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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, manufacturer's 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, manufacturer's 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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- Quad CityQuad City Challenger|-See also:...
, Quad City Ultralight Aircraft Corp - United States - Quercy, Centre National Quercy-Rouergue RSA - France
- Quest, Quest Aircraft Company LLC - United States
- Questair, Questair, Inc. - United States
- Quickie, Quickie Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Quickie, Quickie Enterprises, Inc. - United States
- QuikkitQuikkitQuikkit is a manufacturer of kitplanes located in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1992 by Tom Scott to market the Glass Goose amphibious aircraft, a substantially revised version of the Aero Composites Sea Hawker design that Scott purchased the rights to after the previous manufacturer...
, Quikkit Corporation - United States - Quikkit, Quikkit Division of Rainbow Flyers, Inc. - United States
- Quikkit, Quikkit, Inc. - United States
- Qantas, Qantas, Inc. Australia
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- R & B, R & B Aircraft Company - United States
- RACA, Representaciones Aero Comerciales Argentinas SA - Argentina
- Radab, AB Radab - Sweden
- RAF (1), Royal Aircraft Factory - United Kingdom, > Royal Aircraft EstablishmentRoyal Aircraft EstablishmentThe Royal Aircraft Establishment , was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the UK Ministry of Defence , before finally losing its identity in mergers with other institutions.The first site was at Farnborough...
- Ragwing, RagWing Aircraft Designs - United States
- Rainbow, Rainbow Aircraft (Pty), Ltd. - South Africa
- Rand, Kenneth Rand - United States
- Rand, Rand Robinson Engineering, Inc. - United States
- Ranger Aircraft Corp. - United States (1929, Oklahoma City OK, upon acquiring design and production rights of Coffman Monoplanes Inc.)
- Rans, Rans, Inc. - United States (Randy Schlitter, Hays KS) kit-built small aircraft
- Ravin, SA Ravin Composite Aircraft Manufacturers - South Africa
- RaytheonRaytheonRaytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007...
, Raytheon Aircraft Company - United States - Raytheon, Raytheon Corporate Jets, Inc. - United Kingdom
- RearwinRearwinRearwin Airplanes was a US airplane-manufacturing enterprise founded by Andrew Rearwin in 1928. Rae Rearwin was an American businessman who had developed several successful business ventures in the Salina, Kansas area in the early 20th century...
, Rearwin Aircraft & Engines, Inc. - United States - Rearwin, Rearwin Airplanes, Inc. - United States
- Reda, Reda-MDT, Ltd. - Russia
- Redfern, Walter Redfern Company - United States
- Reflex, Reflex Fiberglass Works, Inc. - United States
- Regy Freres, Regy Freres - France
- ReimsReims AviationReims Aviation Industries is a French aircraft manufacturer located in the city of Reims, currently producing the F406 Caravan II. Reims Aviation is a wholly owned subsidiary of GECI Aviation.-History:...
, Reims Aviation SA - France - Renaissance (1), Renaissance Composites, Inc. - United States
- Renaissance (2), Renaissance Aircraft LLC - United States
- Renard, Robert Renard - France
- RenardRenard EpervierThe Renard Epervier was a Belgian prototype single-seat all-metal fighter monoplane built by the brothers Renard for a government-sponsored design contest in 1928. The Epervier Type 2 was built and flown in 1928, being constructed by Belgian aircraft manufacturer Stampe et Vertongen...
, George & Alfred Renard - Replica Plans, Replica Plans - Canada
- RepublicRepublic Aviation CompanyThe Republic Aviation Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. Originally known as the Seversky Aircraft Company, the company was responsible for the design and production of many important military aircraft, including the P-47 Thunderbolt, F-84...
, Republic Aviation Corporation - United States, (1939-?) - Revolution, Revolution Helicopter Corporation, Inc. - United States
- Rhein, Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany, (RFB)
- Rhein-West-Flug, Rhein-West-Flug Fischer und Companie - Germany
- Rihn, Dan Rihn - United States
- Rihn, Rihn Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Rikugun, Rikugun Kokugijutsu Kenkyujo - Japan, (Army Aerotechnical Research Institute)
- Riley, Riley Aeronautics Corporation - United States, (?-1983) > Advanced Aircraft Corp
- Riley, Riley Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Riley, Riley Aircraft Manufacturing, Inc. - United States
- Riley, Riley International Corporation - United States
- Riley, Riley Turbostream Corporation - United States
- RLU, Charles B. Roloff, Robert Liposky and Carl Unger - United States
- Robin, Avions Pierre Robin - France, (1969-present)
- Robin, Avions Pierre Robin, Inc. - Canada
- Robin, Robin Aviation - France
- RobinsonRobinson HelicopterThe Robinson Helicopter Company, based at Zamperini Field in Torrance, California, is the largest manufacturer of civil helicopters in North America.-History:...
, Robinson Helicopter Company - United States - Rock, J. Rock Segelflugzeugbau - Germany
- Rocket, Rocket Aircraft Company - United States
- 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....
, Rockwell International Corporation - United States, (1966-1996) > Boeing North American - Rockwell-MBB, see ROCKWELL and MBB - United States/Germany
- Rogerson Hiller, Rogerson Hiller Corporation - United States
- Rogozarski, P. S. F. A. -Rogozarski - Yugoslavia, (1924-1941) (First Serbian Aircraft Factory-Rogozarski)
- Rolladen-Schneider, Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany
- Rollason, Rollason Aircraft and Engines, Ltd. - United Kingdom
- Romaero, SC Romaero SA - Romania
- Rose, Rose Aeroplane and Motor Company - United States
- Rotary Air Force, Rotary Air Force, Inc. - Canada
- Rotec, Rotec Engineering, Inc. - United States
- Rotorway, Rotorway Aircraft, Inc. - United States
- Rotorway, Rotorway International - United States
- Rouchaud, F. Rouchaud, Construction Aéronautique - France
- Rousseau, Etablissements Rousseau Aéronautique - France
- RTAFRoyal Thai Air ForceThe Royal Thai Air Force or RTAF is the air force of the Kingdom of Thailand. Since its establishment in 1913, as one of the earliest air forces of Asia, the Royal Thai Air Force had engaged in many major and minor battles. During the Vietnam war era, the air force has been developed with USAF-aid...
, Royal Thai Air Force - Thailand - RUAGRUAGRUAG is a Swiss technology company, with its headquarters in Bern. It has production sites in Switzerland , Germany , Sweden , Hungary and Austria .-Structure:The RUAG has following subsidiaries:*RUAG Aerospace RUAG is a Swiss technology company, with its headquarters in Bern. It has production...
, RUAG Aerospace - Switzerland - RumplerRumplerThe Rumpler Tropfenwagen was a car developed by Austrian engineer Edmund Rumpler.Rumpler, born in Vienna, was a designer of aircraft when on the 1921's Berlin car show he introduced the Tropfenwagen. It was to be the first streamlined car . The Rumpler had a Cw-value of only 0.28...
, Edmund Rumpler - Austria, (Rumpler Flugzeugwerke GmbH) - Rupert, Charles Rupert Joses - Brazil
- Ruschmeyer, Ruschmeyer Luftfahrttechnik GmbH - Germany
- Rusjan Brothers, Rusjan Brothers - Austro-Hungarian Empire, (Edvard & Josiph (Jože) Rusjan)
- RutanScaled CompositesScaled Composites is an aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and currently owned by Northrop Grumman that is located at the Mojave Spaceport, Mojave, California, United States...
, Rutan Aircraft Factory - United States, (Scaled Composites) - RWDRWD (aircraft manufacturer)RWD was a Polish aircraft construction bureau active between 1928 and 1939. It started as a team of three young designers, Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura and Jerzy Drzewiecki, whose names formed the RWD acronym.-History:...
, Rogalski, Wigura and Drzewiecki - Poland - RyanRyan Aeronautical CompanyThe Ryan Aeronautical Company was founded by T. Claude Ryan in San Diego, California in 1934. Part of Teledyne after 1969, Northrop Grumman purchased Teledyne Ryan in 1999...
, Ryan Aeronautical Company - United States
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- SaabSaabSaab AB is a Swedish aerospace and defence company, founded in 1937. From 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of automobile manufacturer Saab Automobile, and between 1968 and 1995 the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania, known as Saab-Scania.-History:"Svenska...
, Saab AB - Sweden - Saab, Saab Aircraft AB - Sweden
- Saab, Saab-Scania AB - Sweden
- Saab, Svenska Aeroplan AB Saab - Sweden
- Saab-Fairchild, see SAAB and FAIRCHILD - Sweden/United States
- SAASASAASASAASA or the South African Amateur Space Administration, is the controlling body for rocketry in South Africa. It was established to support the interests of rocketeers, in South Africa, to ensure the hobby remains safe and legal....
, Servicios Aéreas de America SA - Mexico - Sabrina Aircraft Manufacturing - United States
- SABCA, Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques - Belgium
- Sadler, Sadler Aircraft Corporation - United States
- SAI (1), Skandinavisk Aero Industri AS - Denmark
- SAI (2), SAI Società Aeronautica Italiana srl - Italy
- Sailplane Corporation of AmericaSailplane Corporation of AmericaThe Sailplane Corporation of America was a US manufacturer of sailplanes founded by Gus Briegleb at a former US Army Airfield at El Mirage Dry Lake in California to market kits and plans of his own designs. The firm's greatest success was the Briegleb BG 12 wooden sailplane, but it also sold plans...
- United States - Saint Germain, Centre de Recherches Jean Saint Germain, Inc. - Canada
- Salvay-Stark, M. E. Salvay and George Stark - United States
- SamolotSamolotSamolot was the Polish aerospace manufacturer, located in Poznań and active between 1924 and 1930. It manufactured among others aircraft under the Bartel name.-History:...
, Poland - SamsungSamsungThe Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
, Samsung Aerospace Industries Ltd - South Korea, (SSA) > Korea Aerospace Industries - SAN, Société Aéronautique Normande - France
- Sanderson, Sanderson Machine Corporation - United States
- Sands, Ron Sands Company - United States
- Sargent-Fletcher, Sargent-Fletcher Company - United States
- SATIC, Special Aircraft Transport International Company - France/Germany
- SAU, Nauchno-Proizvodstvennaya Korporatsiya Samoloty-Amfibyi Universalnyye - Russia
- Saunders Aircraft, Saunders Aircraft Corporation - Canada
- Saunders-RoeSaunders-RoeSaunders-Roe Limited was a British aero- and marine-engineering company based at Columbine Works East Cowes, Isle of Wight.-History:The name was adopted in 1929 after Alliot Verdon Roe and John Lord took a controlling interest in the boat-builders S.E. Saunders...
, Saunders-Roe Limited - United Kingdom - Sauper, Sauper Aviation SA - France
- Sauser, Sauser Aircraft Company - United States
- Savoia-MarchettiSavoia-Marchetti-History:The original company was founded in 1915 as SIAI . After World War I gained the name Savoia, when it acquired the Società Anonima Costruzioni Aeronautiche Savoia, an Italian aircraft company founded by Umberto Savoia in 1915.The name Marchetti was added when chief designer Alessandro...
, Savoia-Marchetti - Italy, (1915-1951 & 1953-1983) - ScaledScaled CompositesScaled Composites is an aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and currently owned by Northrop Grumman that is located at the Mojave Spaceport, Mojave, California, United States...
, Scaled Composites, Inc. - United States - Scaled Aviation Industries (Private) Limited, Scaled Aviation Industries (Private) Limited - Pakistan
- SCAN, Société des Constructions Aéro-Navales - France
- SCANOR, Société de Construction Aéronautique du Nord - France
- Scenic, Scenic Aviation Services - United States
- Schafer, Schafer Aircraft Modifications, Inc. - United States
- Scheibe, Scheibe Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany
- Schempp-HirthSchempp-HirthSchempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH is a glider manufacturer based in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany.-History:Martin Schempp founded his own company in Göppingen in 1935, with the assistance of Wolf Hirth. The company was initially called "Sportflugzeugbau Göppingen Martin Schempp"...
, Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany - Schempp-Hirth, Schempp-Hirth GmbH - Germany
- Schempp-Hirth, Schempp-Hirth GmbH & Companie KG - Germany
- Schempp-Hirth, Schempp-Hirth OHG - Germany
- SchleicherAlexander Schleicher GmbH & CoAlexander Schleicher GmbH & Co is a major manufacturer of sailplanes located in Poppenhausen, near Fulda in Germany. It is also the oldest sailplane manufacturer in the world....
, Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co - Germany - Schleicher, Alexander Schleicher Segelflugzeugbau - Germany
- Schneider, Edmund Schneider - Germany, Australia
- Schweizer, Schweizer Aircraft Corporation - United States
- ScintexScintex AviationScintex Aviation S.A. was a French aircraft manufacturer which was active between 1956 and 1964.-Formation:Scintex was formed in 1956 by Jean-Michel Vernhes and a production line was established to build the Piel CP.301 Emeraude, designed by Claude Piel, initially as the CP.30, under licence for...
, Scintex Aviation SA - France - 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....
, Scottish Aviation, Ltd. - United Kingdom, (?-1977) > British AerospaceBritish AerospaceBritish Aerospace plc was a UK aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer. Its head office was in the Warwick House in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Farnborough, Hampshire... - SCWAL, SCWAL SA - Belgium
- SEASociété d'Etudes Aéronautiques (France)The Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques was a French aircraft manufacturer founded in 1916 by Henry Potez, Marcel Bloch, and Louis Coroller at Suresnes....
, Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques - France - Seabird, Seabird Aviation Australia Pty, Ltd. - Australia
- Seabird, Seabird Aviation Jordan LLC - Jordan
- Seastar, SeaStar Aircraft, Inc. - United States
- SETSocietatea pentru exploatari techniceSocietatea Pentru Exploatări Technice or SET was a Romanian aircraft manufacturer. It was established in Bucharest in 1923 by Grigore Zamfirescu as a general machinery manufacturing plant. It soon specialised in building aircraft to its founder's design, supplying the Romanian Air Force with...
, Societatea pentru exploatari technice - Romania - Seawind, Seawind, Inc. - United States
- Seawind, Seawind International, Inc. - Canada
- Seawind, SNA, Inc. - United States
- SECM, SECM - France, (1916-1921) > AmiotAvions AmiotAvions Amiot was a former French aircraft manufacturer. The company was formed in 1916 by Félix Amiot as the Society of Mechanical Drawing and Construction ....
- SEGA Aircraft, SEGA Aircraft - Belgium
- Seginus Inc, Seginus Inc - United States
- Sepecat, Société Européenne de Production de l'Avion ECAT - France/United Kingdom
- Sequoia, Sequoia Aircraft Corporation - United States
- SEREB, SEREB - France, (1959-1970) (Ballistic Missiles Study and Manufacture Company) > AérospatialeAérospatialeAérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...
- Serv-Aero, Serv-Aero Engineering, Inc. - United States
- Servoplant, Servoplant SRL - Romania
- SETCA - France
- Seversky, Seversky Aircraft Corporation - United States, > Republic Aviation CompanyRepublic Aviation CompanyThe Republic Aviation Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. Originally known as the Seversky Aircraft Company, the company was responsible for the design and production of many important military aircraft, including the P-47 Thunderbolt, F-84...
- SF, Swiss Aircraft and Systems Enterprise Corporation - Switzerland
- SFECMAS, Societe Francaise d'Etudes et de Constructions de Materials - France, (1953-1955) (Société Française d'Etude et de Construction de Matériels Aéronautiques Spéciaux - French Company for the study and construction of special aeronautical materials) > SNCAN
- SFERMA, Societe Francaise d'Entretien et de Reparation de Materiel Aeronautique - France, (Maintenance and Aeronautical Material Repairs Company of France)
- SG Aviation, SG Aviation - Italy
- SGAU, Samarsky Gosudartvennyi Aerokosmitsesky Universitet - Russia
- Shaanxi, Shaanxi Aircraft Company - China
- Shaanxi, Shaanxi Transport Aircraft Factory - China
- Shadin, Shadin LP - United States
- ShanghaiShanghai Aircraft Manufacturing FactoryShanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, Shanghai Aviation Industrial Company or Shanghai Aircraft Company is a Shanghai based aerospace company with business in:* aircraft manufacturing* parts and components subcontractor* repair and overhaul...
, Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory - China - Shanghai, Shanghai Aviation Industrial Corporation - China
- Shanghai Sikorsky, Shanghai Sikorsky Aircraft Company, Ltd. - China
- ShenyangShenyang Aircraft CorporationShenyang Aircraft Corporation is a Chinese civilian and military aircraft manufacturer located in Shenyang. Founded in 1953, it is one of the oldest aircraft manufacturers in the People's Republic of China. Many aircraft manufacturers in China such as Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group or Guizhou...
, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation - China - Shenyang, Shenyang Aircraft Factory - China
- Shenyang Sailplane, Shenyang Sailplane and Lightplane Factory - China
- Shenyang Sailplane, Shenyang Sailplane Factory - China
- Sherpa, Sherpa Aircraft Manufacturing Company - United States
- Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation - China
- Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang Aircraft Plant - China
- Shin Meiwa, Shin Meiwa Industry Company, Ltd. - Japan
- Shin Meiwa, ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. - Japan
- Shin Meiwa, ShinMaywa Kogyo KK - Japan
- Shinn, Shinn Engineering, Inc. - United States
- ShortShort BrothersShort Brothers plc is a British aerospace company, usually referred to simply as Shorts, that is now based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1908, Shorts was the first company in the world to make production aircraft and was a manufacturer of flying boats during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s...
, Short Brothers & Harland, Ltd. - United Kingdom, (?-1989) > 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 :... - Short, Short Brothers, Ltd. - United Kingdom
- Short, Short Brothers PLC - United Kingdom
- Showa, Showa Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd. - Japan
- SIAI-Marchetti, SIAI-Marchetti SpA - Italy
- SIAT, Siebelwerke-ATG GmbH - Germany
- Siddeley-DeasySiddeley-DeasySiddeley-Deasy was a British automobile, engine and aircraft company based in Coventry in the early 20th century. It was central to the formation, by merger and buy-out, of the later Armstrong Sideleley Motor and Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft companies....
, Siddeley-Deasy Motor Car Co., Ltd.. - United Kingdom, > Armstrong SiddeleyArmstrong SiddeleyArmstrong Siddeley was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century. It was formed in 1919 and is best known for the production of luxury motor cars and aircraft engines.-Siddeley Autocars:... - 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...
, Siebel-Flugzeugwerke AG - Germany, (1955-1970) (Siebel Aircraft Factory) > MBBMesserschmitt-Bölkow-BlohmMesserschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm was a German aerospace company formed as the result of several mergers in the late 1960s. Among its best-known products was the MBB Bo 105 light twin helicopter... - Siemens-Schuckert, Siemens-Schuckertwerke - Germany
- Sikorsky, Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Sikorsky, Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Technologies Corporation - United States
- Silhouette, Silhouette Aircraft, Inc. - United States
- Silvaire, Silvaire Aircraft Company - United States
- Silvercraft, Silvercraft SpA - Italy
- Sindlinger, Fred G. Sindlinger - United States
- Singapore, Singapore Aerospace, Ltd. - Singapore
- Singapore, Singapore Aircraft Industries Pte, Ltd. - Singapore
- Singapore, Singapore Technologies Aerospace, Ltd. - Singapore
- Sino Swearingen Aircraft CorporationSino Swearingen Aircraft CorporationSyberJet Aircraft, formerly Emivest Aerospace Corporation, and prior to that Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation SSAC, is an aircraft manufacturer. Their primary product is the Swearingen SJ30-2 small business jet...
- United States/China-Taiwan - SIPASociété Industrielle Pour l’AéronautiqueSociété Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique was a French aircraft manufacturer established in 1938 by Émile Dewoitine after his previous company, Avions Dewoitine, was nationalized the year before...
, Société Industrielle pour l'Aéronautique - France - Siravia, Siravia SA - France
- Sisler, Sisler Aircraft Company - United States
- SITAR, Sociètè Industrielle de Tolerie pour l'Aéronautique et Matériel Roulant - France
- Sivel, Sivel Srl - Italy
- Skliar, Bill Skliar - United States
- Skycraft, Skycraft International, Inc. - United States
- Skydancer, SkyDancer Aviation - United States
- Skyfox, Skyfox Aviation, Ltd. - Australia
- Skygear, Korean Light Aircraft Corporation - South Korea
- Skyote Aeromarine, Skyote Aeromarine, Ltd. - United States
- Skystar, Skystar Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Slepcev, Slepcev Aircraft Industries - Australia
- SlingsbySlingsby AviationSlingsby Aviation is a British aircraft company based in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England. The Slingsby business was founded on the building and design of gliders and sailplanes. From the early 1930s to about 1970 it built over 50% of all British club gliders and had success at national and...
, Slingsby Aviation, Ltd. - United Kingdom - Slipstream, SlipStream Industries, Inc. - United States
- SMAN, Société Morbihannaise d'Aéro Navigation - France
- SME, SME Aviation Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Smith (1), Frank W. Smith - United States
- Smith (2), Wilbur L. Smith - United States
- Smith (3), Barry Smith - United Kingdom
- Smyth, Jerry Smyth - United States
- SNCA, Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques - France
- 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....
, Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre - France, (1936-1949) (SNCAC) (Aérocentre) > SNCAN, SNCASO, SNECMASnecmaSnecma is a major French manufacturer of engines for commercial and military aircraft, and for space vehicles. The name is an acronym for Société Nationale d'Étude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation .In 2005, the Snecma group, which included Snecma ,... - SNCAN, Societe Nationale de Construction Aeronautique du Nord - France
- SNCAOSNCAOSociété nationale des constructions aéronautiques de l'ouest was a state-owned French aircraft manufacturer, which originated on November 16, 1936, from the merger of the factories of Breguet in Bouguenais, and Loire-Nieuport in St Nazaire and Issy-les-Moulineaux.The company had been formed as one...
, Société Nationale des Constructions Aéronautiques de l'Ouest - France - SNCASO - France
- SNECMASnecmaSnecma is a major French manufacturer of engines for commercial and military aircraft, and for space vehicles. The name is an acronym for Société Nationale d'Étude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation .In 2005, the Snecma group, which included Snecma ,...
, Société Nationale d'Étude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation - France, (1956-1959) (National Company for the Study and Construction of Aviation Engines) - Snobird, SnoBird, Inc. - United States
- SnowSnow AeronauticalSnow Aeronautical was a US aircraft manufacturer, established in 1955 in Olney, Texas by Leland Snow to manufacture and market agricultural aircraft of his design...
, Snow Aeronautical Company - United States - Snow, Snow Aeronautical Corporation - United States
- SOCA, Société de l'Ouest de Construction Aéronautique - France
- SOCATAEADS SocataSOCATA is a producer of general aviation aircraft propelled by piston engines and turboprops, including business planes, small personal or training aircraft, as well as the production of aircraft structures for other manufacturers such as Airbus, Dassault, Embraer, Eurocopter and Lockheed Martin...
, Socata Group Aerospatiale - France - SOCATA, Socata Group Aerospatiale Matra - France
- SOCATA, Société de Construction d'Avions de Tourisme et d'Affaires - France
- SokoSOKOSOKO was an aircraft factory situated in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It gained prominence in Yugoslavia.-Products:* Soko 522* Soko S-55-5 Mk...
, Preduzece Soko - Bosnia-Hercegovina - Soko, Soko Air Mostar - Bosnia-Hercegovina
- Soko, Soko Metalopreradijavacka Industrija sa Organicenom Solidarnom Odgovornoscu Oour-A Oour Fabrika Vazduhoplova - Bosnia-Hercegovina
- Soko, Soko Vazduhoplovna Industrija Radna Organizacija Vazduhoplovstvo - Bosnia-Hercegovina
- Soko, Sour Vazduhoplovna Industrija Soko - Bosnia-Hercegovina
- Soko, Vazduhoplovna Industrija Soko DD - Bosnia-Hercegovina
- Soko-Cniar, see SOKO and CNIAR - Bosnia-Hercegovina/Romania
- SolarSolar TurbinesSolar Turbines Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., designs and manufactures industrial gas turbines for on- and off-shore electrical power generation, for marine propulsion and for producing, processing and transporting natural gas and oil. Solar Turbines is one of the...
- Solar Aircraft Company - United States - Soloy, Soloy Conversions, Ltd. - United States
- Sonex, Sonex, Ltd. - United States
- Sopwith, The Sopwith Aviation Company, Ltd. - United Kingdom
- Sorrell, C. Hobart Sorrell - United States
- Sorrell, Sorrell Aviation - United States
- SPADSociété Pour L'Aviation et ses DérivésSPAD was a French aircraft manufacturer between 1911 and 1921. Its SPAD S.XIII biplane was the most popular French fighter airplane in World War I.-Deperdussin:...
, Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés - France, (1910-1914) (1914-Post war) (Originally Société Pour les Appareils Deperdussin) > Blériot-SPAD - SpartanSpartan Aircraft CompanyThe Spartan Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturing company formerly known as Mid-Continent Aircraft Company and reorganized under the Spartan name in 1928 by oil baron William G. Skelly in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The manufacturing plant was on Sheridan Avenue near the Tulsa Municipal...
, Spartan Aircraft Company - United States - Specter, Specter Aircraft - United States
- Spectrum AeronauticalSpectrum AeronauticalSpectrum Aeronautical is headquartered in Carlsbad, California with its development center located in Spanish Fork, Utah.- Management :Spectrum management’s history of technologically sophisticated advanced composite aircraft programs includes MQ-1 Predator, LearAvia Lear Fan, Beechcraft Starship,...
- United States - Spectrum AircraftSpectrum AircraftSpectrum Aircraft was a Canadian ultralight aircraft manufacturer that commenced operations in 1983 and went out of business in 1992. The company was known for its Beaver ultralight design, which remains in production by successor companies in the 21st century....
- (1983-1992) - Canada - Speedtwin, Speedtwin Developments, Ltd. - United Kingdom
- Spencer, P. H. Spencer - United States
- Spencer, Spencer Amphibian Aircraft, Inc. - United States
- Spezio, Tony and Dorothy Spezio - United States
- Spitfire, Spitfire Helicopter Company, Ltd. - United States
- Spirit, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. - United States
- Sport Racer, Sport Racer, Inc. - United States
- Sportavia-Putzer, Sportavia-Pützer GmbH u. Co. KG - Germany
- Spratt, George G. Spratt - United States
- Spring, W. Spring - Canada
- SSH, Serwis Samolotow Historycznich - Poland
- St. Croix, St. Croix Aircraft - United States
- St. Just, St. Just Aviation, Inc. - Canada
- StampeStampeStampe et Vertongen was a Belgian aircraft manufacturer formed in 1922 and based at Antwerp. The company specialised in design and construction of primary trainers/tourers and advanced trainers...
, Stampe & Renard - Belgium - Stampe, Stampe & Vertongen - Belgium
- Standard Aircraft CorporationStandard Aircraft CorporationStandard Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War I, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of...
, Standard Aircraft Corporation - United States - Standard Motors, Standard Motor Company - United Kingdom
- Starck, André Starck - France
- Starfire, Starfire Aviation, Inc. - United States
- Stark, Stark Flugzeugbau KG - Germany
- Stark, Stark Iberica SA - Spain
- Starkraft, Starkraft - United States
- Stark-Trefethen, George Stark and Al Trefethen - United States
- Star-Lite, Star-Lite Aircraft - United States
- Starpac, Star of Phoenix Aircraft - United States
- Statler, William H. Statler - United States
- Staudacher, Staudacher Aircraft, Inc. - United States
- Stearman, Stearman Aircraft Company - United States, (1927-1939) > BoeingBoeingThe Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
- Steen, Lamar Steen - United States
- StemmeStemmeStemme AG is a German glider manufacturer. Aircraft production is complemented by service, maintenance and repair of their sports & personal aircraft.-List of Stemme aircraft:*Stemme S10- Self Launching motorglider and original aircraft...
, Stemme Gmbh & Co KG - Germany - Stephens, C. L. Stephens - United States
- Stern, René Stern - France
- Stern-Mallick, René Stern et Richard Mallick - France
- Stewart (1)Stewart Aircraft CorporationStewart Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer specializing in aircraft kits and plans. Don Stewart, a former airline pilot, designed several aircraft that are sold by the company...
, Stewart Aircraft Corporation - United States - Stewart (2), Donald Stewart - United States
- StinsonStinson Aircraft CompanyThe Stinson Aircraft Company was an aircraft manufacturing company in the United States between the 1920s and the 1950s.-The Company:The Stinson Aircraft Company was founded in Dayton, Ohio, in 1920 by aviator Edward “Eddie” Stinson, brother to Katherine Stinson. After five years of business...
, Stinson Aircraft Corporation - United States - Stinson, Stinson Division of Consolidated Vultee Corporation - United States
- Stits, Stits Aircraft - United States
- Stoddard-HamiltonStoddard-Hamilton AircraftStoddard-Hamilton Aircraft, based in Arlington, Washington, was a designer and supplier of high-performance homebuilt aircraft kits, offering parts and plans to homebuilders. The company's popular Glasair aircraft series are low wing, two-seat fiberglass designs.The Glasair TD of 1979 was the...
, Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft, Inc. - United States - Stolp, Louis A. Stolp - United States
- Storch Aviation, Storch Aviation Australia Pty, Ltd. - Australia
- Stout, Stout Metal Airplane Company - United States
- Streamline Welding, Streamline Welding, Inc. - Canada
- Striplin, Striplin Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Strojnik, Prof. Alex Strojnik - United States
- Stroukoff, Stroukoff Aircraft Corp. - United States
- SUDSud AviationSud-Aviation was a French state-owned aircraft manufacturer, originating from the merger of Sud-Est and Sud-Ouest on March 1, 1957...
, Sud-Aviation, Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques - France, (1957-1970) > AérospatialeAérospatialeAérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale... - Sud-Est, Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud-Est - France, (?-1957) (SNCASE) > Sud-Aviation
- Sud-Est, Sud-Est Aviation - France
- Sudflug, Flugzeug-Union-Süd - Germany
- Sud-Ouest, Ouest-Aviation - France, (1936-1957) (SNCASO) > Sud-Aviation
- Sud-Ouest, Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest - France
- SukhoiSukhoiSukhoi Company is a major Russian aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, famous for its fighters...
, Gosudarstvennoye Unitarnoye Predpriyatie Aviatsionnyi Voyenno-Promyshlennyi Komplex Sukhoi - Russia, (1939-present) - Sukhoi, Opytnyi Konstruktorskoye Buro Sukhogo AOOT - Russia
- Sukhoi, Sukhoi OKB - Russia
- Summit, Summit Aviation, Inc. - United States
- Sun Lake, Sun Lake Aircraft - United States
- Sunderland, Sunderland Aircraft - United States
- Supapup, Supapup Aircraft, Division of Teknico Pty, Ltd. - Australia
- Super-Chipmunk, Super-Chipmunk, Inc. - Canada
- SupermarineSupermarineSupermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer that became famous for producing a range of sea planes and the Supermarine Spitfire fighter. The name now belongs to an English motorboat manufacturer.-History:...
, Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers), Ltd. - United Kingdom - Supermarine, Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd. (Supermarine Division) - United Kingdom
- Supermarine, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. (Aircraft Section) (Supermarine Division) - United Kingdom
- Supermarine AircraftSupermarine AircraftSupermarine Aircraft is a specialist aircraft kit manufacturer based in Brisbane Australia. Founded by Mike O¹Sullivan and his business partner John McCarron the company manufactures the Supermarine Spitfire Mk 26 which is supplied in kit form and is the only all aluminium reproduction Supermarine...
, Supermarine Aircraft PL - Australia - Suresnes - see Ateliers Aéronautiques de SuresnesAteliers Aéronautiques de SuresnesAteliers Aéronautiques de Suresnes was a French aircraft manufacturer that existed for a short while after World War II. Operating from the Farman Aviation Works factory near Paris, its most notable achievement was completing the two examples of the Heinkel He 274 left unfinished by the...
- Svenska AeroSvenska AeroSvenska Aero was a Swedish aircraft manufacturer on Hästholmen in Lidingö. The company was founded September 10, 1921 to license build Caspar-Werke and Heinkel aircraft. The company was bought by ASJA in 1932....
, Svenska Aero - Sweden - SwallowSwallow Airplane CompanyIn January 1920, the E.M. Laird Aviation Co. Ltd. was started with the purchase of the six month old Witchita Aircraft Company, it's aircraft and the factory of the Watkins Manafacturing Company. Oilman Jacob Mollendick and Buick-Franklin salesman W.A. Burke each contributed $15,000.The first...
, Swallow Airplane Company - United States - SwearingenSino Swearingen Aircraft CorporationSyberJet Aircraft, formerly Emivest Aerospace Corporation, and prior to that Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation SSAC, is an aircraft manufacturer. Their primary product is the Swearingen SJ30-2 small business jet...
, Swearingen Aircraft - United States - Swearingen, Swearingen Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Swearingen, Swearingen Aircraft, Inc. - United States
- Swearingen, Swearingen Aviation Corporation - United States
- Swearingen, Swearingen Engineering and Technology, Inc. - United States
- Symphony Aircraft IndustriesSymphony Aircraft IndustriesSymphony Aircraft Industries was a light aircraft manufacturer based in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada.Between May 2005 and January 2007 SAI manufactured the Symphony SA-160 aircraft for the personal use, touring and flight training market. On January 22, 2007, it declared bankruptcy and ceased...
- Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada - Synairgie, Synairgie - France
- SZD, Przedsiebiorstwo Doswiadczalno Produkcyjne Szybownictwa-Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnice Bielsko - Poland
- SZD, Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczalny - Poland