vehicles counter gravity by gaining support, involving the planet's atmosphere (air)
Manned aircraft (onboard pilot)
Unmanned aerial vehicles (remote control / computer-controlled)
Aviation (human aircraft activity)
— Military aviation
— Civil aviation
— Experimental aviation
— Model aviation
Aerostats
Lighter than air
Moored balloons
Helikites
Free balloons
- Hot air balloons
- Gas balloons
— hydrogen
— helium
— ammonia
— coal gas
— methane
- Rozière
Airships
- Non-rigid airships (blimps)
- Semi-rigid airships
- Rigid airships (Zeppelins)
- Thermal airships
Aerodynes
Heavier than air
Components
- Airframe
- Fuselage
- Wing
- Empennage
- Control surfaces
- Undercarriage
- Engines
- Avionics
Fixed-wing
Rotorcraft
Exotic lift methods
Aircraft propulsion
Unpowered aircraft
Powered aircraft
- Propeller-driven aircraft
- Jet-engined aircraft
- Rotorcraft
- Exotic propulsion methods