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Airbus H140
The Airbus H140 is a 3-tonne class light twin-engine helicopter developed by Airbus Helicopters, unveiled in March 2025 to bridge the gap between the H135 and H145.
Airbus H145
The Airbus H145, certified as the BK117 D-2, is a twin-engine light utility helicopter built by Airbus Helicopters for emergency medical, law enforcement, and military missions.
Airbus Helicopters
Airbus Helicopters, also known as Airbus Helicopters SAS and formerly Eurocopter Group, is the helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus SE, formed in 1992 and headquartered in Marignane, France.
Airbus Helicopters H160
The Airbus Helicopters H160 is a medium twin-engine helicopter built by Airbus Helicopters at Marignane, France, unveiled in 2015 and European-certified in 2020, known for its quiet Blue Edge blades and the military H160M Guépard.
Airbus Zephyr
The Airbus Zephyr is a solar-electric unmanned high-altitude pseudo-satellite developed in the United Kingdom and operated by Airbus subsidiary AALTO, holding the endurance record of 67 days aloft.
Airco DH.2
The Airco DH.2 was a British single-seat pusher biplane fighter of the First World War, designed by Geoffrey de Havilland at Airco and flown in France from February 1916.
Airco DH.4
The Airco DH.4, also known as the De Havilland DH.4, is a British two-seat biplane day bomber of the First World War, first flown in 1916.
Aircraft
An aircraft is any machine that flies by deriving support from the air, covering airplanes, gliders, rotorcraft, and balloons; the Wright Flyer made the first powered flight in 1903.
Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Commission of Indonesia
The Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Commission of Indonesia, officially the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT), is Indonesia's independent accident investigation authority, established in 1999 and responsible to the President.
Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (Switzerland)
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (Büro für Flugunfalluntersuchungen) was the Swiss federal authority investigating civil aviation accidents from 1960 until 2011, when it became the Swiss Accident Investigation Board.
Aircraft boneyard
An aircraft boneyard, also called an airplane graveyard, is a facility where retired aircraft are stored, cannibalized for parts, or recycled, usually in dry desert climates.
Aircraft canopy
An aircraft canopy is the transparent enclosure over a cockpit, giving the crew a clear view while withstanding flight loads, pressurization, temperature, and bird or other impacts.
Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, letting a navy project air power without land bases, and dominating major navies since World War II.
Aircraft catapult
An aircraft catapult is a device that accelerates aircraft to flying speed over a carrier's short deck, reaching about 160 mph in 3 seconds on steam or electromagnetic power.
Aircraft design process
The aircraft design process takes a new aircraft from mission definition through conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases to certification, which can take 5 to 9 years.
Aircraft emergency frequency
The aircraft emergency frequency is the VHF frequency 121.5 MHz, designated by ICAO for distress and urgency calls and known in aviation slang as guard; military aircraft use 243.0 MHz.
Aircraft engine
An aircraft engine, also called an aero engine, converts fuel energy into thrust or shaft power to propel aircraft; the two families are piston engines and gas turbines.
Aircraft ground handling
Aircraft ground handling covers the services an aircraft needs between arrival at and departure from an airport gate, from passenger check-in to refueling, de-icing, and pushback.
Aircraft hijacking
Aircraft hijacking, also known as skyjacking or air piracy, is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft, peaking in the late 1960s and early 1970s before airport screening.
Aircraft in fiction
Aircraft in fiction is the portrayal of airplanes, aircrews, and air travel in film, television, and literature, a body of work that has grown alongside aviation itself.
Aircraft industry of Russia
The aircraft industry of Russia, also known as the Russian aerospace industry, builds military and civil aircraft under the United Aircraft Corporation, organized in 2006 within Rostec.
Aircraft maintenance
Aircraft maintenance, also known as Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, is the preservation, inspection, overhaul, and repair of aircraft to keep them airworthy, spanning scheduled programs, unscheduled repairs, and regulatory recordkeeping.
Aircraft maintenance checks
Aircraft maintenance checks are scheduled inspections at fixed intervals of flight hours, cycles, or time, from overnight walk-arounds to heavy checks keeping airliners out of service for weeks.
Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion
Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) was a joint US Air Force and Atomic Energy Commission program from 1951 to 1961 to develop a nuclear reactor power plant for military aircraft.
Aircraft pilot
An aircraft pilot, or airplane pilot, is a person who controls the flight of an airplane, helicopter, or other aircraft, whether private, commercial, military, or airline.
Aircraft piston engine
An aircraft piston engine is a reciprocating internal combustion engine that burns fuel in cylinders and drives a propeller, built in spark-ignition gasoline and diesel versions and still common in general aviation.
Aircraft piston engines by decade
Aircraft piston engines by decade covers aero piston engine development from WWI rotary engines to 28-cylinder radials of 3,500 hp, before turbines displaced pistons after 1950.
Aircraft principal axes
Aircraft principal axes, also known as yaw, pitch and roll, are the three perpendicular axes through an aircraft's center of gravity about which roll, pitch, and yaw are measured.
Aircraft registration
Aircraft registration is the entry of a civil aircraft on a state's national register, which gives it that state's nationality and assigns a distinctive mark displayed on its hull.
Aircraft rescue and firefighting
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) is the specialized airport emergency service responding to aircraft accidents and fires on or near an airfield, distinct from municipal fire departments.