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Bubble car

Most bubble cars were manufactered in Germany, including by the former German military aircraft manufacturers, Messerschmitt and Heinkel.

Doman LZ-5

Doman sold production rights for military versions to Hiller and for the Italian market to Ambrosini.

Dornier 328

The resulting firm, named Fairchild-Dornier, manufactured the 328 family in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, conducted sales from San Antonio, Texas, United States, and supported the product line from both locations.

Henry Millicer

After receiving a degree in aeronautical engineering he worked as a junior designer in the National Aviation Works (Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze) on the PZL.37 Łoś bomber project headed by Jerzy Dąbrowski and later for the RWD company on the RWD-25 low-wing, fixed-wheels fighter project.

Intermountain Manufacturing Company

The Intermountain Manufacturing Company (IMCO) was a US aircraft manufacturer of the 1960s based in Afton, Wyoming that produced agricultural aircraft.

Mizuno

Mizuno (aircraft manufacturer), a World War II aircraft manufacturer, see also Mizuno Shinryu

RWD 1

The RWD-1 was the first aircraft constructed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki in the Aviation Section of Mechanic Students' Club of Warsaw University of Technology.

RWD 2

The RWD-2 was constructed by the RWD team of Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki in the Aviation Section of Mechanic Students' Club of Warsaw University of Technology.

Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques

The Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques ("Society for Aeronautical Studies") was a French aircraft manufacturer founded in 1916 by Henry Potez, Marcel Bloch, and Louis Coroller at Suresnes.


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2002 Bristow Helicopters Sikorsky S-76A crash

The wreckage, which included the helicopter's flight data recorder, was brought ashore at Great Yarmouth on 21 July, and transferred to an Air Accidents Investigation Branch facility near Aldershot, Hampshire, where it was examined by investigators from the AAIB, the US National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft manufacturer, and the operator.

A.V. Roe

A.V. Roe and Company - generally known as Avro - British aircraft manufacturer founded by Alliott Verdon Roe

AC Mobil 34

AC Mobil 34 is a small French aircraft manufacturer based in Saint-Florentin.

Aero Synergie

Aero Synergie SARL, also called ULM Synergy SARL, is a French aircraft manufacturer based in Villefrancœur.

AIDC AT-3

A total of sixty-two aircraft were manufactured by the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation of the Taiwan (Republic of China) in collaboration with US aircraft manufacturer Northrop between 1984 and 1990.

Aino Bergö

In 1938 in Chelsea, London Bergö married Richard Fairey, the eldest son of Sir Charles Richard Fairey, an aircraft manufacturer.

Airborne Windsports

Airborne Windsports, also called Airborne Australia and officially Airborne Windsports Pty Ltd, is an Australian ultralight trike and hang glider aircraft manufacturer based in Redhead, New South Wales.

Ameri-Cana Ultralights

Ameri-Cana Ultralights was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer that was formed to produce the Ameri-Cana Eureka for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category and the American market.

ANF Les Mureaux

ANF Les Mureaux (full name: Les Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France et des Mureaux) was a French aircraft manufacturer founded in Les Mureaux in 1918 as Les Ateliers des Mureaux building aircraft under license.

APEV

APEV (Association pour la Promotion des Echelles Volantes, English: Association for the Promotion of Flying Ladders) is a French aircraft manufacturer, founded by Daniel Dalby in 1997 and based in Peynier.

Australian Autogyro

The Australian Autogyro Company was an Australian aircraft manufacturer founded by Ted Minty in Turramurra, New South Wales to market the Skyhook autogyro of his design.

Avtek

Avtek was a U.S. aircraft manufacturer established at Camarillo, California in 1982 by Robert Honeycutt and Quinten Ward with the intention of producing a business aircraft of composite construction, the Avtek 400.

Bolkow

Bölkow, a German aircraft manufacturer based in Stuttgart

Breguet

Breguet Aviation, a defunct French aircraft manufacturer; was formally known as "Société Anonyme des Ateliers d'Aviation Louis Breguet"

Christian Streiff

He was nominated chief executive officer of the European commercial aircraft manufacturer Airbus S.A.S. on July 2, 2006.

Comte AC-3

In November 1928, as a response to increasing tensions and clashes between troops in the Gran Chaco border region between Bolivia and Paraguay, Bolivia placed an order with Alfred Comte, the owner of a small Swiss aircraft manufacturer for three long-range bomber-transport aircraft, using funds collected by popular subscription.

Constructions Aéronautiques du Béarn

Constructions Aéronautiques du Béarn or CAB was a French aircraft manufacturer established by Max Laporte and Yves Gardan in Pau in 1948.

Dewoitine

Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aircraft manufacturer established by Émile Dewoitine at Toulouse in October 1920.

Dornier

Dornier Flugzeugwerke, German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1914 by Claudius Dornier

DTA sarl

DTA sarl (Delta Trikes Aviation) is a French aircraft manufacturer based in Montélimar.

Duluth Ship Canal

Boeing, the father of aircraft manufacturer William Boeing, owned property on both sides of the canal as well as thousands of acres of timber near Chisholm, and in 1888 his attorney had a string stretched across the entry to the canal to claim the right to charge tolls.

Ewald Kienle

At the age of 15, he was summoned from school to go work for the aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt, learning aircraft construction.

Found

Found Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer based in Ontario, Canada

Gloster Sparrowhawk

When the British aircraft manufacturer Nieuport & General closed down in 1920, the services of its chief designer, Henry Folland were hired by the Gloster Aircraft Company, who also acquired the rights for Nieuport's Nighthawk fighter, a promising design that had been ruined by the use of the unreliable ABC Dragonfly radial engine.

Hongdu Yakovlev CJ-7

Hongdu Aviation Industry Group is an aircraft manufacturer that is part of China Aviation Industry Corporation II.

Karair

Originally called Karhumäki Airways, the company was founded in 1950 by Veljekset Karhumäki Oy, an aircraft manufacturer owned by Niilo and Valto Karhumäki.

Lanitz

Lanitz Aviation, a German aircraft manufacturer, based in Leipzig

Larkin Aircraft Supply Company

The Larkin Aircraft Supply Company (Lasco) was an Australian aircraft manufacturer based at Coode Island in Melbourne.

Louis Gallois

On 9 October 2006, Gallois replaced Christian Streiff as the CEO of the aircraft manufacturer Airbus S.A.S. On 16 July 2007, EADS's management structure was changed and Gallois was appointed CEO of EADS for 5 years.

Luskintyre Airfield

In October 2003, Tiger Moths from Luskintyre participated in The Great Tiger Moth Air Race, an event celebrating 100 years of powered flight and sponsored by aircraft manufacturer Airbus.

Meyers Aircraft Company

The Meyers Aircraft Company was a US aircraft manufacturer established by Al Meyers in Tecumseh, Michigan in 1936.

Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik

At the insistence of the Bavarian and Prussian War Ministries (and in particular the Inspectors of the Engineering Corps) the unprofitable aircraft manufacturer was taken over by the German Government, and Gustav Otto was forced to resign from his company.

Pipistrellus

:For the light aircraft manufacturer, see Pipistrel.

Pro.Mecc

Pro.Mecc S.r.l. (sometimes written ProMecc) is an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Corigliano d'Otranto.

Rolls-Royce Trent

However, GE Aviation former president James McNerney (now Boeing CEO) successfully offered the aircraft manufacturer up to $500 million in money to develop the 777X in exchange for exclusivity in powering the family.

Rumpler

Rumpler Flugzeugwerke, usually known simply as Rumpler was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in Berlin by Austrian engineer Edmund Rumpler in 1909 as Rumpler Luftfahrtzeugbau.

Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique

Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique (SIPA) was a French aircraft manufacturer established in 1938 by Émile Dewoitine after his previous company, Avions Dewoitine, was nationalized the year before.

South West France

SNCASO, also known as Sud-Ouest, a former aircraft manufacturer

Travelair

Travel Air, a 1920s US aircraft manufacturer, taken over in 1929 by Curtiss-Wright

Valmet Vihuri

In spite of their economic problems, the aircraft manufacturer Valmet began designing a new aircraft in the beginning of the 1950s, to replace the aging FAF VL Pyrys.

Vickers hardness test

The fin attachment pins and sleeves in the Convair 580 airliner were specified by the aircraft manufacturer to be hardened to a Vickers Hardness specification of 390HV5, the '5' meaning five kiloponds.

Volaircraft

Volaircraft Inc was a US aircraft manufacturer established in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania in 1958 by Jack Gilberti to produce a light utility aircraft, known as the Volaire.