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Hang gliding | Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame covered with synthetic sailcloth to form a wing. Typically the pilot is in a harness ... |
Hdl (identifier) | The Handle System is a proprietary registry assigning persistent identifiers, or handles, to information resources, and for resolving "those handles into the information necessary to locate, access, and otherwise make use of the resources".
As with handles used elsewhere in computing, Handle System handles are opaque, ... |
Head-up display | A head-up display, or heads-up display, also known as a HUD () or head-up guidance system (HGS), is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. The origin of the name stems from a pilot being able to view information with the head positioned "up" and look... |
Health and environmental impact of transport | The health and environmental impact of transport is significant because transport burns most of the world's petroleum. This causes illness and deaths from air pollution, including nitrous oxides and particulates, and is a significant cause of climate change through emission of carbon dioxide. Within the transport secto... |
Heathrow Airport | Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL), also colloquially known as London Heathrow Airport and named London Airport until 1966, is the primary and largest international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. It is the largest of the six international airports in ... |
Heavier than air | The history of aviation spans over two millennia, from the earliest innovations like kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight in powered, heavier-than-air jet aircraft. Kite flying in China, dating back several hundred years BC, is considered the earliest example of man-made flight. In th... |
Helicopter | A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes allow helicopters to be used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing airc... |
Helios Prototype | The Helios Prototype was the fourth and final aircraft developed as part of an evolutionary series of solar- and fuel-cell-system-powered unmanned aerial vehicles. AeroVironment, Inc. developed the vehicles under NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) program. They were built to develop th... |
Henri Giffard | Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard (8 February 1825 – 14 April 1882) was a French engineer. In 1852 he invented the steam injector and the powered Giffard dirigible airship.
== Career ==
Giffard was born in Paris in 1825. He invented the injector and the Giffard dirigible, an airship powered with a steam engine and ... |
High-speed rail | High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single definition or standard that applies worldwide, lines built to handle speeds of a... |
History of aviation | The history of aviation spans over two millennia, from the earliest innovations like kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight in powered, heavier-than-air jet aircraft. Kite flying in China, dating back several hundred years BC, is considered the earliest example of man-made flight. In th... |
History of transport | The history of transport is largely one of technological innovation. Advances in technology have allowed people to travel farther, explore more territory, and expand their influence over increasingly larger areas. Even in ancient times, new tools such as foot coverings, skis, and snowshoes lengthened the distances that... |
Homebuilt aircraft | Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from "scratch", from plans, or from assembly kits.
== Overview ==
In the United States, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, hom... |
Honeywell | Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It primarily operates in four areas of business: aerospace, building automation, industrial automation, and energy and sustainability solutions (ESS). Honeywell also owns and o... |
Hot air balloon | A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket (in some long-distance or high-altitude balloons, a capsule), which carries passengers and a source of heat, in most cases an open flame caused by burning ... |
Human-powered transport | Human-powered transport is the transport of person(s) and/or goods (freight) using human muscle power. Unlike animal-powered transport, human-powered transport has existed since time immemorial in the form of walking, running and swimming, as well as small vehicles such as litters, rickshaws, wheelchairs and wheelbarro... |
Hybrid electric aircraft | A hybrid electric aircraft is an aircraft with a hybrid electric powertrain. As the energy density of lithium-ion batteries is much lower than aviation fuel, a hybrid electric powertrain may effectively increase flight range compared to pure electric aircraft.
By May 2018, there were over 30 hybrid electric aircraft pr... |
Hydrogen-powered aircraft | A hydrogen-powered aircraft is an aeroplane that uses hydrogen fuel as a power source. Hydrogen can either be burned in a jet engine or another kind of internal combustion engine, or can be used to power a fuel cell to generate electricity to power an electric propulsor. It cannot be stored in a traditional wet wing, a... |
ISBN (identifier) | The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier that is intended to be unique. Publishers purchase or receive ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.
A different ISBN is assigned to each separate edition and variation of a publication, but not to a simple reprinti... |
ISSN (identifier) | An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit to uniquely identify a periodical publication (periodical), such as a magazine. The ISSN is especially helpful in distinguishing between serials with the same title. ISSNs are used in ordering, cataloging, interlibrary loans, and other practices in connec... |
Icarus | In Greek mythology, Icarus ( ; Ancient Greek: Ἴκαρος, romanized: Íkaros, pronounced [ǐːkaros]) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of King Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, Minos suspected that Icarus and Daedalus had revealed t... |
Ilyushin | The public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin (Russian: Илью́шин) or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a former Soviet and now a Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau, founded in 1933 by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Soviet/Russian nomenclature identifies aircraft from Ilyushin ... |
Ilyushin Il-2 | The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word shturmovík (Cyrillic: штурмовик), the generic Russian term for a ground-attack aircraft, became a synecdoche for the Il-2 in English sources, where it is commo... |
Index of aviation articles | Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Articles related to aviation include:
== A ==
Aviation accidents and incidents
– Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL)
– ADF
– Accessory drive
– Advance airfield
– Advanced air mobility
– Advanced technology en... |
Innovation | Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a new or changed entity, realizing or redistributing value". Others have different definitions; a co... |
Instrument flight rules | In aviation, instrument flight rules (IFR) is one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other is visual flight rules (VFR).
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Instrument Flying Handbook defines IFR as: "Rules and regulations established by the FAA to g... |
International Air Transport Association | The International Air Transport Association (IATA eye-AH-tuh) is an airline trade association founded in 1945. IATA has been described as a cartel since, in addition to setting technical standards for airlines, IATA also organized tariff conferences that served as a forum for price fixing.
According to IATA, as of 2023... |
International Civil Aviation Organization | The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO eye-KAY-oh) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. The ICAO headquarters a... |
International waters | The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetla... |
J-22 Orao | The Soko J-22 Orao (Serbian Cyrillic: Oрао, lit. 'eagle') is a Yugoslavian/Serbian twin-engined, subsonic ground-attack and aerial reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed and built in collaboration by SOKO in Yugoslavia and by Avioane Craiova in neighbouring Romania, being known in the latter as the IAR-93 Vultur.
Th... |
Jamshid | Jamshid ([dʒæmˈʃiːd]) (Persian: جمشید, Jamshēd; Middle- and New Persian: جم, Jam), also known as Yima (Avestan: 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀 Yima; Persian/Pashto: یما Yama), is the fourth Shah of the mythological Pishdadian dynasty of Iran according to Shahnameh.
In Persian mythology and folklore, Jamshid is described as the fourth and gr... |
Japan | Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honsh... |
Jean-Pierre Blanchard | Jean-Pierre [François] Blanchard (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ blɑ̃ʃaʁ]; 4 July 1753 – 7 March 1809) was a French inventor, best known as a pioneer of gas balloon flight, who distinguished himself in the conquest of the air in a balloon. Notable for his successful hydrogen balloon flight in Paris on 2 March 1784, Bl... |
Jet airliner | A jet airliner or jetliner is an airliner powered by jet engines (passenger jet aircraft). Airliners usually have two or four jet engines; three-engined designs were popular in the 1970s but are less common today. Airliners are commonly classified as either the large wide-body aircraft, medium narrow-body aircraft and ... |
Kay Kāvus | Kay Kāvus (Persian: کیکاووس; Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 𐬎𐬯𐬀𐬥 Kauui Usan); sometimes Kai-Káús or Kai-Kaus, is a mythological shah of Greater Iran and a character in the Shāhnāmeh. He is the son of Kay Qobād and the father of prince Seyāvash. Kāvus rules Iran for one hundred and fifty years during which he is frequently th... |
Kick scooter | A kick scooter (also referred to as a push-scooter or scooter) is a human-powered street vehicle with a handlebar, deck, and wheels propelled by a rider pushing off the ground with their leg. Today the most common scooters are made of aluminum, titanium, and steel. Some kick scooters made for younger children have 3 to... |
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin | LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin 127) was a German passenger-carrying hydrogen-filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937. It offered the first commercial transatlantic passenger flight service. The ship was named after the German airship pioneer Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a count (Graf) in the Ge... |
LZ 129 Hindenburg | LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of its class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. It was designed and built by the Zeppelin Company (Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH) on th... |
Lakehurst Naval Air Station | Lakehurst Maxfield Field, formerly known as Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst (NAES Lakehurst), is the naval component of Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst (JB MDL), a United States Air Force-managed joint base. The airfield is approximately 25 mi (40 km) east-southeast of Trenton in Manchester Township and Jackso... |
Land transport | Land transport is the transport or movement of people, animals or goods from one location to another location on land. This is in contrast with other main types of transport such as maritime transport and aviation. The two main forms of land transport can be considered to be rail transport and road transport.
== Syste... |
Light-emitting diode | A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons. The color of the light (corresponding to the energy of the photons) is determined by the energy required for elect... |
Light aircraft | A light aircraft is an aircraft that has a maximum gross takeoff weight of 12,500 lb (5,670 kg) or less.
Light aircraft are used as utility aircraft commercially for small-scale passenger and freight transport; for sightseeing, photography, cropdusting, and other so-called aerial work roles of civil aviation; for the p... |
Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat | The Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat (German: "Normal soaring apparatus") is a glider designed by Otto Lilienthal in Germany in the late 19th century. It is considered to be the first aeroplane to be serially produced, examples being made between 1893 and 1896.
Nine examples are known to have been sold, the buyers includi... |
List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location | This list of accidents and incidents on airliners by location summarizes airline accidents by state location, airline company with flight number, date, and cause. It is also available grouped
by year as List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft;
by airline;
by category.
If the aircraft crashed on l... |
List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft | This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 pa... |
List of accidents and incidents involving general aviation | This list of accidents and incidents involving general aviation is grouped by the years in which the accidents or incidents occurred. "General aviation" here includes private as well as corporate aircraft operating under general aviation rules,[note A] i.e. not flights of airliners, commuter or military aircraft.
Overa... |
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft | List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft include all types of accident and incident, including mechanical failures, pilot error and military action. They include chronological lists, lists by conflict, lists by aircraft model and other lists. Losses due to military action during World War I and World... |
List of aerospace flight test centres | Flight test centers around the world all have similar missions: to conduct flight research and testing of new aircraft concepts and prototypes. Notable centers are listed below (by year of foundation):
== Government establishments ==
U.K. Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, based at Boscombe Down, Engla... |
List of air display teams | Many air forces from around the world, along with some navy and army aviators, and even a few private organisations, have established air display teams to perform at domestic and international air shows, major sporting occasions, and even corporate events. Some display teams perform aerobatics, while others give displa... |
List of air forces | This alphabetically arranged list of air forces identifies the current and historical names and roundels for the military aviation arms of countries fielding an air component, whether an independent air forces, a naval aviation, or army aviation units. At the end is a separate list of no longer existent nations that on... |
List of aircraft | The lists of aircraft are sorted in alphabetical order and is broken down into multiple pages:
== 0–9, A ==
List of aircraft (0–Ah)
List of aircraft (Ai–Am)
List of aircraft (An–Az)
== B ==
List of aircraft (B–Be)
List of aircraft (Bf–Bo)
List of aircraft (Br–Bz)
== C ==
List of aircraft (C–Cc)
List of aircraft (Cd–... |
List of aircraft by tail number | This list is only of aircraft that have an article, indexed by aircraft registration "tail number" (civil registration or military serial number). The list includes aircraft that are notable either as an individual aircraft or have been involved in a notable accident or incident or are linked to a person notable enough... |
List of aircraft engine manufacturers | This is a list of aircraft engine manufacturers both past and present.
== 0–9 ==
== A ==
== B ==
== C ==
== D ==
== E ==
== F ==
== G ==
== H ==
== I ==
== J ==
== K ==
== L ==
== M ==
== N ==
== O ==
== P ==
== Q ==
Quick Motors Co
== R ==
== S ==
== T ==
== U ==
== V ==
== W ==
== X ==
== Y ... |
List of aircraft engines | This is an alphabetical list of aircraft engines by manufacturer.
== 0–9 ==
=== 2si ===
2si 215
2si 230
2si 430
2si 460
2si 500
2si 540
2si 690
=== 3W ===
Source: RMV
3W 106iB2
3W-110
3W-112
3W-170
3W-210
3W-220
== A ==
=== Abadal (Francisco Serramalera Abadal) ===
Abadal Y-12 350/400 hp 120 mm × 140 mm (4.7 in... |
List of aircraft manufacturers | This is a list of aircraft manufacturers sorted alphabetically by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)/common name. It contains the ICAO/common name, manufacturers name(s), country and other data, with the known years of operation in parentheses. The ICAO names are listed in bold. Having an ICAO name does n... |
List of aircraft registration prefixes | This is a list of aircraft registration prefixes used by civil aircraft.
== Post-1928 allocations ==
=== Current allocations ===
The 1928 prefixes have been amended and added to over the years, with the current markings being:
=== Retired allocations ===
Some post-1928 prefixes have been retired due to various reaso... |
List of aircraft weapons | This is a list of weapons (aircraft ordnance) carried by aircraft.
== Guns ==
In World War I, aircraft were initially intended for aerial reconnaissance, however some pilots began to carry rifles in case they spotted enemy planes. Soon, planes were fitted with machine guns with a variety of mountings; initially the on... |
List of aviation museums | This is a list of aviation museums and museums that contain significant aerospace-related exhibits throughout the world. The aviation museums are listed alphabetically by country and their article name.
== Afghanistan ==
OMAR Mine Museum, Kabul - includes a large collection of Soviet aircraft
== Argentina ==
Argenti... |
List of civil aircraft | List of civil aircraft is a list of articles on civilian aircraft with descriptions, which excludes aircraft operated by military organizations in civil markings, warbirds, warbirds used for racing, replica warbirds and research aircraft.
== A ==
=== ABC Motors ===
ABC Robin single-seat cabin monoplane
=== Abraham =... |
List of civil aviation authorities | A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register.
== Role ==
Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles, national aviation authorities typically regulate the following cri... |
List of commercial jet airliners | The following is the list of purpose-built passenger jet airliners. It excludes turboprop and reciprocating engine powered airliners. It also excludes business jets and aircraft designed primarily for the transportation of air cargo. In addition it excludes military aircraft of all types, even those that are/were devel... |
List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents | This article lists the deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general aviation flights that have been involved in a ground or mid-air collision.
As of 4 June 2025, 206 accidents and incidents have resulted in at least 100 fat... |
List of defunct airlines | This is a list of defunct airlines, arranged alphabetically by country within their respective continents.
List of defunct airlines of Africa
List of defunct airlines of the Americas
List of defunct airlines of Asia
List of defunct airlines of Europe
List of defunct airlines of Oceania
== See also ==
IATA airline de... |
List of experimental aircraft | As used here, an experimental or research and development aircraft, sometimes also called an X-plane, is one which is designed or substantially adapted to investigate novel flight technologies.
== Argentina ==
FMA I.Ae. 37 glider – testbed for production fighter
== Australia ==
GAF Pika – manned test craft for drone ... |
List of fatalities from aviation accidents | Many notable human fatalities have resulted from aviation accidents and incidents.
Those killed as part of a sporting, political, or musical group who flew together when the accident took place are usually only listed under the group sections; however, some are also listed as individuals.
== Individuals ==
== Musical... |
List of firsts in aviation | This is a list of firsts in aviation. For a comprehensive list of women's records, see Women in aviation.
== First person to fly ==
The first flight (including gliding) by a person is unknown. A number have been suggested:
In 559 A.D., several prisoners of Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi, including Yuan Huangtou of Ye... |
List of gliders | This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available)
Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.
== By nationality ==
List of American gliders
List of Argentine gliders
List of Australian gliders
List of... |
List of helicopter airlines | This is a list of helicopter airlines. These are notable airlines which provide transport for passengers or cargo, or both, with fleets that comprise a significant proportion of helicopters.
== Helicopter airlines ==
=== In operation ===
=== Defunct or renamed ===
=== Services offered ===
Some companies focus solel... |
List of large aircraft | This is a list of large aircraft, including three types: fixed wing, rotary wing, and airships.
The US Federal Aviation Administration defines a large aircraft as any aircraft with a certificated maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of more than 12,500 lb (5,700 kg)
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) defines a large ... |
List of missiles | Below is a list of missiles, sorted alphabetically into large categories and subcategories by name and purpose.
== Other missile lists ==
Types of missiles:
Conventional guided missiles
Air-to-air missile
Air-to-surface missile
Anti-radiation missile
Anti-ballistic missile
Anti-satellite weapon
Anti-ship missile (lis... |
List of most-produced aircraft | This is a list of the most-produced aircraft types whose numbers exceed or exceeded 5,000. Any and all types of aircraft qualify, including airplanes, airships, balloons, gliders (sailplanes), helicopters, etc.
== Most-produced aircraft ==
Notes
Unless noted, aircraft are piston-engined monoplanes.
Role is generally... |
List of most-produced rotorcraft | This is a list of the most-produced rotorcraft. Production runs typically include variants and licensed production. Aircraft still in production are highlighted in blue.
== See also ==
List of most-produced aircraft
List of rotorcraft
== References ==
== External links ==
Aircraft production runs Archived 2008-08-07... |
List of rotorcraft | This is a list of rotorcraft, including helicopters, autogyros, rotor kites and convertiplanes.
== A ==
=== A-B Helicopters ===
A-B Helicopters A/W 95
=== Aero ===
Aero HC-2 Heli Baby
=== Aero-Astra ===
Aero-Astra Okhotnik 1
=== Aero Eli Serviza ===
Aero Eli Serviza Yo-Yo 222
=== Aerokopter ===
Aerokopter AK1-3 S... |
List of rotorcraft manufacturers by country | Rotorcraft manufacturers fall into two broad categories:
those that can design, certify and manufacture new designs from scratch and
those that can only manufacture extant designs under license.
Boeing Vertol is an example of the first type and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, who license-produced Boeing Vertol designs for ... |
List of test pilot schools | There are several test pilot schools around the world, formed after the example of the original Empire Test Pilots' School in the UK with mission to train already experienced pilots and engineers to test new and experimental aircraft (listed below by years of foundation):
== Government-sponsored schools ==
Empire Test... |
List of unmanned aerial vehicles | The following is a list of unmanned aerial vehicles developed and operated in various countries around the world.
== Algeria ==
AL fajer L-10
Amel (UAV)
== Argentina ==
AeroDreams Chi-7 (AeroDreams)
AeroDreams Strix Reconnaissance (2006)
AeroVision Arcangel (AeroVision) - agricultural and civilian surveillance (2010)... |
Lists of airlines | Lists of passenger airlines cover existing and defunct airlines. Complete lists are given in alphabetical sequence by the name of the continent from which they operate.
Lists are also given by size, by business model and by other characteristics.
There are over 5,000 airlines with ICAO codes.
== By continent ==
Lists... |
Lists of airports | An airport is an aerodrome with facilities for flights to take off and land. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway f... |
Lists of aviation topics | The following lists relate to aviation:
== General ==
List of aircraft
List of aircraft manufacturers
List of aircraft by tail number
List of aircraft engines
List of aircraft engine manufacturers
List of aerospace flight test centres
List of test pilot schools
List of airlines
List of defunct airlines
List of helicop... |
Liu Shaw-chen | Liu Shaw-chen (Chinese: 劉紹臣; born 26 April 1944) is a Taiwanese atmospheric scientist.
== Education and career ==
Liu obtained his bachelor's degree in physics at the National Cheng Kung University in 1966. He then attended the University of Pittsburgh from 1967 to 1972, and after completing his doctoral dissertation,... |
Lockheed SR-71 | The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation. Its nicknames include "Blackbird" and "Habu".
The SR-71 was developed in the 1960s as a black project by Lockheed's Skunk Wo... |
Lockheed U-2 | The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated since the 1950s by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (above 70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence g... |
Low-cost carrier | A low-cost carrier (LCC) or low-cost airline, also called a budget, or discount carrier or airline, is an airline that is operated with an emphasis on minimizing operating costs. It sacrifices certain traditional airline luxuries for cheaper fares. To make up for revenue lost in decreased ticket prices, the airline may... |
MQ-1C | The General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle (previously the Warrior; also called Sky Warrior and ERMP or Extended-Range Multi-Purpose) is a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). It was developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for the United States Army as an upgrade of the Ge... |
MQ-9 | The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, one component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF... |
Maglev | Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system of rail transport whose rolling stock is levitated by electromagnets rather than rolled on wheels, eliminating rolling resistance.
Compared to conventional railways, maglev trains have higher top speeds, superior acceleration and deceleration, lower maintenance cost... |
Maritime transport | Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers) or goods (cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by watercraft has been widely used throughout recorded history, as it provides a higher-capacity mode of transportation for passengers and cargo than ... |
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force (USAF) selected McDonnell Douglas's design in 1969 to meet the service's need for a dedicated air superiority fighter.... |
MiG-25R | The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-25; NATO reporting name: Foxbat) is a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that is among the fastest military aircraft to enter service. Designed by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau, it is an aircraft built primarily using stainless stee... |
MiG-29 | The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter U.S. fighters such as ... |
Mil Mi-26 | The Mil Mi-26 (Russian: Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is Izdeliye 90. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest helicopter to have gone into serial production.
== Design and development ==
Following the incomplete devel... |
Military aircraft | A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary military of any type. Some military aircraft engage directly in aerial warfare, while others take on support roles:
Combat aircraft, such as fighters and bombers, are designed to destroy enemy equipment or pers... |
Military aviation | Military aviation is the design, development and use of military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare, including national airlift (air cargo) capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a war theater or along a front. Airpower includes the nationa... |
Military transport aircraft | A military transport aircraft, military cargo aircraft or airlifter is a military-owned transport aircraft used to support military operations by airlifting troops and military equipment. Transport aircraft are crucial to maintaining supply lines to forward bases that are difficult to reach by ground or waterborne acce... |
Missile | A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor.
Historically, 'missile' referred to any projectile that is thrown, shot or propelled towards a target; this usage is still recognized today with any unguided jet- or rocket-propelled weapo... |
Mitsubishi Electric | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (三菱電機株式会社, Mitsubishi Denki kabushikigaisha, formerly branded as メルコ, MELCO) is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1921 as a spin-off from the electrical machinery manufacturing... |
Mobile source air pollution | Mobile source air pollution includes any air pollution emitted by motor vehicles, airplanes, locomotives, and other engines and equipment that can be moved from one location to another. Many of these pollutants contribute to environmental degradation and have negative effects on human health. To prevent unnecessary dam... |
Mode of transport | A mode of transport is a method or way of travelling, or of transporting people or cargo. The different modes of transport include air, water, and land transport, which includes rails or railways, road and off-road transport. Other modes of transport also exist, including pipelines, cable transport, and space transport... |
Montgolfier brothers | The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (French: [ʒozɛf miʃɛl mɔ̃ɡɔlfje]; 26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier ([ʒak etjɛn mɔ̃ɡɔlfje]; 6 January 1745 – 2 August 1799) – were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers from the commune Annonay in Ardèche, France. They in... |
NASA | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space program, aeronautics research and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the American ... |
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