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Sully Sullenberger
Sully Sullenberger, born Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III, is a retired American airline captain who safely ditched US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in 2009.
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, also called Subang Airport or Subang Skypark, is an airport in Subang, Selangor, serving Kuala Lumpur about 17 km west of the city center.
SUMPAC
SUMPAC, short for Southampton University Man Powered Aircraft, was a pedal-powered aircraft that made the first authenticated human-powered flight, piloted by Derek Piggott in November 1961.
Sun Country Airlines
Sun Country Airlines is a Minnesota-based hybrid low-cost carrier founded in 1982 by former Braniff pilots and flight attendants, headquartered in Minneapolis and second only to Delta there.
Sun PhuQuoc Airways
Sun PhuQuoc Airways is a Vietnamese full-service resort airline developed by Sun Group, with its hub at Phu Quoc International Airport; it began commercial flights on 1 November 2025.
SunExpress
SunExpress, legally Güneş Ekspres Havacılık A.Ş., is a Turkish leisure airline headquartered in Antalya and owned equally by Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, flying European routes to Türkiye since 1990.
Sunglider
Sunglider is a solar-powered unmanned aircraft built by SoftBank's HAPSMobile and AeroVironment as a stratospheric telecom platform, first to deliver LTE from the stratosphere in 2020.
Supercharger
A supercharger is a compressor, driven by the engine itself, that packs more air into a piston engine so aircraft engines keep their power at high altitude.
Supercruise
Supercruise, also called super cruising or supersonic cruising, is sustained supersonic flight on engine thrust alone, without the fuel-hungry afterburner; the F-22 demonstrated it in 1999.
Supermaneuverability
Supermaneuverability is a fighter aircraft's ability to maneuver at and beyond the stall angle of attack, typically achieved through thrust vectoring and advanced flight controls.
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.
Supermarine Attacker
The Supermarine Attacker was a British single-seat carrier-borne jet fighter built by Supermarine, the first jet to enter front-line Fleet Air Arm service in August 1951.
Supermarine S.6B
The Supermarine S.6B was a British racing seaplane designed by Reginald J. Mitchell that won the Schneider Trophy outright for Britain in 1931 and set the world air speed record at 407.5 mph.
Supermarine Seafire
The Supermarine Seafire was a single-seat carrier-borne naval fighter adapted from the Supermarine Spitfire for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, entering service in November 1942.
Supermarine Spiteful
The Supermarine Spiteful was a British piston-engine fighter developed during World War II as a successor to the Spitfire, with a laminar-flow wing and Rolls-Royce Griffon engine.
Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the Second World War, produced for the Royal Air Force and powered chiefly by the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.
Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants)
The Griffon-powered Spitfire variants were Supermarine Spitfire marks fitted with the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine, from the Mk XII of 1943 through the final Mk 24, remaining in RAF service until 1954.
Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants)
The Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX and Mk XVI were late Merlin-powered RAF fighters, with the Mk IX entering service in June 1942 as a stop-gap against the Focke-Wulf Fw 190.
Supermarine Swift
The Supermarine Swift was a British single-seat jet fighter and reconnaissance aircraft operated by the RAF from 1954 to 1961, the first British swept-wing fighter in squadron service.
Supersonic aircraft
A supersonic aircraft cruises faster than the speed of sound, above Mach 1. Only Concorde and the Soviet Tu-144 ever carried passengers, and none has flown since 2003.
Supersonic transport
A supersonic transport is a passenger airliner designed to cruise faster than the speed of sound; only Concorde and the Soviet Tu-144 entered commercial service.
Supplemental air carrier
A supplemental air carrier, or nonsked, was a US airline class certificated for charter and cargo flying, created in 1959 and renamed charter air carrier in 1978.
Supplemental type certificate
A supplemental type certificate (STC) is an FAA design approval authorizing a major change to a type-certificated aircraft, engine, or propeller by someone other than the original holder.
Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) is a military mission that neutralizes, destroys, or degrades enemy air defenses, distinct from the permanent destruction of DEAD.
Surat International Airport (સુરત આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય વિમાનમથક)
Surat International Airport (સુરત આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય વિમાનમથક), IATA code STV, is an airport serving Surat, Gujarat, India, and the state's third international airport, designated in 2024.
Surf Air Mobility
Surf Air Mobility is a Los Angeles-based regional airline holding company formed in 2023 from Surf Air and Southern Airways Express, and it is pursuing hybrid-electric aircraft.
Surveillance aircraft
A surveillance aircraft, also called an observation aircraft, is a military or civilian aircraft, crewed or remotely piloted, fitted with sensors to observe and report activity in near real time.
Survivable Airborne Operations Center
The Survivable Airborne Operations Center is a US Air Force program replacing the E-4B Nightwatch with the E-4C, a 747-8 command post built by Sierra Nevada Corporation.
Surya Kiran
Surya Kiran is the aerobatic team of the Indian Air Force. Formed in 1996, it flies nine BAE/HAL Hawk jets and has given more than 800 displays.
Suvarnabhumi Airport (ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ)
Suvarnabhumi Airport (ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ), also known as New Bangkok International Airport, is Thailand's primary international airport, opened in 2006 about 30 km east of central Bangkok.