helicopters...

produced by Airbus, and is the best-selling airliner ever built. The A320 aircraft programme was launched in March 1984, first flew on 22 February 1987, and...

The Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) is a manufacturer of aircraft, principally advanced rotorcraft. It was founded by American vertical flight pioneer...

aircraft manufacturer. The company was founded in 1927 and it was the third aeronautical factory in Serbia. At the beginning it manufactured aircraft...

is a list of fictional aircraft, including fixed-wing aircraft, rotary wing aircraft, and lighter-than-air craft. The aircraft in this list are generally...

Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded on February 14, 1934 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California, as...

Sling Aircraft (Pty) Ltd, formerly called The Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd., is a South African aircraft manufacturer based at Tedderfield Airpark, Eikenhof...

A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does...

Just Aircraft LLC is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Walhalla, South Carolina and founded by Troy Woodland in 2002. The company specializes...

(typically aircraft) with polyvinyl plastic for protection from the elements and outside effects that could be damaging to the airframe. Aircraft boneyard...

Beagle Aircraft Limited was a British light aircraft manufacturer. The company produced the Airedale, Terrier, Beagle 206, Husky and the Pup. It had factories...

front section of the aircraft. The two aircraft had landed at Los Rodeos earlier that Sunday and were among a number of aircraft diverted to Los Rodeos...

waterbombing, is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires. The types of aircraft used include fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Smokejumpers...

Aviation is an American airplane manufacturer that has been producing aircraft for more than 90 years in several locations. The company builds small single-engined...

operation of manned and unmanned aircraft systems, typically in military contexts. The human pilot or crew of a manned aircraft controls, coordinates, or supervises...

Antique, classic, heritage, historic, veteran or vintage aircraft are aircraft of an obsolete type which have been preserved beyond their normal life...

121°51′09″E / 31.09750°N 121.85250°E / 31.09750; 121.85250 The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (Comac, sometimes stylized as COMAC, Chinese:...

The Synergy Aircraft Synergy is a proposed five-seat, single-engine, kit aircraft, designed by John McGinnis of Kalispell, Montana and intended for production...

Controller Aircraft (CA), originally Controller of Aircraft, is a senior (3 star) British Ministry of Defence appointment who is responsible for delivering...

is a long-range bomber aircraft designed to intrude against and penetrate enemy defenses. The term is mostly applied to aircraft that fly at low altitude...

Aircraft S.A. is a Colombian aircraft manufacturer based in Santiago de Cali. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of light aircraft...

industry, and a former aircraft manufacturer. From 1928 to 1951, the company was a major producer of general aviation aircraft, and also produced the...

reconnaissance aircraft. "Scout" types were generally adaptations of pre-war racing aircraft – although at least one (the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2)...

Auster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1961. The company began in 1938 at the Britannia Works, Thurmaston near Leicester...

Business aircraft are aircraft typically used by companies and corporations to transport people or goods related to the needs of said businesses. Most...

Bede Aircraft Corporation was founded by aeronautical engineer Jim Bede in Cleveland in 1961 to produce the BD-1 kit aircraft, which eventually became...

Brazilian multinational aerospace corporation. It develops and manufactures aircraft and aviation systems, and provides leasing, equipment, and technical support...

The aircraft of Nuremberg refers to a media hoax in which one or several French aircraft allegedly dropped bombs near Nuremberg, Germany on August 2, 1914...

Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is a planned Indian single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather fifth-generation stealth, multirole combat aircraft being developed...

aircraft may refer to: Hybrid airship, a powered aircraft combining lighter-than-air lift and aerodynamic lift Hybrid electric aircraft, an aircraft with...

Carlson Aircraft is an American aircraft design and manufacturing company based in East Palestine, Ohio. The company was acquired by Team Mini-Max in April...

This is a list of aircraft registration prefixes used by civil aircraft. The 1928 prefixes have been amended and added to over the years, with the current...

The Air Tractor AT-802 is an American agricultural aircraft that may also be adapted into fire-fighting or armed versions. It first flew in the United...

NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its...

NATO reporting name: Felon) is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (Russian: ПАК ФА,...

Epic Aircraft is a general aviation aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Bend, Oregon. The company produces the Epic E1000 AX single engine turboprop...

aviation aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Originally, it was a brand of the Cessna Aircraft Company, an...

branch of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), itself a 92%-owned subsidiary of Russia's state-owned aviation giant Rostec. The aircraft made its maiden...

An anti-aircraft cruiser (AAC) is a type of cruiser, equipped with a main armament of dual-purpose guns optimized for anti-aircraft defense (AA) of naval...

An autonomous aircraft is an aircraft which flies under the control of on-board autonomous robotic systems and needs no intervention from a human pilot...

Murphy Aircraft Manufacturing Limited is a manufacturer of civil general aviation kits for amateur construction currently owned by China-headquartered...

. This list of the military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes experimental, prototypes, and operational...

Beaujon Aircraft, also known as Beaujon Ultralights, is an American aircraft design company, located in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Founded by Herbert Beaujon in...

An aircraft logbook, also referred to as a technical log or journey log, is the official record of an aircraft's operation and maintenance history. It...

An aircraft part is an article or component approved for installation on a type-certificated aircraft. Approval for these parts is derived from the jurisdictions...

A military transport aircraft, military cargo aircraft or airlifter is a military-owned transport aircraft used to support military operations by airlifting...

Octans Aircraft is a Brazilian manufacturer of light aircraft, located at São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo. The origins of Octans Aircraft date to 2002...

and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry. The aircraft industry is the industry...

Unpowered aircraft can remain airborne for a significant period of time without onboard propulsion. They can be classified as gliders, lighter-than-air...

The Bremen is a German Junkers W 33 aircraft that made the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west on April 12 and 13, 1928....

Aircraft recognition is a visual skill taught to military personnel and civilian auxiliaries since the introduction of military aircraft in World War I...

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (三菱航空機株式会社, Mitsubishi Kōkūki Kabushiki-gaisha), abbreviated MITAC, was a Japanese company that developed, produced, sold...

that was built by Boeing to be the prototype for the Boeing 747-100. The aircraft rolled off the assembly line on September 30, 1968, and had its first flight...

Hiller Aircraft Corporation is an American private aerospace company, based in Firebaugh, California. It was founded in 1942 as Hiller Industries by Stanley...

multirole combat aircraft using a delta wing and canard design, with a maximum speed of Mach 1.8. It is produced by the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC)...

Mitsubishi Aircraft Company may refer to: Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, an historical Japanese aircraft company which produced aircraft and engines in...

Tiger Aircraft LLC was an American aircraft manufacturer from 1999 to 2006 based in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States. The company was established...

across the airplane's fuselage. A diagram of such seats in an aircraft is called an aircraft seat map. Within the industry, this map is known as a LOPA (Layout-Passenger...

various types of aircraft, described by the RAF as being "leading-edge" in terms of technology. This largely consists of fixed-wing aircraft, including those...

Arctic Aircraft Company was founded in Anchorage, Alaska by Bill Diehl in 1975 to produce an updated version of the Interstate Cadet light aircraft as the...

airline's fleet consists of Cessna 172, 206 and 207 aircraft. In 1981, San Juan Airlines acquired Pearson Aircraft which was based in Port Angeles, Washington...

Aircraft is a British kitplane manufacturer that produces the Europa XS. The company was established to produce a small kit-built low-wing aircraft for...

and ultimately ceased operations in 1957. In 1932, Hughes founded Hughes Aircraft Company and spent the next two decades setting multiple world air speed...

"Dragon Lady", is an American single-engine, high–altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence...

Robin Aircraft is a French manufacturer of light aircraft. It is the successor to Centre-Est Aéronautique, Avions Pierre Robin and Apex Aircraft (Avions...

USS Vincennes, a United States Navy warship. The missiles hit the Iran Air aircraft, an Airbus A300, while it was flying its usual route over Iran's territorial...

Belite Aircraft was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Wichita, Kansas and founded by James and Kathy Wiebe in 2009. The company specialized in...

This is a list of aircraft produced by Ilyushin, a Russian aircraft manufacturer. Notable Ilyushin aircraft include: I-21 (TsKB-32) fighter, 1936. Il-1...

aircraft strike hazard (BASH)) is a collision between a flying animal (usually a bird, occasionally bat) and a moving vehicle (typically an aircraft,...

The aircraft emergency frequency (also known in the USA as Guard) is a frequency used on the aircraft band reserved for emergency communications for aircraft...

The Quickie Aircraft Corporation was founded in Mojave, California, in 1978 to market the Quickie homebuilt aircraft (models Quickie, Quickie Q2, and Quickie...

Aéroplanes Voisin was a French aircraft manufacturing company established in 1905 by Gabriel Voisin and his brother Charles, and was continued by Gabriel...

carrier-based aircraft (also known as carrier-capable aircraft, carrier-borne aircraft, carrier aircraft or aeronaval aircraft) is a navalised aircraft designed...

Aircraft finance refers to financing for the purchase and operation of aircraft. Complex aircraft finance (such as those schemes employed by airlines)...

This is a list of United States Navy aircraft. It does not include naval aircraft operated by the other two naval services of the United States; the United...

Rakesh Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia in 2005. It took delivery of its first aircraft in July 2006 and commenced operations a month later, on 4 August 2006....

Victory Aircraft Limited was a Canadian manufacturing company that, during the Second World War, built mainly British-designed aircraft under licence...

military aircraft which are currently being operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. List of aircraft of Canada's air forces includes all aircraft operated...

Sonex Aircraft, LLC is an American kit aircraft manufacturer located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, producing kits for four all-metal homebuilt monoplanes. The...

This is a list of aircraft produced by Yakovlev, a Soviet/Russian aircraft manufacturer. AVF-10 (1924 - glider) AVF-20 (1925 - glider) AVF-34 (1926 - glider)...

The ground attack aircraft listed here are military aircraft used to attack targets on the ground with greater speed and a smaller radar cross section...

warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several...

Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships...

A multirole combat aircraft is a combat aircraft intended to perform different roles in combat. Aircraft such as the F-35 Lightning II can be called a...

The Benoist Aircraft Company was an early manufacturer of aircraft in the United States. It was formed in 1912 in St Louis, Missouri, by Thomas W. Benoist...

the 18th Dynasty. The aircraft had logged approximately 33,219 airframe hours and 7,556 takeoff and landing cycles. The aircraft, a stretched, extended-range...

An airborne aircraft carrier is a type of mother ship aircraft which can carry, launch, retrieve and support other smaller parasite aircraft. The only dedicated...

following is a list of military aircraft currently used by People's Liberation Army Air Force. For a list of current aircraft in all branches of the People's...

IAF aircraft while losing 43 of its own. But most independent and neutral sources claim that PAF lost 75 aircraft while the IAF lost 45–60 aircraft. In...

883 aircraft in service as of 2025[update], it is the world's fourth-most-numerous military aircraft, and most-numerous stealth aircraft. The aircraft descends...

centre stick, to lift the nose wheel off the ground during takeoff. An aircraft moves at any given moment in one or more of three axes: roll (the axis...

Trasporto Regionale, lit. 'Regional Transport Airplanes') is a Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Blagnac, France, a suburb of Toulouse. The...

2000, and Soviet-made aircraft. However in the long term manned aircraft are expected to be Gripen and Rafale combat aircraft, supported by Saab 340...

Fleet Aircraft was a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft from 1928 to 1957. In 1928, the board of Consolidated Aircraft decided to drop their light trainer...

aircraft holds nine world records, including the under-3,000 kg (6,600 lb) World Speed Record set by Will Whiteside in 2011. Currently, the aircraft is...

Tsunami was a purpose-built racing aircraft designed and built in the United States during the 1980s. After a short undistinguished career Tsunami crashed...

With the introduction of military aircraft, the aircraft carrier has become a decisive warship class. In 1911 aircraft began to be successfully launched...

Safran Aircraft Engines, previously Snecma (Société nationale d'études et de construction de moteurs d'aviation) or Snecma Moteurs, is a French aerospace...

from the aircraft. The airliner's two engines also separated from the aircraft before impact due to the intense forces. The accident aircraft, registration...

Dick Kraft. In 1962, the first Palomino was a single-seat aircraft made by the Palomino Aircraft Associates, later to become San Antonio Aviation located...

because of heavy rain and tailwind. On the third landing attempt, the aircraft touched down on runway 10, but skidded off the end of the tabletop runway...

Antonov Design Bureau, for its chief designer, Oleg Antonov) is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company. Antonov's particular expertise is in...

Large aircraft allow the transportation of large and/or heavy payloads over long distances. Making an aircraft design larger can also improve the overall...

Kuznetsov, lit. 'Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov') is an aircraft-carrying missile cruiser in Russian classification, which has served as...

manufacture of light aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the American light-sport aircraft category. The company's first aircraft design, the Paradise...

Shell Aircraft International, based at Rotterdam The Hague Airport, operates executive business jet aircraft for Shell plc headquarters, and for one Shell...

ABS Aircraft AG is a Swiss aircraft manufacturer, building Fournier-designed motorgliders. It was founded in Küsnacht (ZH) in 1985. ICAO listing Archived...

This list covers aircraft of the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. Numerical designations are largely within the RLM designation...

and light combat aircraft. The aircraft began as the Yak/AEM-130, a joint project by Yakovlev and Aermacchi. Development of the aircraft began in 1991,...

Aircraft ordnance or ordnance (in the context of military aviation) is any expendable weaponry (e.g. bombs, missiles, rockets and gun ammunition) used...

the aircraft suffered temporary inconsistencies between the airspeed measurements—likely resulting from ice crystals obstructing the aircraft's pitot...

A light aircraft carrier, or light fleet carrier, is an aircraft carrier smaller than the standard carriers of a navy. The precise definition of the type...

the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history and remains the deadliest aviation incident in Japan. Japan's Aircraft Accident Investigation...

Commonwealth Aircraft Company was an aircraft manufacturer from Valley Stream, New York. Originally Rearwin Aircraft & Engines of Kansas City, the company...

This is a list of aircraft produced by Tupolev, a (former Soviet) / Russian aircraft manufacturer. ANT-1: The first aircraft by A.N.T. and the first Soviet-built...

more modern jet aircraft; N34 was the last of the DC-3s to be retired. In 1985, the FAA repurposed N34 as a public education aircraft used at airshows;...

Avid Aircraft is an American aircraft kitplane manufacturer. The company was founded in 1983 by Dean Wilson to produce the Avid Flyer. After several bankruptcies...

Spectrum Aircraft was a Canadian ultralight aircraft manufacturer that commenced operations in 1983 and went out of business in 1992. The company was...

Below is a list of aircraft currently in active service with the Pakistan Air Force. List of retired Pakistan Air Force aircraft List of Pakistan Air...

it is involved in the designing, manufacturing and overhaul of combat aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, jet and turbine engines, avionics...

Aircraft disinsection is the use of insecticide on international flights and in other closed spaces for insect and disease control. Confusion with disinfection...

A hydrogen-powered aircraft is an aeroplane that uses hydrogen fuel as a power source. Hydrogen can either be burned in a jet engine or another kind of...

airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Studies began in 1954 and a UK–France treaty followed...

the Boeing Company and designs, assembles, markets, and sells commercial aircraft, including the 737, 767, 777, and 787, along with freighter and business...

This list of military fixed wing aircraft in production and in development by the European defence industry aims at summarising the current status of the...

the aircraft. The aircraft was repaired, and remained in service until its retirement in 2008. This unusual aviation accident earned the aircraft the...

variety of military aircraft across the respective aviation arms of its various service branches. The numbers of specific aircraft listed in the following...

fighter that was designed and built by Lockheed. It was the first jet aircraft to be used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF),...

Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) was a Spanish aircraft manufacturer that was founded in 1923 and began manufacturing aircraft the following year. In 1999 it became...

Army. The PLAAF controls most of the PLA's air assets, including tactical aircraft, large airlifters, and strategic bombers. It includes ground-based air...

Stroukoff Aircraft was an American manufacturer of experimental military transport aircraft, established in 1954 by Michael Stroukoff. Successor to Chase...

AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industrial (Group) Co., Ltd., traditionally and more commonly known as Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC), a subsidiary of AVIC,...

Bartlett Aircraft Corp. was a US aircraft manufacturer founded in Rosemead, California in 1941 to build light aircraft from designs acquired from the...

The Essex class is a retired class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy. The 20th century's most numerous class of capital ship, the class consisted...

Challenger 600 business jet in 1986, Bombardier studied a longer range business aircraft in which it aimed to carry eight passengers and four crew over 12,000 km...

World War II German aircraft production during World War II United States aircraft production during World War II List of aircraft of the United Kingdom...

will serve as de facto aircraft carriers after the ongoing modifications. In 2025, the ships were formally reclassified as "aircraft-carrying multi-role...

This is a list of aircraft of Canada's air forces. Aircraft are listed for the following organizations: Canadian Aviation Corps (1914–1915) which operated...

Liberation Army aircraft is a list of military aircraft, currently in service with three branches of the People's Liberation Army. For retired aircraft, see list...

fixed-wing aircraft in military service, with 2,102 from the F-16 family operational, comprising 15% of all active combat aircraft. The aircraft was first...

Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer in Shenyang, Liaoning and a subsidiary of AVIC. Founded in 1951 as the classified...

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Since its inception,...

carrier-to-carrier engagement in history, involving 24 aircraft carriers, deploying roughly 1,350 carrier-based aircraft. The aerial part of the battle was nicknamed...

air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. The modern and most common variant of the airliner is a jet powered aircraft with a long, tube-shaped...

A light-sport aircraft (LSA), or light sport aircraft, is a category of small, lightweight aircraft that are simple to fly. LSAs tend to be heavier and...

Found Aircraft Canada was an aircraft manufacturer based in Parry Sound, Ontario. Found originally formed in 1946 to produce a new bush plane design,...

Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG" (Russian: Российская самолётостроительная корпорация „МиГ“, romanized: Rossiyskaya samolyotostroitel'naya korporatsiya...

an Indian single-engine, 4.5 generation, delta wing, multirole combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency and manufactured by Hindustan...

Aircraft carriers are warships that evolved from balloon-carrying wooden vessels into nuclear-powered vessels carrying many dozens of fixed- and rotary-wing...

An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class. The rules for all official aviation records are defined by Fédération...

The aircraft in this list include prototype versions of aircraft used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and unfinished wartime experimental programmes...

This list of military aircraft of Japan includes project, prototype, pre-production, and operational types, regardless of era. This includes both domestically...

or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a combination of references to the preceding...

Aircraft recycling is the process of scrapping and disassembling retired aircraft, and re-purposing their parts as spare parts or scrap. Airplanes are...

List of aircraft List of aircraft by date and usage category List of aircraft manufacturers by ICAO name List of civil aircraft List of jet aircraft of World...

Cyprus the following year. The aircraft involved, manufactured in 1998, was a Boeing 737-300 registered as 5B-DBY. The aircraft was powered by two CFM International...

operation of all aircraft. These speeds are derived from data obtained by aircraft designers and manufacturers during flight testing for aircraft type-certification...

and non-scheduled passenger and cargo flights Aerial work, in which an aircraft is used for specialized services such as agriculture, photography, surveying...

An ion-propelled aircraft or ionocraft is an aircraft that uses electrohydrodynamics (EHD) to provide lift or thrust in the air without requiring combustion...

Chilton Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft design and manufacturing company of the late 1930s and 1940s. The company was founded in early 1937 by two...

Fighter aircraft Fighter aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-air combat. They usually carry various weapons and missiles intended...

designations) is a single-seat attack aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company. It had an unusually long...

Counter-insurgency aircraft or COIN aircraft are a specialized variety of military light attack aircraft, armed with aircraft artillery and/or portable...

Many aircraft types have served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval...

The MUGEM-class aircraft carrier is an initiative by the Turkish Navy to build a fully indigenous aircraft carrier. MUGEM is a Turkish acronym for Milli...

The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried aboard airliners travelling from the United Kingdom to...

is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. In 1958, she became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, and...

The British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) was a British aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation Ltd...

Boeing P-8 Poseidon is an American maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft developed and produced by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. It was developed...

departing aircraft or parts detached from aeroplanes (PDA), also known as objects falling off airplanes (OFA), things falling off aircraft (TFOA), and...

Aircraft camouflage is the use of camouflage on military aircraft to make them more difficult to see, whether on the ground or in the air. Given the possible...

DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner that was manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It had a lasting effect on the airline industry from the 1930s...

multirole combat aircraft manufactured by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), designed for air superiority and surface strike missions. The aircraft has two variants...

This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its...

The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine...

415) and the De Havilland Canadair DHC-515 are a series of amphibious aircraft built originally by Canadair and subsequently by Bombardier and De Havilland...

75750; 1.35000 Swift Aircraft Limited is a British aerospace manufacturer that designs the Swift II aerobatic training aircraft. The Swift II is a side-by-side...

The Bensen Aircraft Corporation was established by Dr. Igor Bensen at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina in 1952 to develop and market...

SyberJet Aircraft (SJA) is an American aircraft manufacturer. The company's headquarters is in Chandler, Arizona, near the Chandler Municipal Airport with...

conventional aircraft. Pilots would attempt to crash their aircraft into enemy ships in what was called a "body attack" (tai-atari) in aircraft loaded with...

Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker; lit. 'Royal Dutch Aircraft Factory Fokker') was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1912 to 1996. The company...

Thunderbird. Serial number 42-38050 was a B-17G-25-DL manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California. She was accepted by the United States...

Force. Other well-known official aircraft include the Russian presidential aircraft, the British Royal Air Force VIP aircraft, the French Cotam 001, the Royal...

Commercial aviation is the part of civil aviation that involves operating aircraft for remuneration or hire, as opposed to private aviation. Commercial aviation...

War II veteran Audie Murphy and five other people on May 28, 1971. The aircraft's passengers were on a business trip from Atlanta, Georgia, to Martinsville...

reconnaissance aircraft that is among the fastest military aircraft to enter service. Designed by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau, it is an aircraft built...

also known as aircraft radio control of aerodrome lighting (ARCAL) or pilot-activated lighting (PAL), is a system that allows aircraft pilots to control...

designation Project 1143 Krechyet (gyrfalcon), was the first class of fixed-wing aircraft carriers (heavy aviation cruiser in Soviet classification) built in the...

Aircraft flight dynamics is the science of air vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The three critical flight dynamics parameters are the...

Aircraft Limited was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Independence, Iowa. The company specialized in the manufacture of ultralight aircraft...

responsible for all aircraft operations of the Canadian Forces, enforcing the security of Canada's airspace and providing aircraft to support the missions...

Prince Aircraft Company, founded in 1979 by Lonnie Prince, is an American manufacturer of wood and composite propellers for homebuilt and ultralight aircraft...

jet-powered military transport aircraft designed and produced by Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer. It is the heaviest aircraft the company has built to...

The aircraft involved in the accident was a Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar, registered in Saudi Arabia as HZ-AHK with serial number 1169. The aircraft was...

The Forrestal-class aircraft carriers were four aircraft carriers designed and built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. The class ship was named...

A composite aircraft is made up of multiple component craft. It takes off and flies initially as a single aircraft, with the components able to separate...

Aviation Administration (FAA) two months later. The A350 is the first Airbus aircraft largely made of carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers. The fuselage is designed...

Aircraft cavern, a calque of the German word Flugzeugkaverne, is an underground hangar amongst others used by the Swiss Air Force. During World War II...

Anti-aircraft guns are weapons designed to attack aircraft. Such weapons commonly have a high rate of fire and are able to fire shells designed to damage...

The Russian presidential aircraft are aircraft of the Russian presidential fleet used by the president of Russia and other government officials. The presidential...

States Navy as its first fighter aircraft. In 1922, a VE-7 became the first airplane to take off from an American aircraft carrier. The VE-8 and VE-9 were...

provided the force with a valuable testing ground for new tactics and aircraft. Partially as a result of this combat experience, the Luftwaffe had become...

charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional...

prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended as a transatlantic flight transport for use during World...

The Bombardment Aircraft Rocket, also known as BOAR, the Bureau of Ordnance Aircraft Rocket, and officially as the 30.5-Inch Rocket, Mark 1, Mod 0, was...

commercial aircraft. It does not include fatalities due to accidents and incidents solely involving private aircraft or military aircraft. All occurrences...

This article lists the deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights...

Kookaburra was a Westland Widgeon light aircraft registered G-AUKA. When Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew in the Southern Cross disappeared in...

jet in the world. The Global 8000 was initially a shorter, three-zone aircraft but was updated in May 2022 as a four-zone jet similar to the Global 7500...

is the first and only ship of the Chinese Type 001 class aircraft carrier. The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy...

The Waco Aircraft Company (WACO) was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, United States. Between 1920 and 1947, the company produced a wide...

cargo aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. As the first production aircraft of its...

20 November 2019. Planecrashinfo.com list of famous persons killed in aircraft crashes in the 1980s retrieved 14 August 2010 "Stephen Barnes, niece on...

of notable aircraft hijackings. 1919 (exact date unknown, possibly between March–July): In an incident often cited as the first aircraft hijacking in...

The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited (pronounced /də ˈhævɪlənd/, də HAVI-lənd) was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey...

1960s, the Brooke Bond Tea Company began including a series of military aircraft cards with packages of their tea. The cards proved popular, and the artist...

(AEW&C) system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles and other incoming projectiles at long ranges...

Shimbun. It became famous on April 9, 1937, as the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to Europe. The flight from Tokyo to London took 51 hours...

used in the aircraft's structure allowed a fire to spread beyond the control of the flight crew, resulting in the crash of the aircraft. Several wide-ranging...

A list of USAAF, USN, USCG, and USMC aircraft from World War II. Aeronca LNR - Observation/liaison/trainer Beechcraft SNB Navigator - Trainer Beechcraft...

GPS aircraft tracking is a means of tracking the position of an aircraft fitted with a satellite navigation device. By communication with navigation satellites...

The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy consists of two vessels. The lead ship of her class, HMS Queen Elizabeth...

References Further reading External links This is an alphabetical list of aircraft engines by manufacturer. 2si 215 2si 230 2si 430 2si 460 2si 500 2si 540...

for the airfield near the village, where the Hamburger Flugzeugbau, the aircraft manufacturing arm of Blohm & Voss, built a factory during the Nazi era...

The High Velocity Aircraft Rocket, or HVAR, also known by the nickname Holy Moses, was an American unguided rocket developed during World War II to attack...

AviaBellanca Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft design and manufacturing company. Prior to 1983, it was known as the Bellanca Aircraft Company....

was organised in two main branches: Field, and Coast Defence and Anti-Aircraft (CD&AA) (including anti-tank). The two branches had separate depots and...

surveillance technology and form of electronic conspicuity in which an aircraft determines its position via satellite navigation or other sensors and periodically...

supersonic transport (SST) or a supersonic airliner is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound...

has used several different types of aircraft on a permanent, semi-permanent, or short-term basis. These aircraft are usually surplus, but in a few cases...

Block 40. Production started in 1996 and the first aircraft entered service in 2000. The first 76 aircraft entered service by 2008, with a total of 98 airframes...

Hypersonic flight refers to the motion of aircraft, missiles, or spacecraft through the atmosphere below the Karman line at speeds greater than Mach 5...

Roland Aircraft is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Mendig. The company is owned by Roland Hauke and specializes in the manufacture of all-metal...

aircraft that convert from vertical to horizontal flight by rotating propellers or ducted fans from horizontal positions like conventional aircraft propellers...

list of United States bomber aircraft, including those with the capability of bombing, meaning aircraft such as strike aircraft (also known as tactical bombers)...

Airglow is a pedal-driven human-powered aircraft. It was designed and developed by brothers John and Mark McIntyre of Cambridgeshire, England. John McIntyre...

The type has not been involved in a hull loss or fatal incident. Douglas Aircraft launched the DC-9, a short-range companion to its larger four-engine DC-8...

Aircraft maintenance checks are periodic inspections that have to be done on all commercial and civil aircraft after a certain amount of time or usage...

list of aircraft manufactured by the People's Republic of China, including military and civilian fixed-wing, rotary-wing and unmanned aircraft. As a convention...

Dart Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer during the 1930s. Its facilities were located at 29 High Street North, Dunstable, Bedfordshire...

historical naval aircraft carrier museum in San Diego, California, United States, located at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the aircraft carrier Midway...

Aircraft performance refers to the ability of airplanes and helicopters to accomplish certain useful things. It is an important consideration when designing...

project and is the prime customer. The aircraft's development began in 1983 with the Future European Fighter Aircraft programme, a multinational collaboration...

of these aircraft, however, did not use missiles or rotary cannons. The Korean War of 1950–1953 forced a major reconsideration of aircraft design. Guns...

wing is a disc-shaped wing having the outer planform of a circle. If the aircraft has no fuselage or tail the disc-shaped craft is sometimes described as...

developed systems for use both on fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Developed as a pod for high-speed fighter aircraft which lacked a gun, this pod was fitted...

Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE) was a British military research and test organisation. It was originally formed as the Marine Aircraft Experimental...

The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One (N905NA) is...

posthumously awarded the Air Line Pilots Association Gold Medal for Heroism. The aircraft involved in the accident was a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, serial number 53077...

This is a list of Russian military aircraft currently in service across three branches of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as in the National Guard of...

Cavour (Italian: Portaerei Cavour) is an Italian aircraft carrier launched in 2004. It is the flagship of the Italian Navy. The ship is designed to combine...

Texas Engineering & Manufacturing Company (TEMCO), also known as Temco Aircraft Corporation, was a U.S.-based manufacturing company located in Dallas,...

List of active United States military aircraft. List of U.S. DoD aircraft designations List of military aircraft of the United States Bell Boeing Quad...

Airport, Air France Flight 4590 ran over debris on the runway dropped by an aircraft during the preceding departure, causing a tyre to explode and disintegrate...

The Unryū-class aircraft carriers (雲龍型航空母艦, Unryū-gata Kōkūbokan) were World War II Japanese aircraft carriers. Sixteen ships of the class were planned...

aircraft has two decks for passengers; the second deck may be only a partial deck, and may be above or below the main deck. Most commercial aircraft have...

Douglas C-47 Skytrain, or Dakota (RAF designation), is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used...

The McCulloch Aircraft Corporation was the aircraft division of the McCulloch Motors Corporation. The McCulloch Motors Corps. was founded in 1943 by Robert...

E-LSA category, sold in kit form and as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft by Van's Aircraft of Aurora, Oregon. The RV-12 had its first flight on November...

C-130 Hercules is an American, four-engined, turboprop, military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using...

Luton Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of Barton-in-the-Clay, Bedfordshire, and later Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. The company...

another B-29; Big Stink, though without their aircraft commander, who was ill. Built at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Plant at Omaha, Nebraska, Necessary Evil...

flares can have an IR signature that is closely matched to the launching aircraft's engine exhaust, there is a readily distinguishable difference in UV signature...

vibrational) response. Aircraft are prone to aeroelastic effects because they need to be lightweight while enduring large aerodynamic loads. Aircraft are designed...

A human-powered aircraft (HPA) is an aircraft belonging to the class of vehicles known as human-powered transport. As its name suggests, HPAs have the...

including: Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute 602nd Aircraft Design Institute Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory...

In ground deicing of aircraft, aircraft de-icing fluid (ADF), aircraft de-icer and anti-icer fluid (ADAF) or aircraft anti-icing fluid (AAF) are commonly...

produced in France and Italy by aircraft manufacturer ATR. The number "72" in its name is derived from the aircraft's typical standard seating capacity...

based at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Arizona, US. The aircraft is regularly flown to airshows throughout North America. The nose art features...

warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft Company for...

survivor" refers to a person who survived an air accident in which all other aircraft occupants died as a direct consequence of the accident. Specific criteria...

Russian aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and military aircraft. Sukhoi...

north of Hirtshals. All 55 people on board the aircraft died, making this the second-deadliest aircraft accident in Denmark after the 1945 crash of a Royal...

The fuel economy in aircraft is the measure of the transport energy efficiency of aircraft. Fuel efficiency is increased with better aerodynamics and by...

A light combat aircraft (LCA) is a light, multirole jet/turboprop military aircraft, commonly derived from advanced trainer designs, designed for engaging...

aircraft industry. Aircraft include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air aircraft...

tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental...

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian aircraft. Founded...

No Aircraft Noise (NAN), sometimes referred to as the No Aircraft Noise Party and officially registered as The Common Cause – No Aircraft Noise, was an...

supersonic multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China....

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee of Thailand (AAIC, Thai: คณะกรรมการสอบสวนกรณีอันเกี่ยวกับอุบัติเหตุของอากาศยานในราชอาณาจักร) is the aircraft...

Greyhound is a twin-engined, high-wing aircraft designed to carry supplies, mail and passengers to and from aircraft carriers of the United States Navy....

1960s, American aircraft were deployed in several of these bases, including nuclear bombers from the Strategic Air Command. The first aircraft of this newly...

An electronic-warfare aircraft is a military aircraft equipped for electronic warfare (EW), that is, degrading the effectiveness of enemy radar and radio...

Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as...

This is a list of fighter aircraft used by the United States. This includes those of the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, 1924–1962...

My Anti-Aircraft Friend (stylized in all lowercase) is the debut studio album by the American rock band Julie, released on September 13, 2024, by Atlantic...

Boeing E-3 Sentry is an American airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed by Boeing. E-3s are commonly known as AWACS (Airborne Warning...

conflict had ended, the IAF lost 60–70 aircraft, while the PAF lost 43 aircraft. More than 60% of IAF's aircraft losses took place in ground attack missions...

wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company. First flown in 1955, more 172s have been built than any other aircraft. It was developed...

turbofans. JT9D engines were eventually replaced by PW4000 engines. The aircraft has a conventional tail and a supercritical wing for reduced aerodynamic...

Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch, or "Roc", is a solitary testbed aircraft built by Scaled Composites for Stratolaunch Systems to carry air-launch-to-orbit...

operations officer) assists in planning flight paths, taking into account aircraft performance and loading, enroute winds, thunderstorm and turbulence forecasts...

Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer that was incorporated in 1934, although its origins in aircraft manufacturing began earlier...

Systems was subsequently contracted by Qantas to operate Australian Airlink aircraft. Prior to 2001, Qantas' various subsidiaries operated under their own names...

A transatlantic flight (TATL) is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America...

quadjet, is a jet aircraft powered by four engines. The presence of four engines offers increased power and redundancy, allowing such aircraft to be used as...

fighter aircraft. It is a license-built derivative of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, and thus shares many similarities with that aircraft. The J-7...

Shandong (17; Chinese: 山东舰; pinyin: Shāndōng Jiàn) is a Chinese aircraft carrier that was launched on 26 April 2017 for the People's Liberation Army Navy...

The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its factories in Washington state. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short...

A nuclear-powered aircraft is an aircraft whose power source is nuclear fission. Most designs use a nuclear reactor that heats compressed air inside a...

decompression, the loss of one cabin crew member, and the safe landing of the aircraft established the accident as a significant event in the history of aviation...

Aircraft Technologies, Inc. was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Lilburn, Georgia. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of aerobatic...

Honda Aircraft Company is an aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, responsible for the production of the HondaJet family...

Siamese aircraft design and the first fighter aircraft. Lieutenant Colonel Luang Neramit Baijayonta designed and oversaw construction of the aircraft in 1929...

list of aircraft designated A1, A.1, A.I, A 1 or A-1: Albastar A1, Slovenian glider Andrews A1, an unsuccessful New Zealand agricultural aircraft Aviat...

The Nakajima Aircraft Company (中島飛行機株式会社, Nakajima Hikōki Kabushiki Kaisha) was a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer and aviation engine manufacturer...

competition in Moscow where he won the first prize, a flight on a Junkers 12 aircraft. In 1930, Antonov graduated from the Kalinin Polytechnical Institute in...

Hercules is a medium-size American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with...

partially ejected from the aircraft and died, while eight other passengers sustained minor injuries. After the accident, the aircraft was written off. This...

The Globe Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer formed in 1940 in Fort Worth, Texas. It was declared bankrupt in 1947. The Bennett...

Tachikawa Aircraft Company Limited (立川飛行機株式会社, Tachikawa Hikōki Kabushiki Kaisha) was an aircraft manufacturer in the Empire of Japan, specializing primarily...

launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft system; in modern armed forces, missiles have...

from aircraft carriers converted for specific use as helicopter carriers, which, as a result, are often mistaken for conventional fixed-wing aircraft carriers...

An unsinkable aircraft carrier is a geographically or politically important island that is used to extend the power projection of a military force. Because...

Utah. On August 31, 1988, the flight, operated by a Boeing 727-200 series aircraft, crashed during takeoff at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, resulting...