List of aircraft manufacturers H-L
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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 parenthesis.
The ICAO names are listed in bold. Having an ICAO name does not mean that a manufacturer is still in operation today. Just that some of the aircraft produced by that manufacturer are still flying.
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
(ICAO)/common name. It contains the ICAO/common name, manufacturers name(s), country and other data, with the known years of operation in parenthesis.
The ICAO names are listed in bold. Having an ICAO name does not mean that a manufacturer is still in operation today. Just that some of the aircraft produced by that manufacturer are still flying.
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- HALHindustan Aeronautics LimitedHindustan Aeronautics Limited based in Bangalore, India, is one of Asia's largest aerospace companies. Under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence, this state-owned company is mainly involved in aerospace industry, which includes manufacturing and assembling aircraft, navigation and...
,Bengaluru-INDIA - Hagglund, Hägglund & Söner - Sweden
- HAIHellenic Aerospace IndustryHellenic Aerospace Industry is the leading aerospace company of Greece. The company has undertaken over the years a great deal of subcontracting work with major International Aerospace companies and has accomplished many original developments in military electronics,...
, Hellenic Aerospace Industry - Greece - Hainz, Franz Hainz - Germany
- Halberstadt, Halberstädter Flugzeug-Werke GmbH - Germany
- HallCunningham-Hall Aircraft CorporationThe Cunningham-Hall Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1928 to its closure in 1948.-History:The company was formed in 1928 at Rochester, New York. It was a combination of Randolph F. Hall, some former employees of Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation and...
, Cunningham-Hall Aircraft Corporation - United States - Halsted, Barry Halsted - United States
- Hamilton, Hamilton Aircraft Company Inc - United States
- Hamilton, Hamilton Aviation - United States
- Handley PageHandley Page Aircraft CompanyHandley Page Limited was founded by Frederick Handley Page in 1909 as the United Kingdom's first publicly traded aircraft manufacturing company. It went into voluntary liquidation and ceased to exist in 1970...
, Handley Page (Reading) Ltd - United Kingdom - Handley Page, Handley Page Ltd - United Kingdom, (?-1970) > Scottish AviationScottish AviationScottish Aviation Limited was a Scottish aircraft manufacturer, based at Prestwick in South Ayrshire.-History:Originally a flying school operator the company took on maintenance work in 1938....
- Hannaford, Hannaford Aircraft - United States
- Hannover, Hannoversche Waggonfabrik AG - Germany
- HanriotHanriotThe Hanriot company was a French aircraft manufacturer.Following pioneering work, mainly with monoplanes, René Hanriot established a new company, Aeroplanes Hanriot et Cie in 1914...
, Aeroplanes Hanriot et Cie - France, (1914-1936) > SNCACSNCACSNCAC, the , sometimes known as ', was a French aircraft manufacturer created by the nationalisation of the Farman Aviation Works and Hanriot firms in 1936. It was liquidated after World War II, with assets distributed between other nationalised firms SNCAN, SNCASO, and SNECMA in 1949.... - Hansa-BrandenburgHansa-BrandenburgHansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company that operated during World War I. It was created in May 1914 by the purchase of Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke by Camillo Castiglioni, who relocated the factory from Libau to Brandenburg am Havel...
, Hansa-Brandenburg - Germany, > HeinkelHeinkelHeinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight.-History:... - Hanseatische Flugzeugwerke, Hanseatische Flugzeugwerke - Germany, (Hansa)
- HAPI, HAPI Engines Inc - United States
- HarbinHarbin Aircraft Manufacturing CorporationHarbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation , often shortened to Hafei, is an aircraft manufacturing company located in Harbin, the capital of the Heilongjiang Province of the People's Republic of China....
, Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation - China, (1952-?) (HAMC) - Harbin EMBRAER, Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Company Ltd - China
- HarlowHarlow Aircraft CompanyHarlow Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer at Alhambra Airport, Alhambra, California.-History:The company was founded in 1936 by Max Harlow to build the Harlow PJC-2 a production version of the PJC-1. The aircraft had been designed and built as a class project at Pasadena Junior...
, Harlow Aircraft Co. - United States - Harmon (1), James B. Harmon - United States
- Harmon (2), D & J Harmon Co Inc - United States
- Harmon (2), Harmon Rocket LLC - United States
- Harper Aircraft Manufacturing CompanyHarper Aircraft Manufacturing CompanyThe Harper Aircraft Manufacturing Company, also known as Harper Aircraft Company was a manufacturer of airplanes in the early 1930s. Jack. L. Harper was the company president and founder. The Harper Aircraft Company was located in Bedford, Ohio....
, Harper Aircraft Manufacturing Company Inc. - United States - Harris & Sheldon, Harris & Sheldon Ltd - United Kingdom
- HATHellenic Aeronautical TechnologiesHAT is a small Greek aerospace company based in Athens. Its founder, Anastasios Makrykostas has been an aerospace engineer in Hellenic Aerospace Industry. HAT specializes in aircraft parts made of composite materials. The first flight of its own developed aircraft, the HAT LS2, was made on May 23,...
, Hellenic Aeronautical Technologies - Greece - Hatz, John D. Hatz - United States
- Hawker, Hawker Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom, (1920-1961) > Hawker Siddeley
- Hawker De Havilland, Hawker De Havilland Australia Pty Ltd - Australia
- Hawker De Havilland, Hawker De Havilland Ltd - Australia
- Hawker Pacific AerospaceHawker Pacific AerospaceHawker Pacific Aerospace is a MRO-Service company which offers landing gear and hydraulic MRO services for all major aircraft types. These include all current Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer models as well as Helicopters.Lufthansa Technik , a subsidiary of Lufthansa German Airlines,...
, Hawker Pacific Aerospace - United Kingdom, (1980-present) - Hawker Siddeley, Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd - United Kingdom
- Hawksley, A W Hawksley Ltd. - United Kingdom
- HB-Aircraft, HB-Aircraft Industries Luftfahrzeug AG - Austria
- HB-FlugtechnikHB-FlugtechnikHB-Flugtechnik is an Austrian aircraft manufacturer established in the early 1970s by Heino Brditschka to produce light planes of his own design, originally the HB-21 motorglider....
, HB-Flugtechnik GmbH - Austria - HBN, HBN Group - United Kingdom/France, (Hawker, Breguet and Nord-Aviation)
- HeinkelHeinkelHeinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight.-History:...
, Ernst Heinkel AG - Germany, (?-1959) > FUSFUSRNA-binding protein FUS is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FUS gene.- Function :The N-terminal end of FUS appears to be involved in transcriptional activation, while the C-terminal end is involved in protein and RNA binding... - Heintz, Christophe Heintz - France
- HelibrasHelibrásHelibras or Helicópteros do Brasil S.A. is a Brazil-based helicopter manufacturer which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter, a division of EADS. Helibras leads the Brazilian market of the turbine helicopters in operation, with 54% stake in the civilian market, emphasis on the segment...
, Helicópteros do Brasil SA - Brazil - Helikopter Services, Helikopter Services - Unknown
- HelioHelioHelio was a Mobile virtual network operator wireless carrier launched on May 2, 2006. It was founded by EarthLink founder Sky Dayton. It was a joint venture between SK Telecom and EarthLink...
, Helio Aircraft Company - United States - Helio, Helio Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Helio, Helio Aircraft Ltd - United States
- Heliopolis, Heliopolis Air Works - Egypt
- Helipro, Helipro Corporation International - United States
- Heli-Sport, CH-7 Heli-Sport Srl. - Italy
- Heli-Sport, Heli-Sport Srl - Italy
- Helwan, Helwan Air Works - Egypt
- Henderson, Henderson Aero Specialties Inc - United States
- Henschel, Henschel & Son - Germany
- HESAHESAHESA may refer to:* Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company, an Iranian aircraft manufacturer* Higher Education South Africa, an association of universities in South Africa...
, IRan Aircraft Industries - Iran - Heston Aircraft, Heston Aircraft Co. Ltd. - United Kingdom
- HFBHamburger FlugzeugbauHamburger Flugzeugbau was an aircraft company, located in the Finkenwerder quarter of Hamburg, Germany. Originally established in July 1933 as a subsidiary of the Blohm & Voss shipyards, it has managed to survive under different names as part of different consortia from its German national...
, Hamburger Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany, (?-1940) > Blohm + VossBlohm + VossBlohm + Voss , is a German shipbuilding and engineering works. It is a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems; there were plans to sell 80% of Blohm + Voss to Abu Dhabi Mar Group, but talks collapsed in July 2011.-History:It was founded on April 5, 1877, by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss as a... - Highlander, Highlander Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Hillberg, Hillberg Helicopters - United States
- Hiller, Hiller Aircraft Company Inc - United States
- Hiller, Hiller Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Hiller, Hiller Aviation Inc - United States
- Hiller, Hiller Helicopters - United States
- Hiller, Hiller Helicopters Inc - United States
- HindustanHindustan Aeronautics LimitedHindustan Aeronautics Limited based in Bangalore, India, is one of Asia's largest aerospace companies. Under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence, this state-owned company is mainly involved in aerospace industry, which includes manufacturing and assembling aircraft, navigation and...
, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd - India - Hindustan, Hindustan Aircraft Ltd - India
- Hiro Naval ArsenalHiro Naval ArsenalThe Hiro Naval Arsenal at Kure was a production facility for seaplanes, flying boats, and aero engines for the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II...
, Hiro Naval Arsenal - Japan - HirthWolf HirthWolfram Kurt Erhard Hirth was a German gliding pioneer and sailplane designer. He was a co-founder of Schempp-Hirth, still a renowned glider manufacturer....
, Wolf Hirth GmbH - Germany - HispanoHispano AviacionHispano Aviación was a Spanish aircraft factory which began production in 1939, after a section of the Hispano-Suiza factory was isolated into a "Nationalist" area during the Spanish Civil War....
, La Hispano Aviación S.A. - Spain, (?-1972) > CASACASA- Aviation :* Civil Aviation Safety Authority - Australian statutory authority responsible for the regulation of Civil Aviation* Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA- Spanish aircraft manufacturer, became EADS CASA in 1999... - Hispano-SuizaHispano-SuizaHispano-Suiza was a Spanish automotive and engineering firm, best known for its luxury cars and aviation engines in the pre-World War II period of the twentieth century. In 1923, its French subsidiary became a semi-autonomous partnership with the parent company and is now part of the French SAFRAN...
, Hispano-Suiza - France - Historical Aircraft, Historical Aircraft Corporation - United States
- HK, HK Aircraft Technology AG - Germany
- HOACHoac* An abbreviation of the chemical compound of Acetic acid.* Historians of American Communism, a scholarly historical organization established in 1982....
, HOAC Austria Flugzeugwerk Wiener Neustadt GmbH - Austria - Hoffmann, Hoffmann Aircraft Flugzeugproduktion und Entwicklung GmbH - Austria
- Hoffmann, Hoffmann Flugzeugbau-Friesach GmbH - Austria
- Hoffmann, Wolf Hoffmann Flugzeugbau KG - Germany
- Holcomb, Jerry Holcomb - United States
- Hollmann, Martin Hollmann - United States
- Honda Aircraft CompanyHonda Aircraft CompanyThe Honda Aircraft Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company that has developed the prototype HondaJet and is slated to manufacture and market the production version of the aircraft...
, subsidiary of Honda Motor Company Ltd - Japan - Honda-Mississippi, Honda & Mississippi State University - Japan/United States
- Hongdu, Hongdu Aviation Industry Group - China
- Hovey, Robert W. Hovey - United States
- Howard (1)Howard Aircraft CorporationHoward Aircraft Corporation was a small USA aircraft manufacturer in the 30's and 40's. The factory was initially on the south side of Chicago Municipal airport at 5301 W...
, Howard Aircraft Corporation - United States - Howard (2), Howard Aero Inc - United States
- Howard (2), Howard Aero Manufacturing Division of Business Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Howard Hughes, Howard Hughes Engineering Pty Ltd - Australia
- HPA, High Performance Aircraft GmbH & Co KG - Germany
- Huff-Daland, Huff-Daland - United States, (1920-1933) (Ogdensburg Aeroway Corp.) > Huff-Daland Aero CorporationHuff-Daland Aero CorporationFormed as Ogdensburg Aeroway Corp in 1920 in Ogdensburg, New York by Thomas Huff and Elliot Daland, its name was quickly changed to Huff-Daland Aero Corp and then in 1925 it was changed again to the Huff-Daland Aero Company with its main headquarters in Bristol, Pennsylvania...
> Huff-Daland Aero Company > Keystone Aircraft Corporation - HughesHughes AircraftHughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded in 1932 by Howard Hughes in Culver City, California as a division of Hughes Tool Company...
, Hughes Helicopters Division of Summa Corporation - United States - Hughes, Hughes Helicopters Inc - United States
- Hughes, Hughes Tool Company, Aircraft Division - United States
- Hummel, J. Morry Hummel - United States
- HuntingHunting AircraftHunting Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer, that produced light training aircraft and initially designed the BAC 1-11 jet airliner. The company, based in Luton, merged with other companies to form the British Aircraft Corporation in 1959.-History:...
, Hunting Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom, (1957-1959) > British Aircraft CorporationBritish Aircraft CorporationThe British Aircraft Corporation was a British aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation Ltd., Vickers-Armstrongs , the Bristol Aeroplane Company and Hunting Aircraft in 1960. Bristol, English Electric and Vickers became "parents" of BAC with... - Hunting Percival, Hunting Percival Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- Hurel-Dubois, Société de Construction des Avions Hurel-Dubois - France
- Hybrid Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Hydroplane, Gidroplan ooo - Russia
- Hydroplane, Hydroplane Ltd - Russia
- Hynes, Hynes Helicopter Inc - United States
- HyundaiHyundaiHyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung...
, Hyundai Precision Industry - South Korea, > Korea Aerospace Industries
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- IAI, Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd - Israel
- Iannotta, Dott. Ing. Orlando Iannotta - Italy
- IARIndustria Aeronautica RomânaIndustria Aeronautică Română or Romanian Aeronautic Industry in English, is a Romanian aerospace manufacturer founded in 1925. Based in Ghimbav, near Braşov, Romania, the company employs around 1200 specialists including more than 170 engineers...
, IAR (Industria Aeronautică Română) SA - Romania - IberaviaIberaviaIberavia was a Spanish aircraft manufacturing company established in Madrid in 1946. Originally, the firm built aircraft instruments, but from 1948 onwards supplied training gliders of its own design to the Spanish Air Force . In 1951 it flew a prototype light plane, the Iberavia I-11 which only...
, Spain - IBISIbis AerospaceIbis Aerospace is a 50-50 joint venture created on July 1, 1997, between Aero of the Czech Republic and AIDC of Taiwan to manufacture and market the Aero-designed Ae 270 turboprop civil utility aircraft....
, Ibis Aerospace Ltd - Czech Republic/Taiwan - ICA, Intreprinderea de Constructii Aeronautice - Romania
- III, Iniziative Industriali Italiane SpA - Italy
- Ikar, OOO Aviaklub Ikar - Ukraine
- Ikarus, Ikarus Tvornica Aero i Hydroplana - Serbia and Montenegro
- IlyushinIlyushinOpen Joint Stock Company «Ilyushin Aviation Complex» , operating as Ilyushin or Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a Russian design bureau and aircraft manufacturer, founded by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Ilyushin was established under the Soviet Union. Its operations began on January 13, 1933, by...
, Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Imeni S. V. Ilyushina OAO - Russia - Ilyushin, Ilyushin OKB - Russia
- Ilyushin - see Aviation Association Ilyushin
- IMAMImamAn imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...
, Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche Meridionali - Italy - IMCOIntermountain Manufacturing CompanyThe Intermountain Manufacturing Company was a US aircraft manufacturer of the 1960s based in Afton, Wyoming that produced agricultural aircraft....
, Intermountain Manufacturing Company - United States, (1962-1966) > RockwellRockwell InternationalRockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate in the latter half of the 20th century, involved in aircraft, the space industry, both defense-oriented and commercial electronics, automotive and truck components, printing presses, valves and meters, and industrial automation.... - IMP, IMP Group Ltd - Canada
- Impulse, Impulse Aircraft GmbH - Germany
- Indaer Chile, Industria Aeronáutica de Chile - Chile
- Indaer Peru, Industria Aeronautica del Peru SA - Peru
- IAeIndonesian AerospaceIndonesian Aerospace ) is an Indonesian aerospace company in Asia involved in aircraft design, development and manufacturing of civilian and military regional commuter aircraft. The company was formerly known as Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara...
, Bandung - Indonesia - IndusIndUS AviationIndUS Aviation is an American light aircraft manufacturer founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas at the Dallas Executive Airport. The company manufactures variants of the Thorp T-211 and the T-111, originally designed by John Thorp...
, IndUS Aviation Inc - United States - Industrias Aeronauticas y Mecanicas, Industria Aeronáutica y Mecánica del Estado (IAME) - Argentina, (1953-1957) (Aeronautical and Mechanical Industries of the State) > DINFIA
- Innovation, Innovation Engineering Inc - United States
- Instituo Aerotecnico, Instituto Aerotécnica (Fabrica Militar de Aviones) - Argentina, (1943-1957) (IA) > DINFIA
- Instytut Lotnictwa, Instytut Lotnictwa - Poland
- Inter-Air, International Aircraft Manufacturing Inc - United States, (?-1967) > Bellanca
- Interavia, Interavia Konstruktorskoye Buro AO - Russia
- Interceptor Corporation, Interceptor Corporation - United States
- International Helicopters, International Helicopters Inc - United States
- Interstate, Interstate Engineering Corporation - United States
- Intracom, Intracom General Machinery SA - Switzerland
- IPAI, IPAI, Escola de Engenharia de Sâo Carlos - Brazil
- IPTIPTIPT may refer to:* Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics, NTNU* Illini Prosthetic Technologies, a prosthetics organization based in Illinois* Incendiary paint theory, a theory of the Hindenburg disaster...
, Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas - Brazil - IPTN, PT. Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara - Indonesia
- IRGC, Institute of Industrial Research and Development of the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps - Iran
- IRIAFIslamic Republic of Iran Air ForceThe Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force ' is the aviation branch of the Iranian armed forces. The present Air Force came into being in the early 1980s when the former Imperial Iranian Air Force was renamed....
, Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force - Iran - Irkut, Irkutskoye Aviatsionnoye Proizvodstvennoye Obedinenie OAO - Russia
- IRMA, Intreprinderea de Reparat Material Aeronautic - Romania
- Isaacs, John O. Isaacs - United Kingdom
- ISAE, Integrated Systems Aero Engineering Inc - United States
- Island Aircraft, Island Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- Israviation, Israviation Ltd - Israel
- IssoireIssoire AviationIssoire Aviation, established in Issoire, France, 30 km from Clermont-Ferrand, is an aircraft manufacturer founded in 1978 to take on the work of Wassmer Aviation...
, Issoire Aviation SA - France - ID Integration, ID Integration, Inc. - United States
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- J & AS, J & AS Aero Design Sp z oo - Poland
- JabiruJabiru AircraftJabiru Aircraft Pty Ltd is an Australian aircraft manufacturer that produces a range of kit- and ready-built civil light aircraft in Bundaberg, Queensland. The company also designs and manufactures a range of light aircraft engines...
, Jabiru Aircraft Pty Ltd - Australia - Jackaroo, Jackaroo Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- Jag Helicopter, JAG Helicopter Group LLC - United States
- James, James Aviation - New Zealand
- Janowski, Jaroslaw Janowski - Poland
- Javelin, Javelin Aircraft Company Inc - United States
- JDM - see Avions JDMAvions JDMAvions JDM was a French aircraft manufacturer established in Neuilly-sur-Seine shortly after World War II to market a light aircraft for homebuilding, the Roitelet. However, the aircraft did not sell.-References:*...
- Jeffair, Jeffair Corporation - United States
- Jetcrafters, Jetcrafters Inc - United States
- Jetprop, Jetprop LLC - United States
- JetstarJetstar, Inc Australia
- Jetstream, Jetstream Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- JodelJodelSociété Avions Jodel is a French aircraft company started in 1946 by Édouard Joly and his son-in-law Jean Délémontez. Jodel designed a range of light aeroplanes shortly after the Second World War. The popular myth is that the two, with no formal aerodynamics training, set about designing a...
, Avions Jodel SA - France - Jodel, Société des Avions Jodel - France
- Johnson, Johnson Aircraft Inc - United States
- Johnson, Johnston Aircraft Service - United States
- Jordan Aerospace, Jordan Aerospace Industries - Jordan
- JovairJovairJovair was established by Drago Jovanovich at Philadelphia in 1946 to produce helicopters. The firm was taken over by McCulloch Aircraft Corporation, along with its two most promising designs, the J-2 and the JOV-3.-References:...
- - Junkers, Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG - Germany
- Junqua, Roger Junqua - France
- Jurca, Marcel Jurca - France
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- K & S, K & S Aircraft - Canada
- K & S, K & S Aircraft Supply - Canada
- Kader, Kader Aircraft Factory - Egypt
- Kaiser, Kaiser Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany
- Kalinauskas, Rolandas Kalinauskas - Lithuania
- KamanKamanKaman is a town and block headquarters and municipality in the Bharatpur district in Rajasthan state, India.-Geography:Kaman is located at . It has an average elevation of 189 metres . It is bordered by two states on the West and North respectively. At the village of Nonera the borders of...
, Kaman Aerospace Corporation - United States - Kaman, Kaman Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Kaman, Kaman Corporation - United States
- Kaminskas, Rim Kaminskas - United States
- KamovKamovKamov is a Russian rotor-winged aircraft manufacturing company that was founded by Nikolai Il'yich Kamov, who started building his first rotor-winged aircraft in 1929, together with N. K. Skrzhinskii...
, Kamov OAO - Russia - Kamov, Kamov OKB - Russia
- Kamov, Vertoletyi Nauchno-Tekhnicheskiy Kompleks Imeni N. I. Kamova - Russia
- Kanpur, Indian Air Force, Aircraft Manufacturing Depot - India
- KARIKorea Aerospace Research InstituteThe Korea Aerospace Research Institute is the aeronautics and space agency of South Korea. Its main laboratories are located in Daejeon, in the Daedeok Science Town. Current projects include the KSLV launcher. Past projects include the 1999 Arirang-1 satellite. The agency was founded in 1989...
, Korea Aerospace Research Institute - South Korea - Kari-Keen, Kari-Keen Aircraft Inc - United States
- Kawanishi Aircraft CompanyKawanishi Aircraft Companywas a Japanese aircraft manufacturer during World War II. It was founded as Kawanishi Engineering Works in 1920 in Hyōgo Prefecture as an outgrowth of the Kawanishi conglomerate, which had been funding the Nakajima Aircraft Company. Kawanishi Kokuki KK was founded in 1928, and took over all assets...
, Kawanishi Aircraft Company - Japan - KawasakiKawasaki Heavy Industriesis an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....
, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd - Japan - Kawasaki, Kawasaki Jukogyo KK - Japan
- Kawasaki, Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo K. K. - Japan
- Kayaba, Kayaba Industrial Co. - Japan
- Kazan, Kazansky Vertoletnyi Zavod AO - Russia
- KEAKEA (aircraft)The State Aircraft Factory of Greece, usually known through the acronym KEA is the most historic Greek aircraft manufacturer, originally known as the EAF .- History :...
, Kratiko Ergostasio Aeroplanon - Greece (1925-present) - Keleher, James J. Keleher - United States
- Kelly, Dudley R. Kelly - United States
- Kelowna, Kelowna Flightcraft Group - Canada
- Kestrel (1), Kestrel Aircraft Company - United States
- Kestrel (2), Kestrel Sport Aviation - Canada
- KeuthanKeuthan AircraftKeuthan Aircraft was a US aircraft manufacturer located in Merritt Island, Florida. The firm marketed ultralights in kit form. It ceased business in 1996 and its assets were acquired by Arnet Pereyra Inc....
, Keuthan Aircraft - United States, (?-1996) > Aero Adventure AviationAero Adventure AviationAero Adventure Aviation is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Rockledge, Florida.In 1996, the firm acquired the assets and production rights of Keuthan Aircraft.-List of Aircraft:... - Keystone Aircraft Corporation, Keystone Aircraft Corporation - United States, (1920-1933) (Ogdensburg Aeroway Corp.) > Kestone-Loening > Curtiss-WrightCurtiss-WrightThe Curtiss-Wright Corporation was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States at the end of World War II, but has evolved to largely become a component manufacturer, specializing in actuators, aircraft controls, valves, and metalworking....
- KhrunichevKhrunichevKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets. The company's history dates back to 1916, when an automobile factory was established outside Moscow...
, Gosudarstvennyi Kosmicheskii Nauchno-Proizvodstvennyi Tsentr Imeni M V Khrunicheva - Russia - Kieger, André Kieger - France
- Killingsworth, Richard Killingsworth - United States
- KimballJim KimballJim Kimball is an American punk drummer. His virtual menagerie of former bands includes Laughing Hyenas, Mule, and The Jesus Lizard, as well as the Denison Kimball Trio . The Laughing Hyenas were a seminal punk/rock/noise outfit. Kimball and Kevin Munro left to form Mule with Wig's P.W...
, Jim Kimball Enterprises Inc - United States - Kimball, Michael G. Kimbrel - United States
- Kinetic, Kinetic Aviation Inc - United States
- King's, The King's Engineering Fellowship - United States
- Kjeller, Kjeller Flyvemaskinsfabrik - Norway
- Klemm, Hans Klemm Flugzeugbau - Germany, > SiebelSiebelSiebel, originally Flugzeugbau Halle, was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1937 in Halle an der Saale. It was revived as Siebelwerke in 1948. In 1952, it merged with ATG to form Siebelwerke-ATG Gmbh...
- KlemmKlemmThe Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturer noteworthy for sports and touring planes of the 1930s.The company was founded in Böblingen in 1926 by Dr...
, Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH - Germany - Klemm, Klemm-Flugzeuge GmbH - Germany
- KLS Composites, KLS Composites - United States
- Kokusai, Kokusai - Japan
- KolbNew Kolb AircraftThe New Kolb Aircraft Company is an American aircraft manufacturer that produces kitplanes for amateur construction.-History:Homer Kolb first flew his initial commercial design, the Kolb Flyer, in 1970. The aircraft was ahead of its time and so Kolb waited until the ultralight aircraft boom of...
, Kolb Aircraft Inc - United States - Kolb, Kolb Company IncNew Kolb AircraftThe New Kolb Aircraft Company is an American aircraft manufacturer that produces kitplanes for amateur construction.-History:Homer Kolb first flew his initial commercial design, the Kolb Flyer, in 1970. The aircraft was ahead of its time and so Kolb waited until the ultralight aircraft boom of...
- United States - Kolb, The New Kolb Aircraft Company Inc - United States
- KondorKondorThe Kondor was a German automobile manufactured from 1902 until 1904. The 5 hp two-seater was the product of a bicycle works....
, Kondor - Germany - KoolhovenKoolhovenN.V. Koolhoven was an aircraft manufacturer based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. From its conception in 1926 to is destruction in the Blitzkrieg in May 1940, the company remained the Netherlands' second major aircraft manufacturer...
, Koolhoven Aircraft - Netherlands - Korea Aerospace, Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd - South Korea, (KAI)
- Korean Air, Korean Air Lines Company Ltd - South Korea
- Kovach-Elmendorf, Alexander Kovach and Leonard Elmendorf - United States
- Kovacs, Joseph Kovács - Brazil
- Kraft, Phil Kraft - United States
- KressWilhelm KressWilhelm Kress was a pioneer in aviations and constructor of aircraft.-Life:Kress came to Vienna in 1873, where he developed the first modern delta-flying hang glider in 1877...
, Wilhelm Kress - Austria-Hungary - Kreider-Reisner, Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company Inc - United States
- Kyūshū Aircraft Company, Kyūshū Aircraft Company - Japan
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- La France, Neil La France - United States
- LairdE. M. Laird Airplane CompanyE. M. Laird Airplane Company was a American aircraft manufacturer of commercial aircraft and custom race planes.- Wichita Airplane Company :...
, E. M. Laird Airplane Company - United States - LakeLake AircraftLake Aircraft was a manufacturer of amphibious aircraft. Their factory was in Sanford, Maine, USA, and their sales offices were located at Laconia / Gilford, New Hampshire and Kissimmee, Florida....
, A.E.R.O. Aircraft Services, LLC http://www.aeroaircraft.com/ - United States - Lake, Lake Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Lake, Lake Aircraft Division of Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. - United States
- Lake, Lake Aircraft Inc. - United States
- Lake, Lake Amphibian Inc. - United States
- Lambert, Lambert Aircraft Engineering bvba - Belgium
- Lammer Geyer, Lammer Geyer Aviation - South Africa
- LancairLancairLancair International, Inc. is a U.S. manufacturer of general aviation aircraft kits. They are well known for their series of high-performance single-engine aircraft that offer cruise speeds that surpass many twin-engine turboprop designs...
, Lancair Group Inc - United States - Lancair, Lancair International Inc - United States
- Lancashire, Lancashire Aircraft Company Ltd - United Kingdom
- Larkin Aircraft, Larkin Aircraft Supply Co. - Australia, (LASCO)
- Laser, Laser Aerobatics - Australia
- Latécoère, Société Industrielle d'Aviation Latécoère - France
- Laven, Joe Laven - United States
- LaverdaLaverdaLaverda was an Italian manufacturer of high performance motorcycles. The motorcycles in their day gained a reputation for being robust and innovative....
, Laverda SpA - Italy - LAVIASA, Latinoamericana de Aviación S.A. - Argentina
- LavochkinLavochkinNPO Lavochkin is a Russian aerospace company. It is a major player in the Russian space program, being the developer and manufacturer of the Fregat upper stage, as well as interplanetary probes such as Phobos Grunt...
, Lavochkin (OKB-301) - Russia - Lear, Lear Inc - United States
- LearjetBombardier AerospaceBombardier Aerospace is a division of Bombardier Inc. and is the third-largest airplane manufacturer in the world. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.- History :...
, Bombardier Aerospace Learjet - United States - Learjet, Learjet Corporation - United States, (?-1990) > Bombardier AerospaceBombardier AerospaceBombardier Aerospace is a division of Bombardier Inc. and is the third-largest airplane manufacturer in the world. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.- History :...
- Learjet, Learjet Industries Inc - United States
- Learjet, Learjet Corporation - United States
- Learjet, Learjet Inc - United States
- Leavens, Leavens Brothers Ltd - Canada
- Lederlin, François Lederlin - France
- Legend, Legend Aircraft Inc - United States
- Leger, Gilles Leger - Canada
- LeOLEOLEO as an initialism may refer to:* Low Earth orbit, a satellite path* Law enforcement officer, an official* Louisville Eccentric Observer, a newspaper* LEO , an electronic device* LEO , a lunar mission...
, Lioré et Olivier - France - Les Mureaux - see ANF Mureaux
- LetLet KunoviceAircraft Industries, a.s., operating as Let Kunovice, is a Czech civil aircraft manufacturer. Its most successful design has been the L-410 Turbolet, of which more than 1000 units have been built...
, Let Národní Podnik - Czechoslovakia - LetLet KunoviceAircraft Industries, a.s., operating as Let Kunovice, is a Czech civil aircraft manufacturer. Its most successful design has been the L-410 Turbolet, of which more than 1000 units have been built...
, Let AS - Czech Republic - LetovLetov KbelyLETOV is an aircraft company located in Prague - Letňany, Czech Republic. It is the oldest aircraft company in the region.Letov was founded in 1918 by the Czechoslovakian Ministry of Defense to repair World War I trophy planes. The first indigenous aircraft, the Letov Š-1, was designed and built in...
, Letov - Czechoslovakia - Levasseur, Pierre Levasseur - France
- Levy, Constructions Aeronautiques J. Levy - France
- Leza AirCam Corporation — see Lockwood Aircraft
- Leza-Lockwood — see Lockwood Aircraft
- Liberty (1), Liberty Aeronautical - United States
- Liberty (2), Liberty Aerospace Inc - United States
- Lichtwerk, NV Lichtwerk - Netherlands
- Light Aero, Light Aero Inc - United States
- Light Miniature, Light Miniature Aircraft Inc - United States
- Light Wing, Light Wing AG - Switzerland
- Lightning Bug, Lightning Bug Aircraft Corporation - United States
- LilienthalOtto LilienthalOtto Lilienthal was a German pioneer of human aviation who became known as the Glider King. He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful gliding flights. He followed an experimental approach established earlier by Sir George Cayley...
, Otto Lilienthal - Germany - Linke-HofmannLinke-HofmannLinke-Hofmann was a German manufacturing company established in Breslau to produce locomotives and rolling stock. Its origins lay in the wheelwright business of Gottfried Linke, begun in 1834...
, Linke-Hofmann Werke A. G. - Germany - Lipnur, Lembaga Industri Penerbangan Nurtanio - Indonesia
- Lisunov, Lisunov OKB - Russia
- Little Wing, Little Wing Autogyros Inc - United States
- Lmaasa, Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina SA - Argentina
- Load Ranger, Load Ranger Inc - United States
- Lockheed CorporationLockheed CorporationThe Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace company. Lockheed was founded in 1912 and later merged with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin in 1995.-Origins:...
- United States, (1912-1996) > Lockheed MartinLockheed MartinLockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area.... - Lockheed MartinLockheed MartinLockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
, Lockheed Martin Corporation - United States, (1996-present) - Lockheed Martin-Boeing, see Lockheed Martin and Boeing - United States
- Lockheed-Azcarate, Lockheed-Azcarate SA - Mexico, (LASA)
- Lockheed-Boeing, see Lockheed and Boeing - United States
- Lockheed-Kaiser, Avions Lockheed-Kaiser - Argentina
- Lockwood Aircraft Corporation — United States
- LoehleLoehle AircraftLoehle Aircraft Corporation is an aircraft manufacturer located in Wartrace, Tennessee, that produces aircraft kits and a complete aircraft paint line for all types of aircraft, including metal, composite and fabric covered.-History:...
, Loehle Aircraft Corporation - United States - Loening Aeronautical, Loening Aircraft Co. Inc. - United States, (Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corp. or Grover Loening Aircraft Co. Inc.)
- LohnerJacob Lohner Werke und SohnThe Lohner-Werke or simply Lohner, was a Viennese luxury coachbuilding firm founded in the 19th Century by Jacob Lohner's father, Heinrich. From 1897 onwards, the firm also produced automobiles, being the first in Austria to do so...
, Jacob Lohner Werke und Sohn - Austria-Hungary - Loire, Loire - France
- Lombardi, Aeronautica Lombardi - Italy
- Lombardi, Francis Lombardi & Companie - Italy
- Long, David Long - United States
- Longren, Longren Aircraft Company Inc - United States
- Lopresti, LoPresti Inc - United States
- Loravia, Lorraine Aviation - France
- LOT, Letecké Opravovne Trencin SP - Slovakia
- Loving-Wayne, Neal V. Loving, Wayne Aircraft Company - United States
- LTVLing-Temco-VoughtLing-Temco-Vought was a large U.S. conglomerate which existed from 1969 to 2000. At its peak, its component parts were involved in the aerospace industry, electronics, steel manufacturing, sporting goods, the airline industry, meat packing, car rentals and pharmaceuticals, among other...
, Ling-Temco-Vought Inc - United States - LTV, LTV Aerospace Corporation - United States
- Lualdi-Tassotti, Lualdi-Tassotti - Italy
- Lucas, Emile Lucas - France
- Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft m.b.H.Luft-Fahrzeug-GesellschaftLuft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft, also referred to as LFG, was a German aircraft manufacturer during World War I. They are best known for their various "Roland" designs, notably the Roland C.II and Roland D.VI, although they also produced a number of airships and experimental...
(LFG), Germany, airships 1909-1932, aeroplanes 1915-1933 - Luftschiffbau Schütte-LanzSchütte-LanzSchütte-Lanz is the name of a series of rigid airships designed and built by the Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz company from 1909 until the last LS22 was delivered in 1917. One research and four passenger airships were planned for post-war use, but were never built...
, Germany, rigid airships 1909-1917, aeroplanes 1915-1918 - Luftverkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H.LVGLuftverkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Berlin-Johannisthal, which began constructing aircraft in 1912, building Farman-type aircraft. The company constructed many reconnaissance and light bomber biplanes during World War I.The raid on London in 1916 was...
, BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
-Johannisthal - Germany - Lunds Tekniske, Lunds Tekniske - Norway
- Lundy, Brian Lundy - United States
- LuscombeLuscombeLuscombe aircraft was a United States aircraft manufacturer from 1933 to 1950.Donald A. Luscombe founded the Luscombe aircraft company in 1933, in Kansas City, Missouri. Luscombe had already made his reputation as a winged-aircraft designer with the Monocoupe series of light aircraft, but he felt...
, Luscombe Aircraft Corporation - United States - Luscombe, Luscombe Airplane Corporation - United States
- Luscombe, Luscombe Airplane Development Corporation - United States
- LutonLuton AircraftLuton Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of Barton-in-the-Clay, Bedfordshire, and later Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.-History:...
, Luton Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom - LWDLotnicze Warsztaty DoswiadczalneLotnicze Warsztaty Doświadczalne was the Polish aerospace manufacturer and construction bureau, located in Łódź, active between 1945 and 1950. The name meant Aircraft Experimental Workshops. It was the first Polish post-war aerospace construction bureau.The World War II and German occupation...
, Lotnicze Warsztaty Doświadczalne - Poland, (Experimental Aviation Workshops) - LWSLWS (aircraft manufacturer)LWS - Lubelska Wytwórnia Samolotów was the Polish aerospace manufacturer, located in Lublin, created in 1936 of Plage i Laśkiewicz works and producing aircraft between 1936 and 1939.-History:...
, Lubelska Wytwórnia Samolotów - Poland, (Lublin Aircraft Factory) - Lyavin, Peter Lyavin - Russia