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Piper PA-28 Cherokee
The Piper PA-28 Cherokee, also known as the Piper Cherokee, is a single-engine, low-wing light aircraft family built by Piper Aircraft; more than 32,000 have been built since 1960.
Pipistrel
Pipistrel is a Slovenian light aircraft manufacturer based in Ajdovščina, founded by Ivo Boscarol in 1989 as the first private aircraft producer in the Balkans, owned by Textron since 2022.
Premium Aerotec
Premium Aerotec was a German aerostructures manufacturer and Airbus subsidiary that produced fuselage sections for the A320, A350, and A400M before its 2025 absorption into Airbus.
Preston A. Henne
Preston A. Henne is an American aeronautical engineer who spent 44 years at McDonnell Douglas and Gulfstream, leading six business jets to certification and winning three Collier Trophies.
PZL Mielec
PZL Mielec, also known as WSK-Mielec, is a Polish aircraft and helicopter manufacturer in Mielec, Poland, known for the M28 aircraft and S-70i Black Hawk helicopter.
R. Richard Heppe
R. Richard (Dick) Heppe (1923–2015) was an American aerospace engineer who spent 41 years at Lockheed, rising to president of the Lockheed-California Company and working on the F-104, L-1011, F-117, and F-22A.
Renso L. Caporali
Renso L. Caporali is an American aerospace engineer who was a key member of the F-14 Tomcat design team and led Grumman as chairman and CEO from 1990 to 1994.
Shelley K. Lavender
Shelley K. Lavender is a retired American aerospace executive who was president of Boeing Military Aircraft and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2021.
Short Brothers
Short Brothers is a British aircraft manufacturer founded in London in 1908 by Eustace, Oswald, and Horace Short, widely regarded as the first company in the world set up to manufacture aircraft.
Sukhoi
Sukhoi, also known as the Sukhoi Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer famous for the Su-27 fighter family and the Superjet 100, now part of United Aircraft Corporation.
Supermarine
Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer at Woolston, Southampton, famous for its Schneider Trophy racing seaplanes of the 1920s and 1930s and for the Second World War Spitfire fighter.
Tupolev (Туполев)
Tupolev (Туполев) is a Russian aircraft design bureau and manufacturer founded by Andrei Tupolev in 1922, best known for the Tu-104 jet airliner and Tu-95 bomber.
Turkish Aerospace Industries
Turkish Aerospace Industries, known as TUSAŞ or TAI, is Türkiye's state-controlled aerospace prime contractor in Ankara, founded in 1973 and known for the KAAN fighter, Hürjet trainer, and ANKA drones.
United Aircraft Corporation (Объединённая авиастроительная корпорация)
United Aircraft Corporation (Объединённая авиастроительная корпорация, OAK) is a Russian state aerospace holding company created by decree in 2006, consolidating the Sukhoi, MiG, Ilyushin, and Tupolev design bureaus.
Vought
Vought, also known as Chance Vought, is an American aircraft manufacturer founded in 1917, best known for naval fighters such as the F4U Corsair and F-8 Crusader.
Welko E. Gasich
Welko Elton Gasich (1922–2022) was an American aeronautical engineer at Northrop Corporation who helped develop the T-38 Talon and F-5 fighter and oversaw B-2 production before retiring in 1988.