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HMS Prince of Wales (R09)
HMS Prince of Wales (R09) is the Royal Navy's second Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, a 65,000-tonne flagship commissioned at Portsmouth in 2019 that leads UK Carrier Strike groups and carries F-35B jets.
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) is the lead ship of the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth class of aircraft carriers, the largest warships ever built for the United Kingdom.
HMS Sheffield (D80)
HMS Sheffield (D80) was a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy, the first British warship lost in combat since World War II, sunk by an Argentine Exocet in 1982.
HMS Victorious (R38)
HMS Victorious was a Royal Navy Illustrious-class aircraft carrier launched in 1939 that attacked the Bismarck, served in the Pacific as USS Robin, and was scrapped at Faslane in 1970.
HNA Aviation
HNA Aviation (海航航空集团) is the aviation group of China's HNA Group, centered on Hainan Airlines, headquartered in Haikou and reorganized under Liaoning Fangda Group in 2022.
Hobart Airport
Hobart Airport, also known as Hobart International Airport, is the main airport serving Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Opened in 1956 at Cambridge, it handled 2.8 million passengers in 2024–25.
Holden W. Withington
Holden W. Withington (Holden White Withington) was an American aeronautical engineer who spent his 42-year career at Boeing, helping design the B-52 bomber before retiring in 1983.
Holding pattern
A holding pattern is a racetrack-shaped flight path flown around a holding fix while an aircraft awaits clearance from air traffic control, typically during congestion or bad weather.
Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman Air Force Base, established in New Mexico in 1942 as Alamogordo Air Field, is a US Air Force base that trains F-16 and MQ-9 pilots.
Hollywood Burbank Airport
Hollywood Burbank Airport, also known as Burbank Airport and legally named Bob Hope Airport, serves the Los Angeles area from Burbank, California. Opened in 1930, it got a $1.3 billion replacement terminal in 2026.
Homebuilt aircraft
A homebuilt aircraft, also called an amateur-built aircraft or kitplane, is a plane built by amateurs from plans or kits rather than a certified manufacturer.
Honda Aircraft Company
Honda Aircraft Company is an American aircraft manufacturer founded in 2006 and based at Greensboro, North Carolina, where it builds the HondaJet, certified in 2015.
Honda HA-420 HondaJet
The Honda HA-420 HondaJet is a very light business jet from Honda Aircraft Company in Greensboro, North Carolina, known for its over-the-wing engines and certified in 2015.
Honeywell RQ-16 T-Hawk
The Honeywell RQ-16 T-Hawk is a ducted-fan VTOL miniature drone used by US Navy and Army units to find roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Honeywell TFE731
The Honeywell TFE731 is a family of geared, dual-spool turbofan engines producing 3,500 to 5,000 pounds of thrust, first certified in 1972 for business jets like the Learjet.
Hong Kong Airlines (香港航空有限公司)
Hong Kong Airlines, formerly CR Airways, is a full-service airline based in Hong Kong, established in 2006, with an all-Airbus fleet flying to close to 30 Asia-Pacific cities.
Hong Kong International Airport (香港国际机场)
Hong Kong International Airport (香港国际机场), also known as Chek Lap Kok Airport, is Hong Kong's main airport on reclaimed land, opened in 1998 to replace Kai Tak Airport.
Hongdu JL-8 (教练-8)
Hongdu JL-8 (教练-8), export name K-8 Karakorum: Sino-Pakistani two-seat basic jet trainer and light attack aircraft by Hongdu (Nanchang), first flown 1990, TFE731/AI-25TLK/WS-11 engines, China's most widely exported jet trainer with 304 exported to 14 countries by 2020.
Hooters Air
Hooters Air, also known as Hooters Airlines, was a short-lived American airline founded in 2003 by Hooters chairman Robert Brooks, known for having two Hooters waitresses on every flight.
Horizon Air
Horizon Air, or Horizon Air Industries, is a regional airline in the western United States, founded in Seattle in 1981 and owned by Alaska Air Group since 1986.
Horizon Line
Horizon Line is a 2020 Swedish survival thriller directed by Mikael Marcimain, starring Allison Williams and Alexander Dreymon as a couple flying a small plane.
Horten Ho 229
The Horten Ho 229, also known as the Horten H.IX, was a German prototype jet-powered flying-wing fighter/bomber of World War II, designed by Reimar and Walter Horten.
Hot air balloon
A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft lifted by heated air inside a fabric envelope, invented by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 and modernized by Ed Yost in 1960.
Hot air ballooning
Hot air ballooning is the sport of flying an unsteered balloon lifted by heated air, begun by the Montgolfier brothers in France in 1783 and modernized by Ed Yost in 1960.
Hot Shots!
Hot Shots! is a 1991 American parody war film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Charlie Sheen, Valeria Golino, and Lloyd Bridges, spoofing Top Gun.
HOTAS
HOTAS (Hands On Throttle And Stick) is a cockpit control concept that places vital switches on the throttle and control stick so pilots never let go, first used operationally in the early 1960s.
Houari Boumediene Airport (هواري بومدين)
Houari Boumediene Airport, also known as Algiers Airport, is the main international airport serving Algiers, Algeria's capital, and its busiest, handling over 56 percent of national air traffic.
Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (1905–1976) was an American aviator, film producer, and billionaire businessman who set aviation speed records in the 1930s, built Hughes Aircraft, and controlled Trans World Airlines.
HSC-84
HSC-84, known as the "Red Wolves," was a US Navy Reserve helicopter squadron at Norfolk, Virginia, dedicated to Naval Special Warfare support and Strike Rescue until 2016.
HSC-85
HSC-85 (Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 85), nicknamed the Firehawks, was a US Navy Reserve helicopter squadron at NAS North Island supporting special operations forces, deactivated in 2023.