• Aviation - INTRODUCTION
• EARLY HISTORY
• THE 19TH CENTURY
• KITTY HAWK AND AFTER
• HISTORIC HEADLINES
• WORLD WAR I AND AFTER
• WORLD WAR II
• AFTER WORLD WAR II
• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
• Airplane
• HOW AN AIRPLANE FLIES
• SUPERSONIC FLIGHT
• AIRPLANE STRUCTURE
• Wings
• Tail Assembly
• Landing Gear
• Control Components
• Instruments
• PROPULSION
• TYPES OF AIRPLANES
• Land Planes
• Carrier-Based Aircraft
• Seaplanes
• Amphibians
• Vertical Takeoff and Landing Airplanes
• Short Takeoff and Landing Airplanes
• Space Shuttle
• CLASSES OF AIRPLANES
• Commercial Airplanes
• Military Airplanes
• General-Aviation Aircraft
• HISTORY
• The First Airplane Flight
• Early Military and Public Interest
• Planes of World War I
• Development of Commercial Aviation
• Aircraft Developments of World War II
• The Jumbo Jet Era

TYPES OF AIRPLANES



TYPES OF AIRPLANES:Land planes,space shuttles,amphibians,carrier-based airplanes,seaplanes

There are a wide variety of types of airplanes. Land planes, carrier-based airplanes, seaplanes, amphibians, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), short takeoff and landing (STOL), and space shuttles all take advantage of the same basic technology, but their capabilities and uses make them seem only distantly related.



TYPES OF AIRPLANES:Land planes,space shuttles,amphibians,carrier-based airplanes,seaplanes