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Featured Article: Hindenburg
Hindenburg was the name of a German airship (lighter-than-air aircraft) best known for a disaster that ended regular passenger service on airships. See more »
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Air cushion vehicle (ACV)
Air cushion vehicle (ACV) is a craft that travels on a layer of compressed air just above any kind of surface--land or water.
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Airship is a lighter-than-air aircraft with an engine that moves it through the air.
See more »Autogiro
Autogiro, aw tuh JY roh, is a type of heavier-than-air craft that is supported in the air by a rotor instead of by fixed wings, as an airplane is.
See more »Automatic flight control system (AFCS)
Automatic flight control system (AFCS), sometimes called an automatic pilot or autopilot, is a device that automatically steers aircraft.
See more »Balloon
Balloon is a bag filled with heated air or a light gas so that it rises and floats in the air.
See more »Concorde
Concorde was a type of supersonic transport (SST) airplane that was in commercial passenger operation from 1976 to 2003.
See more »Helicopter
Helicopter is an aircraft that is lifted into the air and kept aloft by one or two powerful whirling rotors.
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Hindenburg was the name of a German airship (lighter-than-air aircraft) best known for a disaster that ended regular passenger service on airships.
See more »Ornithopter
Ornithopter, awr nuh THOP tuhr, is a machine designed to fly by flapping its wings like a bird.
See more »Southern Cross
Southern Cross was the airplane used by the Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith on many of his pioneering flights.
See more »V/STOL
V/STOL is a type of aircraft that can take off and land (1) vertically or (2) on a very short runway.
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