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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.
See also: aircraft
, list of aircraft engine manufacturers
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.
See also: aircraft
Aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines.Although...
, list of aircraft engine manufacturers
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- M&D FlugzeugbauM&D FlugzeugbauM&D Flugzeugbau is an aircraft manufacturing company based in Friedeburg, Germany. it manufactures the Samburo motor-glider and provides a range of maintenance services for other aircraft made of composite materials....
, Germany - M7 AerospaceM7 AerospaceM7 Aerospace LP is an aerospace company with its headquarters on the property of San Antonio International Airport in San Antonio, Texas.M7 is the successor organization to Fairchild-Dornier Aviation, having bought much of that firm's assets out of bankruptcy. M7 occupies the...
, M7 Aerospace - United States, (2002–present) - Macair, Macair Industries Inc - Canada
- Macchi, Aeronautica Macchi SpA - Italy, > AermacchiAermacchiAlenia Aermacchi is an Italian company designing and producing trainer aircraft for military pilots.-Profile:Alenia Aermacchi has sold about 2,000 trainers to more than 40 countries and has collaborated in major international military programs....
- Macdonald, MacDonald Aircraft Company - United States
- Machen, Machen Inc - United States
- Mad Max Aero, Mad Max Aero - United States
- Magni, Magni Gyro di Vittorio Magni - Italy
- Makelan, Makelan Corporation - United States
- MalmoMalmö FlygindustriMalmö Flygindustri was a small aviation and car company in south Sweden which specialized in small single-propeller aircraft and various plastic objects. It was later acquired by SAAB.-Products:Aircraft* MFI-9* MFI-10 Vipan* Saab SafariAutomobiles...
, AB Malmö Flygindustri - Sweden - MAPOMAPOMiG MAPO or just MAPO is a major Russian state-owned military aircraft manufacturer. It was formed in January 1996 by decree of President Boris Yeltsin. Comprising 20 leading military and civil aircraft-building plants...
, Federalnoye Gosudarstvennoye Unitarnoye Predpriyatie, Voyenno-Promyshlennyi Kompleks MAPO - Russia - Maranda, Maranda Aircraft Company Ltd - Canada
- March, Jones And Cribb, March, Jones & Cribb Ltd. - United Kingdom
- Marco, Marco-Elektronik Company - Poland
- Marganski, Edward Marganski-Zaklad Remontów i Produkcji Sprzetu Lotniczego - Poland
- Marie, Jean-Pierre Marie - France
- MarmandeMarmandeMarmande is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne département in south-western France.-Geography:Marmande is located 35 km north-west of Agen, on the southern railway from Bordeaux to Sète. The town is situated at the confluence of the Trec with the Garonne on the right bank of the latter river, which...
, Marmande Aéronautique - France - Marquart, Ed Marquart - United States
- Marsh, Marsh Aviation Company - United States
- Marshall of Cambridge AerospaceMarshall AerospaceThe Marshall companies have been internationally associated with aerospace engineering for nearly a century. The company employs over 1,800 people and is based on an site with of covered hangar space...
- United Kingdom - Marshall & Sons, Marshall & Sons - United Kingdom
- MartinGlenn L. Martin CompanyThe Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company that was founded by the aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the United States and its allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War...
, Glenn L. Martin Company - United States, (1912–1916, 1917–1961, ?-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.... - Martin-BakerMartin-BakerMartin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd. is a manufacturer of ejection seats and safety related equipment for aviation. The company origins were as an aircraft manufacturer before becoming a pioneer in the field of ejection seats...
, Martin-Baker Aircraft Company - United Kingdom - MartinsydeMartinsydeMartinsyde was a British aircraft and motorcycle manufacturer between 1908 and 1922, when they were forced into liquidation by a factory fire.-History:...
, Martinsyde Ltd. - United Kingdom - MauleMaule AirMaule Air, Inc. is a manufacturer of light, single-engined, short take-off and landing aircraft, based in Moultrie, Georgia, USA. Maule has delivered 2,500 aircraft in its first 50 years of business.- History :...
, Maule Air Inc - United States - Maule, Maule Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Maupin, Jim Maupin - United States
- Maverick, Maverick Air Inc - United States
- Maverick, Maverick Jets Inc - United States
- Max HolsteAvions Max HolsteAvions Max Holste was a French aircraft manufacturer formed in 1933 by the French aeronautical engineer Max Holste.-History:Following the end of the Second World War the company concentrated on the design of a two-seater light training/touring aircraft, the Max Holste MH.52. A low-wing monoplane...
, Société des Avions Max Holste - France - Max Holste, Société Nouvelle Max Holste - France
- 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...
, MBB Helicopter Canada Ltd - Canada, > Eurocopter Canada - MBB, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH - Germany, (1969–1989) > DASA
- MBB-Kawasaki, see MBB and KAWASAKI - Germany/Japan
- Mccarley, Charles E. McCarley - United States
- McCullochMcCulloch Aircraft CorporationThe McCulloch Aircraft Corporation was the aircraft division of the McCulloch Motors Corporation. McCulloch acquired Helicopter Engineering Research Corp in 1951. It manufactured two innovative helicopter designs — the tandem-rotor MC-4 and the J-2 autogyro.Rights to the twin-rotor MC-4...
- United States - Mcdonnell, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation - United States, (1938–1967) > McDonnell-Douglas
- Mcdonnell, McDonnell Company - United States
- Mcdonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas Corporation - United States, (1967–1997) > 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...
- Mckinnon, McKinnon Enterprises Inc - United States
- Mckinnon, McKinnon-Viking Enterprises - Canada
- MD HelicoptersMD HelicoptersMD Helicopters, Inc. is an aerospace company that produces helicopters primarily for commercial use. Coverage here includes the company's tenure as McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems, a subsidiary of McDonnell Douglas.-Background:...
, MD Helicopters Inc - United States - MDB, MDB Flugtechnik AG - Switzerland
- Mead, George Mead - United States
- Melbourne, Melbourne Aircraft Corporation Pty Ltd - Australia
- Melex, Melex USA Inc - United States
- Menschinsky, Menschinsky - Russia
- MerckleMerkleMerkle can refer to any of the following:* Merkle, a pioneer motorcycle manufacturer* Merkle–Damgård construction – A method to build cryptographic hash functions.* Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem* Merkle's Puzzles- Surnames :* Ed Merkle...
, Merckle - Germany - Mercury, Mercury Air Group - United States
- Meridionali, Elicotteri Meridionali SpA - Italy
- Merlin, Merlin Aircraft Inc - United States
- MesserschmittMesserschmittMesserschmitt AG was a famous German aircraft manufacturing corporation named for its chief designer, Willy Messerschmitt, and known primarily for its World War II fighter aircraft, notably the Bf 109 and Me 262...
, Messerschmitt AG - Germany, (1938–1959) > 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... - Messerschmitt-BolkowMesserschmittMesserschmitt AG was a famous German aircraft manufacturing corporation named for its chief designer, Willy Messerschmitt, and known primarily for its World War II fighter aircraft, notably the Bf 109 and Me 262...
, Messerschmitt-Bölkow GmbH - Germany, (1968–1969) > 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... - Meteor, Meteor SpA, Costruzione Aeronautiche - Italy
- Metropolitan-VickersMetropolitan-VickersMetropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...
, (Metrovick) - United Kingdom - Mexican Agricultural Aeronautics - see AAMSAAeronáutica Agrícola Mexicana SAAeronáutica Agrícola Mexicana SA was an aircraft manufacturing company in Mexico from 1971 to 1984.- History :AAMSA was formed in 1971 as a joint venture between Rockwell International and Industrias Unidas SA to manufacture Rockwell's range of agricultural aircraft at a factory in Pasteje.-...
- MeyerGeorge W. MeyerGeorge W. Meyer aka Geo. W. Meyer was an American Tin Pan Alley songwriter....
, George W. Meyer - United States - MeyersMeyers Aircraft CompanyThe Meyers Aircraft Company was a US aircraft manufacturer established by Al Meyers in Tecumseh, Michigan in 1936. Originally, the company produced a biplane trainer, the Meyers OTW, but after World War II developed a range of light utility aircraft, culminating in the Meyers 200...
, Meyers Aircraft Company - United States - Micco, Micco Aircraft Company - United States
- Microcraft, MicroCraft Inc. (a subsidiary of Allied Aerospace Industries Inc) - United States
- Microjet, Microjet SA - France
- Microleve, Microleve - Brazil
- Microturbo, Microturbo SA - France
- Mid-Continent, Mid-Continent Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Midwest Aerosport, Midwest Aerosport Inc - United States
- MignetHenri MignetHenri Mignet, Henri Mignet, Henri Mignet, (October 19, 1893 in Charente-Maritime – August 31, 1965 in Pessac in Gironde, was a French radio engineer who became well-known as an aircraft designer and builder...
, Henri Mignet - France - Mikoyan, Aviatsionnyi Nauchno-Promyshlennyi Kompleks MiG - Russia
- Mikoyan, Aviatsionnyi Nauchno-Promyshlennyi Kompleks-ANPK MiG Imeni A. I. Mikoyana - Russia
- Mikoyan, Mikoyan OKB - Russia
- Mikoyan, Moskovskii Mashinostroitelnyy Zavod Imeni A. I. Mikoyana - Russia
- MILMil Moscow Helicopter PlantMil Helicopters is the short name of the Soviet Russian helicopter producer Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant , named after the constructor Mikhail Mil. Mil participates in the Euromil joint venture with Eurocopter....
, Mil OKB - Russia - MIL, Moskovsky Vertoletny Zavod Imeni M L Milya OAO - Russia
- MilesMiles AircraftMiles was the name used to market the aircraft of British engineer Frederick George Miles, who designed numerous light civil and military aircraft and a range of curious prototypes...
, F. G. and G. H. Miles - United Kingdom - Miles, F. G. Miles Ltd - United Kingdom
- Miles, Miles Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- Miller (1), Miller - United States
- Miller (2), William Y. Miller - United States
- MillerMerle MillerMerle Miller was an American novelist best known for his biographies of Presidents Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson. Three years before his best-selling book Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S...
, Merle Miller - United States - Millicer, Millicer Aircraft Industries Pty Ltd - Australia
- Mini-IMP, Mini-IMP Aircraft Company - United States
- Minty, Ted Minty - Australia
- Mirage, Mirage Aircraft Inc - United States
- Mitchell Aircraft Corporation, Mitchell Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Mitchell-Procter, Mitchell-Procter Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- MitsubishiMitsubishiThe Mitsubishi Group , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company that consists of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy...
, Mitsubishi Aircraft International Inc - United States, (see Mitsubishi Zero) - MitsubishiMitsubishi Heavy Industries, or MHI, is a Japanese company. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi Group.-History:In 1870 Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi took a lease of Government-owned Nagasaki Shipyard. He named it Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and started the shipbuilding business on a full scale...
, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd - Japan - Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Jukogyo KK - Japan
- Mitsubishi, Shin Mitsubishi Jukogyo KK - Japan
- MolniyaNPO MolniyaNPO Molniya is a Russian scientific and production enterprise, founded on February 26, 1976 prior to and for the creation of Shuttle Buran. At present, NPO Molniya carrying works on the reusable launch systems.- External links :*...
, Nauchno-Proizvodstvennoye Obedinenie Molniya OAO - Russia - Mong, Ralph Mong - United States
- Moniot, Avions Philippe Moniot - France
- Monnett, John T. Monnett - United States
- Monocoupe Aircraft of Florida, Monocoupe Aircraft of Florida Inc - United States
- Monocoupe, Monocoupe Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Montagne, Montagne Aircraft LLC - United States
- Montana, Montana Coyote Inc - United States
- MoogMoog IncMoog is a worldwide designer and manufacturer of motion and fluid controls and control systems for applications in aerospace, defense, industrial and medical device markets...
, Moog Incorporated - United States - MooneyMooney Airplane CompanyThe Mooney Aviation Company, Inc. is a U.S. manufacturer of single-engined general aviation aircraft. Mooney has been a leader in civil aviation even though the company has gone bankrupt and changed ownership several times...
, Al W. Mooney - United States - Mooney, Mooney Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Mooney, Mooney Aircraft Inc - United States
- Morane-SaulnierMorane-SaulnierAéroplanes Morane-Saulnier is a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier and the Morane brothers, Leon and Robert...
, Gérance des Etablissements Morane-Saulnier - France - Morane-Saulnier, Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier - France
- Morane-Saulnier, Société d'Exploitation des Etablissements Morane-Saulnier - France
- Morane-Saulnier, Société Morane-Saulnier - France
- MoravanMoravan OtrokoviceMoravan Otrokovice is a Czech aircraft company located at Otrokovice Airfield, on the outskirst of Otrokovice.The company was founded in 1934 and since then has built over 5,600 aircraft...
, Moravan AS - Czech Republic - MoravanMoravan OtrokoviceMoravan Otrokovice is a Czech aircraft company located at Otrokovice Airfield, on the outskirst of Otrokovice.The company was founded in 1934 and since then has built over 5,600 aircraft...
, Moravan Národní Podnik - Czechoslovakia - Morrisey, Bill Morrisey - United States
- Morrisey, Morrisey Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Morrisey, Morrisey Aviation Inc - United States
- Morrisey, The Morrisey Company - United States
- Morse, George Morse Jr - United States
- Moss Brothers AircraftMoss Brothers AircraftMoss Brothers Aircraft Ltd was an English aircraft manufacturer and repairer which was active between 1936 and the mid 1950s.-Formation:The company was formed on 1 January 1936 with a registered address at 45 Ashfield Road, Chorley. The aims of the company were "the design, manufacture and repair...
- United Kingdom - Moth Aircraft, Moth Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Moura, Mauricio Impelizieri P. Moura - Brazil
- Mraz, Tovarna Letadel Inz. J. Mráz - Czech Republic
- MSW, MSW Aviation - Switzerland
- Mudry, Avions Mudry & Cie - France
- Mureaux - see ANF Les Mureaux
- MurphyMurphy AircraftMurphy Aircraft Manufacturing Limited is a Canadian maker of civil utility aircraft kits. They have designed and produced a series of aircraft which allows builders to choose from a range of sizes - from two-seat sports planes to six-place bush transports....
, Murphy Aircraft Manufacturing Ltd - Canada - Murphy, Murphy Aviation Ltd - Canada
- Murrayair, Murrayair Ltd - United States
- Mustang, Mustang Aeronautics Inc - United States
- Mven, Mven OOO - Russia
- MyasishchevMyasishchevV. M. Myasishchev Experimental Design Bureau or OKB-23, founded in 1951 by Vladimir Myasishchev) was one of the chief Soviet aerospace design bureaus until its dissolution in 1960. Vladimir Myasishchev went on to head TsAGI...
, Eksperimentalnyi Mashinostroitelnyi Zavod Imeni V M Myasishcheva - Russia - Myasishchev, Myasishchev OKB - Russia
- MyliusMyliusMylius is a surname, and may refer to:* Erling Mylius* Edward Mylius* Johann Daniel Mylius* Jørgen de Mylius* Ludvig Mylius-ErichsenMylius may also refer to:* Mylius A son of Priam King of Troy* The corporate font of British Airways...
, Leichtflugzeuge-Entwicklungen Dipl. Ing. Hermann Mylius - Germany - Mylius, Mylius Flugzeugwerk GmbH & Co KG - Germany
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- Naglo, Naglo Boots-Werft - Germany
- NAI, Nanjing Aeronautical Institute - China
- NakajimaNakajima Aircraft CompanyThe Nakajima Aircraft Company was a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer throughout World War II.-History:...
, Nakajima Aircraft Company - Japan - NALNational Aerospace LaboratoriesNational Aerospace Laboratories , is India's second largest aerospace firm after Hindustan Aeronautics . It was established by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research at Delhi in 1959 and its headquarters was later moved to Bangalore in 1960...
, National Aeronautical Laboratory - India - NAMC (1), Nihon Aeroplane Manufacturing Company Ltd - Japan
- NAMC (1), Nihon Kokuki Seizo KK - Japan
- Nanchang, Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Company - China
- Nanjing, Nanjing Light Aircraft Company - China
- Nanjing UniversityNanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics UniversityNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is a university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China.In Chinese, the university name is sometimes shortened to Nanhang, or 南航, meaning Nanjing Astronautics.-Campus:...
, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - China - Nardi, Nardi Costruzioni Aeronautiche SpA - Italy
- Nash, Nash Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- National Aeronautics, National Aeronautics Company - United States
- National Aircraft Factory No. 2National Aircraft Factory No. 2National Aircraft Factory No. 2 was a World War I UK government owned aircraft factory located at Heaton Chapel, Stockport. It produced over 450 warplanes during 1918/19.-Management:...
Stockport United Kingdom - National Steel, National Steel Corporation Ltd - Canada
- Naval Aircraft FactoryNaval Aircraft FactoryThe Naval Aircraft Factory was established by the United States Navy in 1918 at Philadelphia in order to assist in solving the problem of aircraft supply which faced the Navy Department upon the entry of the U.S. into World War I...
, Naval Aircraft Factory - United States - Naval Air EstablishmentNaval Air EstablishmentThe Naval Air Establishment was a division of the Chinese Navy established in 1918 in Mamoi to develop seaplanes for maritime reconnaissance, training, and torpedo-bombing...
, Naval Air Establishment - China - Navion, Navion Aircraft Company - United States
- Navion, Navion Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Navion, Navion Rangemaster Aircraft Corporation - United States
- NDN, NDN Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- Neico, Neico Aviation Inc - United States
- NEIVAIndústria Aeronáutica NeivaIndústria Aeronáutica Neiva is a subsidiary of Embraer which produces airplanes and aircraft components. Its main product is the Embraer EMB 202 Ipanema, the most employed agricultural aircraft in Brazil and the first alcohol-powered airplane. Neiva delivered more than 3,700 aircraft until early...
, Industria Aeronáutica Neiva SA - Brazil - NEIVA, Sociedade Construtora Aeronáutica Neiva Ltda - Brazil
- Nesmith, Robert E. Nesmith - United States
- Netherland Army Aircraft Factory, Netherland Army Aircraft Factory - Netherlands
- New Glasair, New Glasair LLC - United States
- New Glasair, New GlaStar LLC - United States
- New Meyers, The New Meyers Aircraft Company - United States
- New StandardNew Standard Aircraft CompanyThe New Standard Aircraft Company was an airplane manufacturing company based in the United States. It operated from 1927 until 1931.-Corporate history:...
, New Standard Aircraft Company - United States - New Zealand, New Zealand Aerospace Industries Ltd - New Zealand
- NHINHIndustriesNHIndustries is a helicopter manufacturing company established in 1992 by Eurocopter of France and Germany, Agusta of Italy and Stork Fokker Aerospace of the Netherlands...
, NH Industries SARL - France/Germany/Italy - Nicollier, Henri Nicollier - France
- Nieuport-Delage, Nieuport-Delage - France
- Nieuport-Delage, Societe Anonyme des Etablissements Nieuport - France
- Nipper, Nipper Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- Nipper, Nipper Kits and Components Ltd - United Kingdom
- Nitsche, LTB Gerhard Nitsche - Germany
- Nitsche, Nitsche Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany
- NoinNoinNōin 能因 . Japanese poet and monk of the late Heian period. Lay name: Tachibana no Nagayasu 橘永愷. Along with Izumi Shikibu, Nōin is one of "Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals" of waka poetry selected by Fujiwara no Norikane 藤原範兼 ....
, Noin Aéronautique - France - NoorduynNoorduynThe Noorduyn Aircraft Ltd., founded by Robert B. C. Noorduyn, was established in Canada in early 1934 by taking over the Curtiss-Reid factory outside of Montreal, Quebec. Work soon started on the Noorduyn Norseman I...
, Noorduyn Aviation Ltd - Canada - Noorduyn, Noorduyn Norseman Aircraft Ltd - Canada
- NordNord AviationNord-Aviation was a state-owned French aircraft manufacturer. It was created on October 1, 1954 upon the acquisition of SFECMAS by SNCAN...
, Nord-Aviation, Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques - France, (?-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... - Nord, Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord - France
- Nordflug, Flugzeugbau Nord GmbH - Germany
- Norman, Norman Aviation - Canada
- Normand Dube, Aviation Normand Dubé Inc - Canada
- North AmericanNorth American AviationNorth American Aviation was a major US aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo Command and Service...
, North American Aviation Inc - United States, (1928–1966) > 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.... - North American Rockwell, North American Rockwell Corporation - United States
- Northern, Northern Aircraft Inc - United States, (?-1959) > Downer
- NorthropNorthrop CorporationNorthrop Corporation was a leading United States aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1939 until its merger with Grumman to form Northrop Grumman in 1994. The company is known for its development of the flying wing design, although only a few of these have entered service.-History:Jack...
, Northrop Aircraft Inc - United States, (1926–1994) - Northrop, Northrop Corporation - United States
- Northrop GrummanNorthrop GrummanNorthrop Grumman Corporation is an American global aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company was the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world as of 2010, and the largest builder of naval vessels. Northrop Grumman employs over...
, Northrop Grumman Corporation - United States, (1994–present) - Nostalgair, Nostalgair Inc - United States
- Nuri DemiragNuri DemiragNuri Demirağ was an early Turkish industrialist. He was one of the first millionaires of the Turkish Republic. His first innovation was the production of cigarette paper. Demirağ then invested his capital in the development of the Turkish railway network...
, Nuri Demirag - Turkey - NusantaraIndonesian 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...
, PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara - Indonesia - Nuventure, NuVenture Aircraft - United States
- Nuwaco, NuWaco Aircraft Company Inc - United States
- NZAI, New Zealand Aerospace Industries - New Zealand
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- Oakland, Oakland Airmotive Company - United States
- Oberlerchner, Josef Oberlerchner Holzindustrie - Austria
- OGMAOGMAFounded in 1918, OGMA – Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal, S.A., has dedicated ever since to the maintenance of aircraft and aircraft engines, as well as to the manufacturing of aircraft components and to aircraft engineering and logistic support. OGMA is situated in Alverca, approximately 15 km...
, Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal - Portugal - Oldfield, Andrew Oldfield - United States
- Oldfield, Barney Oldfield Aircraft Company - United States
- Olympic Ultralights, Olympic Ultralights LLC - United States
- OMACOMAC Laser 300|-See also:...
, OMAC Inc - United States - OMF, Ostmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany
- Omni, Omni Titan Corporation - United States
- Omni-Weld, Omni-Weld Inc - United States
- On Mark, On Mark Engineering Company - United States
- O'neill, O'Neill Airplane Company - United States
- Optica, Optica Industries Ltd - United Kingdom
- Option Air, Option Air Reno - United States
- Orlican, Orlican Národní Podnik - Czech Republic
- Oskbes-Mai, Otraslevoe Spetsialnoe Konstruktorskoe Byuro Eksperimentalnogo Samolyotostroeniya-Moskovskogo Aviatsionnogo Instituta - Russia
- Osprey, Osprey Aircraft - United States
- Österreichische-Ungarische Albatros Flugzeug Werke, Österreichische-Ungarische Albatros Flugzeug Werke - Austro-Hungarian Empire, (1914–1917) > Phoenix Flugzeugwerke
- Ottawa Car ManufacturingOttawa Car CompanyOttawa Car Company was a builder of streetcars for the Canadian market and was founded in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1891. The plant was located at Kent and Slater Streets, a short distance from Parliament Hill...
, Ottawa Car Manufacturing - Canada, (Ottawa Car Company, The Ottawa Car and Aircraft Company)
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- PacAero, PacAero Engineering Corporation - United States
- PACI, Philippine Aircraft Company Inc - Philippines
- Pacific Aero, Pacific Aero-Products Co. - United States, (1916–1917) > 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...
- Pacific AerospacePacific AerospacePacific Aerospace Ltd is an aircraft manufacturing company based in Hamilton, New Zealand. Along with its predecessors, it has produced around 600 utility, training and agricultural aircraft.-History:...
, Pacific Aerospace Corporation Ltd - New Zealand - Pacific Airmotive, Pacific Airmotive Corporation - United States
- PADC, Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation - Philippines
- PAI, Pacific Aeronautical Inc - Philippines
- PACPakistan Aeronautical ComplexThe Pakistan Aeronautical Complex is a facility used to service, assemble and manufacture aircraft for the Pakistani Armed Forces...
, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex - Pakistan - Palladium Autocars, Palladium Autocars Ltd. - United Kingdom, (1911–1925)
- Panavia, Panavia Aircraft GmbH - Germany/United Kingdom/Italy
- Pander & SonPander & SonPander & Son was a Dutch aircraft company based in The Hague, founded by Harmen Pander and his son Henk Pander.-History:Henk Pander was the managing director of a furniture company who in 1924 bought the assets of the bankrupt "Vliegtuig Industrie Holland" company, which included the services of...
, Nederlandse Fabriek van Vliegtuigen H. Pander & Zonen - Netherlands - PanhaPanha-History:Following the purchase by Iran of some Italian helicopters from Agusta Company, it became important to establish a plant for support and repair these helicopters. This plant was named Iran Joint Helicopter Industry. Later on, after purchase of some large number of helicopters from Bell,...
, Panha - Iran, (Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company) - Panzl, Greg Panzl - United States
- Papa 51, Papa 51 Ltd - United States
- Paramount, Paramount Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Parker, Cal Y. Parker - United States
- ParnallParnallParnall was a British aircraft manufacturer, that evolved from a wood-working company before the First World War to a significant designer of military and civil aircraft into the 1940s. It was based in the west of England.-History:...
, George Parnall & Company Ltd - United Kingdom - Parrish, Parrish Aircraft Xperimental Inc - United States
- Partenair, Partenair Design Inc - Canada
- PartenaviaPartenaviaPartenavia Construzioni Aeronautiche was an Italian aircraft manufacturer from 1957 to 1989.-History:The company was formed shortly after the war by Professor Luigi Pascale of Naples University. Pascale had designed and flown a number of designs, in 1957 a factory was acquired at Arzano. Partenavia...
, Partenavia Costruzione Aeronautiche SpA - Italy - Pasotti, Legnami Pasotti SpA - Italy
- PaulistaCompanhia Aeronáutica PaulistaCompanhia Aeronáutica Paulista known as CAP or sometimes Paulista was a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer established in São Paulo in 1942. The same year, it acquired the assets of Empresa Aeronáutica Ypiranga and with them, the design that was to become its most important product, the CAP-4...
, Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista - Brazil - Pawnee, Pawnee Aviation - United States
- Paxman's, Paxman's Northern Lite Aerocraft Inc - Canada
- Payne, Vernon W. Payne - United States
- PazmanyLadislao PazmanyLadislao Pazmany was an aviation pioneer, aeronautical engineer, designer, builder, pilot, teacher, speaker, and author...
, Ladislao Pazmany - United States - Pazmany, Pazmany Aircraft Corporation - United States
- PCV, Pregiate Costruzioni Volanti - Italy
- Pegase Aero, Pegase Aero Enr - Canada
- Pemberton-Billing LtdSupermarineSupermarine 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:...
, England (1913–1916) > Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. - Pena, Louis Pena - France
- Pennec-Lucas, Serge Pennec & Paul Lucas - France
- Percival, Percival Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- Peregrine, Peregrine Flight International - United States
- PereiraGeorge PereiraBrigadier-General George Edward Pereira, CB, CMG, DSO was a British explorer in Central Asia, Tibet and Western China; a soldier, writer and diplomatist.-Early life and family:...
, George Pereira - United States - Performance, Performance Aircraft Inc - United States
- Pfalz, Pfalz Flugzeug-werke GmbH - Germany
- Phillips, Peter J. C. Phillips - United Kingdom
- Phillips & Powis, Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd - United Kingdom
- Phillips & Powis, Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- Phoenix, Phoenix Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- Phoenix Flugzeugwerke, Phoenix Flugzeugwerke - Austro-Hungarian Empire, (1917-?)
- Phoenix-Aviacor, Phoenix OKB, Aviakor Mezhdunarodnaya Aviatsionnaya Korporatsiya OAO - Russia
- Phönix, Phönix - Austro-Hungarian Empire, (1914–1919)
- PiaggioPiaggio AeroPiaggio Aero Industries is an aircraft manufacturing company born from the former Rinaldo Piaggio SPA, an Italian company. The company is one of the world's oldest airplane manufacturers, and its planes have been well known from the early days of aviation history.Today, Piaggio Aero Industries is...
, Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche Rinaldo Piaggio SpA - Italy - Piaggio, Piaggio & Companie SpA - Italy
- Piaggio, Piaggio Aero Industries SpA - Italy
- Piaggio-Douglas, see PIAGGIO and DOUGLAS - Italy/United States
- PiaseckiPiaseckiPiasecki is a Polish family name and may refer to one of the following.* Bolesław Piasecki , Polish politician* Francis Piasecki , French football midfielder...
, Piasecki Helicopter Corporation - United States - Piel, Avions Claude Piel - France
- Piel, Claude PielClaude PielClaude Piel was a notable French aircraft designer and the son of an aeronautical carpenter.-Biography:...
- France - Piel, Etablissements Claude Piel - France
- Piel, Piel Aviation SA - France
- PietenpolBernard PietenpolBernard H. Pietenpol was an aircraft designer.Father of home built aircraft, Pietenpol was a self-taught mechanic who lived most of his life in the small community of Cherry Grove in southeastern Minnesota....
, Bernard H. Pietenpol - United States - PIKPolyteknikkojen IlmailukerhoPolyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho is the student flying club of the Aalto University. It is similar to the Akafliegs of German Universities. Students make designs with advice from staff to give practical experience before seeking employment...
, Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho - Finland - PilatusPilatus AircraftPilatus Aircraft Ltd. is an aircraft manufacturer located in Stans, Switzerland. The company employs more than 1,100 people.-History:The company was established in 1939, but it was not until 1944 that a Pilatus-built aircraft, the SB-2 Pelican, first took to the air...
, Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG - Switzerland - Pilatus Britten-Norman, Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd - United Kingdom, (PBN)
- PiperThe New Piper AircraftPiper Aircraft, Inc., is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, located at the Vero Beach Municipal Airport in Vero Beach, Florida. Along with Beechcraft and Cessna, it is considered one of the "Big Three" in the field of general aviation construction....
, The New Piper Aircraft Corporation - United States - Pipistrel d.o.o. - Slovenia
- Pitcairn, Pitcairn Aircraft, Inc. - United States
- Pitcairn-Cierva, Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company - United States, (1929-?)
- PittsCurtis PittsCurtis Pitts of Stillmore, Georgia, was a designer of a series of popular aerobatic biplanes, known as the Pitts Special. He also designed the Pitts Samson, built in 1948 for aerobatic pilot Jess Bristow...
, Curtis Pitts - United States - Pitts, Pitts Aerobatics - United States
- Pitts, Pitts Aviation Enterprises - United States
- Plage & LaskiewiczPlage i LaskiewiczPlage i Laśkiewicz was the first Polish aerospace manufacturer, located in Lublin and manufacturing aircraft under Lublin name. Full name was: Zakłady Mechaniczne E. Plage i T. Laśkiewicz - Mechanical Works E. Plage & T. Laśkiewicz...
, Zaklady Mechaniczne A. Plage i T. Laskiewicz - Poland, (1920–1935) (Mechanical Works A. Plage & T. Laskiewicz) > 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:... - Plan, Max Plan - France
- Plumb, Plumb - United States
- PoberPaul PobereznyPaul Howard Poberezny is a US aviator and aircraft designer famous for his work in establishing the Experimental Aircraft Association in 1953 and promoting homebuilt aircraft.-EAA:...
, Paul H. Poberezny - United States - Podesva, Peter Podesva - Czech Republic
- Podesva, Tomás Podesva - Czech Republic
- PolikarpovPolikarpovPolikarpov Design Bureau was a Soviet OKB for aircraft, led by Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov. After his death on 30 July 1944 at the age of 52, his OKB was absorbed into Lavochkin, but with some of its engineers going to Mikoyan-Gurevich and its production facilities going to Sukhoi...
, Polikarpov OKB - Russia - Politechnika Warszawska, Politechnika Warszawska - Poland
- PorterfieldPorterfield Aircraft CorporationThe Porterfield Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft design and manufacturing company founded in 1934 in Kansas by Edward E. Porterfield.-History:Edward Porterfield was running a flying school at the Fairfax Airport outside Kansas City...
, Porterfield Aircraft Corporation - United States - Portsmouth Aviation, Portsmouth Aviation Ltd, United Kingdom
- PotezPotezPotez was a French aircraft manufacturer founded as Aéroplanes Henry Potez by Henry Potez at Aubervilliers in 1919. The firm began by refurbishing war-surplus SEA IV aircraft, but was soon building new examples of an improved version, the Potez VII...
, Etablissements Henry Potez SARL - France - Potez, Société des Avions et Moteurs Henry Potez - France
- Potez Air-Fouga, Potez Air-Fouga - France
- Pottier, Avions Pottier - France
- Pottier, Jean Pottier - France
- Powell, John C. Powell - United States
- Practavia, Practavia Ltd - United Kingdom
- Prescott, Prescott Aeronautical Corporation - United States
- Private Explorer, Private Explorer Inc - United States
- Procaer, Progetti Costruzioni Aeronautiche SpA - Italy
- Professional Aviation, Professional Aviation Services (Pty) Ltd - South Africa
- Progressive Aerodyne, Progressive Aerodyne Inc - United States
- Promavia, Promavia SA - Belgium
- Protech, ProTech Aircraft Inc - United States
- Prowler, Prowler Aviation Inc - United States
- Pulsar, Pulsar Aircraft Corporation - El Salvador-United States
- Putzer, Alfons Pützer KG - Germany
- PWS, Podlaska Wytwórnia Lotnicza - Poland, (WSK-PZL) (Panstowe Zaklady Lotnicze)
- PZL-MielecPZLPZL was the main Polish aerospace manufacturer of the interwar period, based in Warsaw, functioning in 1928-1939...
, Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp z oo - Poland - PZL-Mielec, Wytwórnia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego-Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze Mielec - Poland, (Wytwornia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego - Transport Equipment Manufacturing Centre)
- PZL-Mielec, Wytwórnia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego-Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze Mielec SA - Poland
- PZL-OkeciePZLPZL was the main Polish aerospace manufacturer of the interwar period, based in Warsaw, functioning in 1928-1939...
, Centrum Naukowo-Produkcyjne Samolotow Lekkich-Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze Warszawa - Poland - PZL-Okecie, EADS PZL Warszawa-Okecie SA - Poland
- PZL-Okecie, Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze Warszawa-Okecie - Poland
- PZL-Okecie, Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze Warszawa-Okecie SA - Poland
- PZL-Okecie, Wytwórnia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego-Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze Okecie - Poland
- PZL-Okecie, Wytwórnia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego-Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze Warszawa-Okecie - Poland
- PZL-SwidnikPZLPZL was the main Polish aerospace manufacturer of the interwar period, based in Warsaw, functioning in 1928-1939...
, Wytwórnia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego Im. Zygmunta Pulawskiego-Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze Swidnik - Poland - PZL-Swidnik, Wytwórnia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego-Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze Swidnik - Poland
- PZL-Swidnik, Zygmunta Pulawskiego-Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze Swidnik SA - Poland