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Convair 880

The Convair 880 (Convair Model 22) was a fast four-engine jet airliner built by Convair in San Diego, with only 65 built between 1959 and 1962.

Convair B-36 Peacemaker

The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was a ten-engine strategic bomber of the US Air Force's Strategic Air Command from 1948 to 1959, and remains the largest production bomber ever built.

Convair B-58 Hustler

The Convair B-58 Hustler was a supersonic strategic bomber developed for the United States Air Force, the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2, serving from 1960 to 1970.

Convair CV-240 family

The Convair CV-240 family, also known as the Convairliner, is a series of American piston airliners built from 1947, including the first pressurized twin-engined airliner.

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was a supersonic delta-wing interceptor of the United States Air Force, the world's first supersonic all-weather jet interceptor, serving from 1956 to 1976.

Convair F-106 Delta Dart

The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was a delta-wing supersonic interceptor of the United States Air Force, developed from the F-102 Delta Dagger to defend against Soviet bombers.

Convair NB-36H

The Convair NB-36H, also known as the Nuclear Test Aircraft or Crusader, was a converted B-36 bomber and the first aircraft to fly with an operating nuclear reactor aboard.

Convair X-6

The Convair X-6 was a planned American experimental aircraft, to be converted from a B-36 bomber to test nuclear propulsion; it was canceled before either aircraft was built.

Convair XFY Pogo

The Convair XFY Pogo, also known as the XFY-1, was an experimental tail-sitting VTOL fighter built for the United States Navy in the early 1950s.

Convertiplane

A convertiplane is an aircraft that takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter and flies forward efficiently like an airplane, converting its lift system in flight.

Copa Airlines

Copa Airlines, legally Compañía Panameña de Aviación, is the flag carrier of Panama, founded in 1947 and flying from its Panama City hub to 84 destinations.

Copenhagen Airport

Copenhagen Airport, also known as Kastrup Airport, is Denmark's main international airport on the island of Amager, opened in 1925 and serving 32.4 million passengers in 2025.

Copenhagen Airports

Copenhagen Airports is the Danish state-owned company operating Copenhagen Airport in Kastrup and Roskilde Airport, created in 1990 and back in majority state ownership in 2025.

Cork Airport

Cork Airport, also known as Cork International Airport (Aerfort Chorcaí), is Ireland's second largest airport, 6.5 km south of Cork city. Opened in 1961, it handled 3.46 million passengers in 2025.

Cornfield Bomber

The Cornfield Bomber is an F-106 fighter that landed unpiloted in a Montana field in 1970 after its pilot ejected, and was returned to service.

Coulson 737 Fireliner

The Coulson 737 Fireliner is a large air tanker produced by converting Boeing 737 airliners for aerial firefighting, developed by Coulson Aviation of Port Alberni, British Columbia, and first certified by the FAA in 2018.

Coulson Aviation

Coulson Aviation is a family-owned aerial firefighting company founded in 1985 in Port Alberni, British Columbia, operating converted Boeing 737 and C-130 large air tankers.

Counter-insurgency aircraft

A counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft is a light, low-cost military airplane supporting ground forces against insurgents, with slow, propeller-driven types like the OV-10 Bronco emerging in the Vietnam War.

Crash of the airship Italia

The crash of the airship Italia, also called the Italian airship Italia disaster, was the loss of Umberto Nobile's airship on Arctic ice near Svalbard on 25 May 1928.

Crew resource management

Crew resource management, first called Cockpit Resource Management, applies team management in the flight deck, using all available resources for a safe and efficient flight.

Crew scheduling and pairing optimization

Crew scheduling and pairing optimization is the airline operations research problem of building minimum-cost crew itineraries that cover every scheduled flight under safety and labor rules.

Croatia Airlines

Croatia Airlines, registered in Zagreb in 1989 as Zagreb Airlines (Zagal) and renamed in 1990, is Croatia's majority state-owned national airline based at Zagreb, a Star Alliance member since 2004.

Cross Border Xpress

Cross Border Xpress (CBX) is a binational pedestrian border crossing in Otay Mesa, San Diego, connecting a terminal directly to Tijuana International Airport through an enclosed skybridge since 2015.

Crossair

Crossair was a Swiss regional airline headquartered at Basel, founded in 1978 by former Swissair pilot Moritz Suter and becoming the new national carrier SWISS in 2002.

Crossair Flight 3597

Crossair Flight 3597 was a scheduled flight from Berlin Tegel to Zurich that crashed while approaching the airport on 24 November 2001, killing 24 of the 33 people on board.

Crosswind landing

A crosswind landing is a landing made when wind blows across the runway, requiring pilots to correct lateral drift using the crab or wing-low method.

Croydon Airport

Croydon Airport, also known as Croydon Aerodrome, was London's main international airport from 1920 to 1946, site of the world's first purpose-built terminal and air traffic control tower.

CS-23

CS-23 is the EASA certification specification for normal-category aeroplanes with up to 19 seats, first issued in 2003 and harmonized with the FAA's 14 CFR Part 23.

CS-25

CS-25, the Certification Specifications for Large Aeroplanes, is EASA's airworthiness code for turbine-powered large aeroplanes, the European counterpart of the FAA's 14 CFR Part 25.

Cubana de Aviación

Cubana de Aviación, commonly known as Cubana, is Cuba's government-owned flag carrier, founded in 1929 and headquartered in Havana, and one of Latin America's earliest airlines.