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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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- TaifunTaifunTaifun 9M15 was a Soviet missile developed to arm the Obiekt 287 missile tank based on the T-64 tank chassis. The tank was armed with two 73 mm 2A28 low pressure guns mounted either side of a popup missile launcher...
, Taifun Experimental Design Bureau - Russia - Tamarind, Tamarind International Ltd - United States
- Tampier, Tampier - France
- Taneja, Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd - India
- Tapanee, Tanapee Aviation Inc - Canada
- Taylor (1), Taylor Aircraft Company - United States
- Taylor (2)Moulton TaylorMoulton B. "Molt" Taylor was an aeronautical engineer famed for his work on developing a practical flying car.- Life :Taylor was born in Portland, Oregon and studied engineering at the University of Washington...
, Moulton B. Taylor - United States - Taylor (3), C. Gilbert Taylor - United States
- Taylor (3), Taylor Aero Inc - United States
- Taylor (4), John F. Taylor - United Kingdom
- Taylor Kits, Taylor Kits Corporation - United States
- Taylorcraft (1)Taylorcraft Aircraft-Bibliography:* Fromow, Lt-Col. D.L. Canada's Flying Gunners, Air Observation Post Pilot's Association, Ottawa, Canada. 2002. ISBN 0973005505* Simpson, R.W Airlife's General Aviation, Airlife Publishing, England, 1991. ISBN 1 85310 104 X-External links:...
, Taylorcraft Aircraft - United States - Taylorcraft (1), Taylorcraft Aviation Company - United States
- Taylorcraft (1), Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation - United States
- Taylorcraft (1), Taylorcraft Inc - United States
- Taylorcraft (2)AusterAuster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1961.-History:The company began in 1938 at the Britannia Works, Thurmaston near Leicester, England, as Taylorcraft Aeroplanes Limited, making light observation aircraft designed by the Taylorcraft Aircraft Corporation of...
, Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd - United Kingdom, (1938-1946) > AusterAusterAuster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1961.-History:The company began in 1938 at the Britannia Works, Thurmaston near Leicester, England, as Taylorcraft Aeroplanes Limited, making light observation aircraft designed by the Taylorcraft Aircraft Corporation of... - Taylor-Young, Taylor-Young Airplane Company - United States
- TBM, TBM Corporation - France/United States
- TBM, TBM SA - France
- Teal, Teal Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Team Rocket, Team Rocket Inc - United States
- Team Tango, Team Tango Division, DFL Holdings Inc - United States
- Tech'aero, Tech'Aero - France
- TechnoaviaTechnoaviaSCF Technoavia, or Scientific Commercial Firm Technoavia, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer. It was established in 1991 by Vyacheslav Kondratiev.- Production aircraft :* Intracom GM-17 «Viper» * Technoavia SM92 Finist ** SM-92T ** SMG-92...
, Nauchno-Kommerchesky Firma Technoavia - Russia - Technoflug, Technoflug Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH - Germany
- TecnamTecnamCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam is an aeronautics manufacturer founded in 1948, based near Naples in Italy. The company has two primary activities: it makes aircraft parts for other manufacturers, and makes its own range of light aircraft.-History:...
, Costruzioni AeronauticheTecnam Srl - Italy - Ted SmithTed R. SmithTed R. Smith was an American aircraft designer. He worked for the Douglas Aircraft Company, Aero Design and Engineering Company, and Rockwell Standard Corporation. In 40 years, his designs included the Douglas A-26 Invader , and the first all metal small twin engine business aircraft for Aero...
, Ted R. Smith & Associates - United States - Ted Smith, Ted Smith Aerostar Corporation - United States
- Ted Smith, Ted Smith Aircraft Company Inc - United States
- TemcoTemco AircraftThe Texas Engineering & Manufacturing Company , also known as Temco Aircraft Corporation, was a U.S.-based manufacturing company located in the Dallas, TX area...
, Temco Aircraft Corporation - United States - Temco, Texas Engineering & Manufacturing Company Inc - United States
- Tennessee Valley, Tennessee Valley Aviation Products Ltd - United States
- Terr-Mar, Terr-Mar Aviation Corporation - Canada
- TerziTerziTerzi is a surname. People with this surname include:*Aleardo Terzi , illustrator and poster artist*Amedeo John Engel Terzi , illustrator, brother of Aleardo*Antonia Terzi , aerodynamicist*Claudio Terzi, , footballer...
, Terzi Aerodine - Italy - Texas Airplane, Texas Airplane Factory - United States
- Texas Helicopter, Texas Helicopter Corporation - United States
- Thomas-Martin, Thomas-Martin - Unknown
- Thorp, John W. Thorp - United States
- Thorp, Thorp 211 Aircraft Company Inc - United States
- Thorp, Thorp Aero Inc - United States
- Thorp, Thorp Aircraft - United States
- Thorp, Thorp Engineering Company - United States
- ThrushThrush AircraftThrush Aircraft is a U.S. aircraft manufacturer based in Albany, Georgia. It currently manufactures the Thrush series of agricultural aircraft.-History:...
, Thrush Aircraft Inc - United States - Thunder Wings, Thunder Wings, Division of Thunder Development Inc - United States
- Thurston, Thurston Aeromarine Corporation - United States
- Thurston, Thurston Aircraft Corporation - United States
- TigerTiger AircraftTiger Aircraft LLC was an American aircraft manufacturer from 1999 to 2006 based in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States.-History:The company was established in 1999 with the aim of returning the AG-5B Tiger to production...
, Tiger Aircraft LLC - United States - Time Warp, Time Warp Aircraft Inc - United States
- Tipsy, Ernest Oscar Tips - Belgium
- Titan, Titan Aircraft Company - United States
- TM Aircraft, TM Aircraft - United States
- TNCATNCATNCA, the Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas was an aircraft manufacturer established outside Mexico City in 1915...
, Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas - Mexico - ToyotaToyota Motor Corporation, , , commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 317,734 people worldwide, and was the world's largest automobile manufacturer by production.The company was founded by...
, Toyota Motor Corporation - Japan - Tradewind Turbines, Tradewind Turbines Corporation - United States
- Trago MillsTrago MillsTrago Mills is a chain of British department stores situated in the West Country. They are sited in the town of Falmouth, and on the outskirts of two other towns at Liskeard, Cornwall and Newton Abbot, Devon. Large department stores were formerly sparse in the rural west country and Trago Mills has...
, Trago Mills - United Kingdom - Transall, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Transall - Germany/France
- Transavia Corporation, Transavia Corporation Pty Ltd - Australia
- Transavia, Transavia Division of Transfield (NSW) Pty Ltd - Australia
- Trans-Florida, Trans Florida Aviation - United States, > Cavalier AircraftCavalier AircraftCavalier Aircraft Corporation was a Sarasota, Florida, aircraft manufacturing, sales, and maintenance company whose most famous products were refurbished P-51D Mustangs known as "Cavalier Mustangs."-Origins:...
- Travel Air, Travel Air Company - United States, (1924-1931) > Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Corporation
- Travel Air, Travel Air Manufacturing Company Inc - United States
- Trecker, Trecker Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Tridair, Tridair Helicopters Inc - United States
- Trident, Trident Aircraft Ltd - Canada
- TRI-R, Tri-R Technologies Inc - United States
- Tucker, Tucker Aviation Company - United States
- Tugan AircraftTugan AircraftTugan Aircraft Ltd. was an Australian aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s. It was based at Mascot aerodrome, now Sydney Airport. It is best-known for having manufactured the Gannet, the first Australian-designed aircraft to enter series production.- History :...
, Tugan Aircraft Company Limited - Australia, (?-1936) > Commonwealth Aircraft CorporationCommonwealth Aircraft CorporationThe Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation was an Australian aircraft manufacturer. The CAC was established in 1936, to provide Australia with the capability to produce military aircraft and engines.-History:... - TupolevTupolevTupolev is a Russian aerospace and defence company, headquartered in Basmanny District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. Known officially as Public Stock Company Tupolev, it is the successor of the Tupolev OKB or Tupolev Design Bureau headed by the Soviet aerospace engineer A.N. Tupolev...
, Aviatsionny Nauchno-Tekhnishesky Kompleks Imeni A N Tupoleva OAO - Russia - Tupolev, Tupolev OKB - Russia
- Turbine Design, Turbine Design Inc - United States
- Turner, E. L. Turner - United States
- TUSAS, TUSAS Aerospace Industries Inc - Turkey
- TUSAS, TUSAS Havacilik ve Uzay Sanayi AS - Turkey
- TUSCO, Tulsa Manufacturing Corporation - United States
- TWI, TWI Flugzeuggesellschaft mbH - Germany
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- Udet, Udet-Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany
- Uetz, Walter Uetz Flugzeugbau - Switzerland
- UFO, Ultimate Flying Object Inc - New Zealand
- Ullmann, Ullmann Aircraft Company - United States
- Ultimate, Ultimate Aircraft Division of Ultimate Aerobatics Ltd - Canada
- Ultravia, Ultravia Aero International Inc - Canada
- Umbaugh, Umbaugh Aircraft Corporation - United States
- UmbraAeronautica UmbraAeronautica Umbra SA was an Italian aircraft manufacturer founded at Foligno in 1935 by Muzio Macchi. The firm produced SM.79 bombers for the Regia Aeronautica but never enjoyed success with its own designs. Its best-known attempt was the AUT.18 fighter of 1936...
, Aeronautica Umbra - Italy - UNC, UNC Helicopter - United States
- Unikomtranso, Unikomtranso AO - Russia
- Unis, Unis Obchodni spol sro - Czech Republic
- United Canada, United Aircraft of Canada - Canada
- United Aircraft CorporationUnited Aircraft CorporationUnited Aircraft Corporation may refer to one of the following:* United Aircraft Corporation, formerly United Aircraft and Transport Corporation; now known as United Technologies Corporation....
, United Aircraft Corporation - Russia - United Consultant, United Consultant Corporation - United States
- Urban, Urban Air sro - Czech Republic
- Utilicraft Aerospace IndustriesUtilicraft Aerospace IndustriesUtilicraft Aerospace Industries is a company created in December 2004 by a spin-off of American Utilicraft Corporation as they moved their headquarters to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their sole project was the model FF-1080-300ER, a short-haul cargo aircraft for shipping and courier services...
, Utilicraft Aerospace Industries - United States - UTVA, UTVA Fabrika Aviona - Yugoslavia, (1937-Present)
- UTVA, UTVA-Sour Metalne Industrije, RO Fabrika Aviona - Yugoslavia
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- Valentin, Valentin Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany
- Valladeau, Valladeau - France
- ValmetValmet' was a Finnish state-owned conglomerate. Valmet was formed in 1951, when the state of Finland decided to group their various factories working on war reparations to the Soviet Union under one company...
, Valmet Aviation Industries - Finland - Valmet, Valmet OY, Kuoreveden Tehdas (Kuorevesi Works) - Kuorevesi, Finland
- Valmet, Valmet OY, Lentokonetehdas (Aircraft Factory) - Tampere, Finland
- Valtion Lentokonetehdas (VL; Government Aircraft Factory) - Helsinki and Tampere, Finland
- Valtion Metallitehtaat (VMT; Government Metal Factories) - Finland
- Van'sVan's AircraftVan's Aircraft is an American kit aircraft manufacturer, founded by Richard "Van" VanGrunsven in 1973.Van's RV series of aircraft, from the single seat RV-3 to the latest RV-12, are all-aluminum, low-wing monoplanes of monocoque construction...
, Van's Aircraft Inc - United States - Vardax, Vardax Corporation - United States
- Varga, Varga Aircraft Corporation - United States
- VAT, Vertical Aviation Technologies Inc - United States
- VEB, Vereinigung Volkseigener Betriebe Flugzeugbau Dresden - Germany
- VEFVEFVEF, Latvian acronym for Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika , is a manufacturer of electrical and electronic products in Riga, Latvia. VEF was the biggest Latvian factory in Soviet era and the leading communication technology producer in the Soviet Union...
, Valsts Elektrotehniska Fabrika - Latvia, (State Electrotechnical Plant) - Veljekset Karhumaki, Veljekset Karhumaki OY - Finland
- Velocity, Velocity Inc - United States
- VentureVenture Light AircraftVenture Light Aircraft LLC is a US aircraft manufacturer based in Tucson, Arizona. It markets the Thorp T-211 in kitplane form....
, Venture Light Aircraft Resources LLC - United States - Verilite, Verilite Aircraft Company Inc - United States
- Vertol, Vertol Aircraft Company - United States, (1956-1960) > 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...
- VFWVereinigte Flugtechnische WerkeVereinigte Flugtechnische Werke was a German aerospace company formed by the 1964 merger of Focke-Wulf and Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH...
, Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke GmbH - Germany - Verville AircraftVerville AircraftThe Verville Aircraft Company was a Detroit, Michigan based manufacturer of small airplanes and flying boats, which became bankrupt during the Great Depression. Alfred V. Verville started the corporation after working for multiple aviation companies...
- United States - VFW, VFW-Fokker GmbH - Germany
- VickersVickersVickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &...
, Vickers (Aviation) Ltd - United Kingdom - Vickers, Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd - United Kingdom
- Vickers-Slingsby, Vickers-Slingsby Division of Vickers Ltd Offshore Engineering Group - United Kingdom
- Victa, Victa Ltd - Australia
- Victory AircraftVictory AircraftVictory Aircraft Limited was a Canadian manufacturing company that, during the Second World War, built mainly British-designed aircraft under license. It acted as a shadow factory, safe from the reach of German bombers....
, Victory Aircraft Company - Canada, (?-1945) > Avro CanadaAvro CanadaCommonly known as Avro Canada, this company started in 1945 as an aircraft plant and became within thirteen years the third-largest company in Canada, one of the largest 100 companies in the world, and directly employing over 50,000... - Vidor, Giuseppe Vidor - Italy
- Viking, Viking Aircraft Ltd - United States
- Viper, Viper Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Visionaire, VisionAire Corporation - United States
- Vitek, Kompaniya Vitek - Russia
- VoisinVoisin- Companies :*Avions Voisin, the French automobile company*Voisin , the French aircraft manufacturer- People :*Catherine Monvoisin, known as "La Voisin" , French sorceress during the reign of Louis XIV...
, Appareils d'Aviation Les Frères Voisin - France, (Les Frères Voisin) - VolaircraftVolaircraftVolaircraft Inc was a US aircraft manufacturer established in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania in 1958 to produce a light utility aircraft, known as the Volaire. The firm and the rights to its aircraft were purchased by North American Rockwell in 1965, operating as the Aliquppa Division of Aero Commander,...
, Volaircraft Inc - United States - Volmer, Volmer Aircraft - United States
- Volmer, Volmer Jensen - United States
- Volpar, Volpar Inc - United States
- VoughtVoughtVought is the name of several related aerospace firms. These have included, in the past, Lewis and Vought Corporation, Chance Vought, Vought Sikorsky, LTV Aerospace , Vought Aircraft Companies, and the current Vought Aircraft Industries. The first incarnation of Vought was established by Chance M...
, Vought Aircraft Company - United States, (1961-1976) - Vought, Vought Corporation - United States
- Vought-Sikorsky, Vought-Sikorsky Division of United Aircraft - United States
- VSR, VSR - United States
- VSTOL, VSTOL Aircraft Corporation - United States
- VTOL Aircraft, VTOL Aircraft Pty Ltd - Australia
- Vulcan Motor and Engineering, Vulcan Motor and Engineering Company Ltd. - United Kingdom
- VulcanairVulcanair-Brief history:Partenavia was established in 1957 by Prof. Luigi Pascale and produced a quite large family of single-engined sport aircraft which eventually culminated with the successful twin-engined P.68 Victor and its derivatives....
, VulcanAir SpA - Italy - Vultee, Vultee Aircraft Division of Avco - United States, (?-1943) > ConvairConvairConvair was an American aircraft manufacturing company which later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Vultee Aircraft and Consolidated Aircraft, and went on to produce a number of pioneering aircraft, such as the Convair B-36 bomber, and the F-102...
- Vultee, Vultee Aircraft Inc - United States
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- WACOWaco Aircraft CompanyThe Waco Aircraft Company was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, USA. Between 1919 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes....
, Weaver Aircraft Company - United States - WacoWaco Aircraft CompanyThe Waco Aircraft Company was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, USA. Between 1919 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes....
, Advance Aircraft Company - United States - WacoWaco Aircraft CompanyThe Waco Aircraft Company was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, USA. Between 1919 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes....
, Waco Aircraft Company - United States - WACO Classic AircraftWACO Classic AircraftWACO Classic Aircraft Corporation, founded in 1983 as the Classic Aircraft Corporation and located in Battle Creek, Michigan, is a manufacturer of general aviation airplanes....
, Waco Classic Aircraft Corporation - United States - Wagaero, WagAero Inc - United States
- Wallerkowski, Heinz Wallerkowski - Germany
- WAR, War Aircraft Replicas - United States
- WAR, War Aircraft Replicas International Inc - United States
- Warner (1), Richard Warner Aviation Inc - United States
- Warner Aircraft CorporationWarner Aircraft CorporationThe Warner Aircraft Corporation of Detroit, Michigan was the manufacturer of the Scarab family of radial engines for airplanes in 1928 through the early 1930s.-History:...
(c1930s) - United States - Warner (2), Warner Aerocraft Inc - United States
- WassmerWassmerWassmer was a French specialized woodworking company formed by Bernard Wassmer in 1905. It later became an aircraft manufacturer specializing in gliders. It was bought out by Issoire Aviation, a subsidiary of Siren, in 1978.-Aircraft production:...
, Société des Etablissements Benjamin Wassmer - France - Wassmer, Wassmer Aviation SA - France
- Watanabe, Watanabe Aircraft Plant - Japan, > KyūshūKyushuis the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include , , and . The historical regional name is referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands....
- WatsonGary WatsonGary Watson is a retired British television actor who started out as a stage actor most notably acting in Friedrich Hebbel's 1962 play Judith at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, England with Sean Connery...
, Gary Watson - United States - Weatherly, Weatherly Aviation Company Inc - United States
- Wedell-Williams, Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation - United States
- Weir, G. & J. Weir - United Kingdom
- Wendt, Wendt Aircraft Engineering - United States
- Werft Warnemünde, Werft Warnemünde - Germany, (1917-1925) > AradoArado FlugzeugwerkeArado Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer, originally established as the Warnemünde factory of the Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen firm, that produced military hydroplanes during the First World War.-History:...
- Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH, Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH - Germany, (Weserflug)
- West Australian AirwaysWest Australian AirwaysWest Australian Airways was an Australian airline based out of Geraldton, Western Australia. Established on 5 December 1921 as Western Australian Airways by World War I pilot Norman Brearley it was the first airline in Australian history to establish a scheduled air service. The first service left...
, West Australian Airways - Australia - Western, Western Aircraft Supplies - Canada
- WestlandWestland AircraftWestland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil in Somerset. Formed as a separate company by separation from Petters Ltd just before the start of the Second World War, Westland had been building aircraft since 1915...
, GKN Westland Helicopters Ltd - United Kingdom - Westland, Westland Aircraft Ltd - United Kingdom
- Westland, Westland Helicopters Ltd - United Kingdom
- Weymann-Lepere, Weymann-Lepere (Societe des Avions) - France
- Whatley, Vascoe Whatley Jr - United States
- Wheeler, Wheeler Aircraft Company - United States
- Wheeler, Wheeler Technology Inc - United States
- White, E. Marshall White - United States
- White Lightning, White Lightning Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Whittlesey Body, Whittlesey Body Co. Inc. - United States
- Wilden, Helmut Wilden - Germany
- WindeckerWindecker IndustriesWindecker Industries was an American aircraft manufacturer founded in 1962 as Windecker Research in Midland, Texas. It was the first company to produce and market powered aircraft built predominantly of composite materials...
, Windecker Industries Inc - United States - Windexair, Windexair AB - Sweden
- Windward PerformanceWindward PerformanceWindward Performance is a sailplane manufacturer located in Bend, Oregon. They designed and developed the SparrowHawk ultralight sailplane.The company also designed and is building the Windward Performance Perlan II.-External links:*...
, Windward Performance - United States - Wing, Wing Aircraft Company - United States
- Wingtip To Wingtip, Wingtip to Wingtip LLC - United States
- Witteman-Lewis, Witteman-Lewis Aircraft Company- United States
- Wittman, Steve J. Wittman - United States
- Wolf, Donald S. Wolf - United States
- Wolfsberg, Wolfsberg Aircraft Corporation NV - Belgium
- Wolfsberg, Wolfsberg-Evektor SRO - Czech Republic
- Wolfsberg, Wolfsberg Letecká továrna SRO - Czech Republic
- Woods, H. L. Woods - United States
- Wren, Wren Aircraft Corporation - United States
- Wright AeronauticalWright AeronauticalWright Aeronautical was an aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer located in New Jersey.-History:This American company evolved from the 1909-1916 Wright Company, which merged with the Glenn L. Martin Company in 1916 to form the Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation. Glenn Martin resigned from...
, Wright Aeronautical - United States, (1919-1929) - Wright CompanyWright CompanyThe Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them in 1909 in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing on their invention of the practical airplane. It maintained a...
, Wright Company - United States, (1909-1916) - Wright-MartinWright-MartinWright-Martin was a short-lived aircraft manufacturing business venture between the Wright Company and Glenn L. Martin....
, Wright-Martin - United States, (1916-1919) - WRM Motors of Oxford, WRM Motors of Oxford - United Kingdom, (William Richard Morris)
- WSK, Wytwórnia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego - Poland
- Wuhan, Wuhan Helicopter General Aviation Corporation - China
- Wüst, Wüst GmbH - Germany
- Wytwórnia i Naprawa Konstrukcji Lekkich (Wytwórnia i Naprawa Konstrukcji Lekkich) - Poland, (1996-1999)
- WZL 3, Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze Nr. 3 - Poland
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- YakovlevYakovlevThe Yak Aircraft Corporation is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer...
, Moskovskii Mashinostroitelnyy Zavod "Skorost" Imeni A. S. Yakovleva - Russia - Yakovlev, Opytno-Konstruktorskoye Byuro Imeni A S Yakovleva OAO - Russia
- Yakovlev, Yakovlev Aviatsionnoye Korporatsiya OAO - Russia
- Yakovlev, Yakovlev OKB - Russia
- YaloYaloYalo was a Palestinian Arab village located 13 kilometres southeast of Ramla. Identified by Edward Robinson as the ancient Canaanite city of Aijalon, after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, Jordan formally annexed Yalo along with the rest of the West Bank...
, Zaklad Naprawy i Budowy Sprzetu Latajacego Yalo SC - Poland - Yokosuka Naval ArsenalYokosuka Naval Arsenalwas one of four principal naval shipyards owned and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was located at Yokosuka city, Kanagawa prefecture on Tokyo Bay, south of Yokohama...
, Yokosuka Naval Arsenal - Japan, (aka First Naval Air Technical Arsenal)
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- Zenair, Zenair Ltd - Canada
- ZenithZenith Aircraft CompanyZenith Aircraft Company is in the exclusive business of designing, developing and manufacturing kit aircraft. The independent, privately owned company was formed in 1992 in Mexico, Missouri, centrally located in the United States, and is based in 20,000+ sq.ft. production facilities at Mexico...
, Zénith Aircraft Company - United States - ZLIN Aircraft, ZLIN Aircraft a.s. - Czech Republic
- Zivko, Zivko Aeronautics Inc - United States
- Zlin Aviation, Zlin Aviation s.r.o. - Czech Republic
- Zmaj, Fabrika aviona Zmaj - Yugoslavia