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Affordaplane
The Affordaplane is an American single-seat ultralight aircraft designed by Dave Edwards of Riverview, Florida, first flown in 1999 and sold as plans for amateur builders.
Afterburner
An afterburner, also known as reheat or tailpipe burning, is a combustion system that injects fuel into a jet engine's hot exhaust for a temporary thrust boost, at roughly double the fuel use.
Against the Sun
Against the Sun (2015) is an American survival drama, Brian Falk's directorial debut, based on the true 1942 story of Navy airmen Dixon, Pastula, and Aldrich adrift in the South Pacific, starring Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton, and Jake Abel.
Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea
The Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea (AESA), the Spanish State Aviation Safety Agency, regulates and inspects civil aviation safety in Spain; it was created in 2008 and sits in Madrid.
Aggressor squadron
An aggressor squadron, known as an adversary squadron in the Navy and Marine Corps, acts as the opposing force in air combat training, flying enemy tactics against friendly pilots.
Agricultural aircraft
An agricultural aircraft, often called a crop duster, is an aircraft that dispenses pesticides, fertilizers, or seeds over crops and forests, a practice known as aerial application.
Agusta
Agusta, also known as Elicotteri Meridionali, is an Italian aerospace company founded by aviation pioneer Giovanni Agusta that became one of Europe's principal helicopter manufacturers.
Agusta A129 Mangusta
The Agusta A129 Mangusta, also called Agusta Mangusta, is a twin-engine, tandem-seat attack helicopter built by Italy's Agusta, first flown in 1983 as Europe's first combat helicopter design.
AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland was an Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturer created in 2000 by merging Italy's Agusta and Britain's Westland, then second largest worldwide; it built the AW139 and AW101 before becoming Leonardo Helicopters.
AgustaWestland Apache
The AgustaWestland Apache, or WAH-64, is a British license-built variant of the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter flown by the Army Air Corps from 2004 to 2024.
AgustaWestland AW101
The AgustaWestland AW101, known in UK service as the Merlin, is a medium-lift multi-role helicopter developed jointly by Agusta of Italy and Westland Helicopters of the United Kingdom.
AgustaWestland AW109
The AgustaWestland AW109, originally the Agusta A109, is an Italian twin-engine eight-seat multi-purpose helicopter built by Leonardo, first flown in 1971 and still in production.
AgustaWestland AW139
The AgustaWestland AW139, originally developed as the Bell/Agusta AB139, is a 15-seat medium twin-engine helicopter that first flew in 2001 and became Leonardo's best-selling rotorcraft, with nearly 1,500 ordered in around 90 nations.
AgustaWestland AW149
The AgustaWestland AW149 is a twin-engine medium-lift military multirole helicopter built by Leonardo as an enlarged, militarized development of the AW139, carrying up to 19 troops.
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat
The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, formerly called Future Lynx and Lynx Wildcat, is a British multi-role military helicopter serving with the British Army and Royal Navy since 2012.
AgustaWestland AW169
The AgustaWestland AW169, now marketed by Leonardo Helicopters, is a twin-engine Italian intermediate helicopter that entered production in 2015 and serves in medical, rescue, and offshore-wind roles.
AgustaWestland AW189
The AgustaWestland AW189 is an Italian twin-engine medium helicopter built by Leonardo, certified in 2014 and used for offshore energy transport, search and rescue, and public-service missions.
AgustaWestland AW609
The AgustaWestland AW609 is a pressurized civil tiltrotor from Leonardo that takes off like a helicopter and flies like a turboprop, designed to cruise at 270 knots.
Ahmed al-Nami
Ahmed al-Nami (أحمد النعمي) was a Saudi al Qaeda member and one of the four hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (أحمد بن سعيد آل مكتوم)
Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (أحمد بن سعيد آل مكتوم) is a Dubai ruling-family sheikh who has led the emirate's aviation sector since 1985 as Chairman of Emirates.
AI SpaceFactory MARSHA
MARSHA, the Mars Habitat, is a 3D-printed, vertically oriented Mars surface habitat design by New York firm AI SpaceFactory that won NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge in 2019.
Aichi D3A
The Aichi D3A, Allied reporting name Val, was a carrier dive bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy, first Japanese aircraft to bomb American targets at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo
AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo (經國號戰機), Taiwan's first indigenous twin-engine multirole fighter, developed under the 1983 An-Hsiang Program after the 1979 US relations severance; 131 built, TFE1042-70 engines, Mach 1.7, served ROCAF from 1994.
Aileron
An aileron is a hinged control surface on the outboard trailing edge of an aircraft wing that controls roll, the rotation about the aircraft's longitudinal axis.
Air & Space 18A
The Air & Space 18A is a two-seat American gyroplane, type-certificated in 1961 as the Umbaugh U-18 and built in Muncie, Indiana, known for its jump take-off.
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is the independent UK government unit that investigates civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents to improve aviation safety, without apportioning blame.
Air Accidents Investigation Institute
The Air Accidents Investigation Institute, officially CENIPA (Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos), is Brazil's aviation accident investigation authority, created in 1971 and headquartered in Brasília.
Air Algérie (الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية)
Air Algérie (الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية) is the state-owned national flag carrier of Algeria. Founded in 1947, it flies to about 90 destinations from its hub in Algiers.
Air America (airline)
Air America, formerly Civil Air Transport, was an airline secretly owned by the CIA from 1950 to 1976, flying covert missions in East and Southeast Asia.
Air Arabia (العربية للطيران)
Air Arabia (العربية للطيران) is a low-cost airline group headquartered in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It began flying in 2003 as the Middle East's first low-cost carrier.