Home›Lighter-Than-Air Craft and Rotorcraft›All Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBrowse ByAll Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftReference and ClassificationDevelopingAircraft that do not rely on a fixed wing for lift: lighter-than-air craft such as airships and dirigibles that rely on buoyant gas, and rotorcraft such as the helicopter that rely on a powered rotor. The two lift mechanisms are grouped together here because transport's current holdings in each are few; a future wave may split them once either grows large enough to warrant it. Belongs here: airships, dirigibles and helicopters. Does not belong here: fixed-wing aircraft of any kind, including seaplanes.FactsAll Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1852 1Era of EmergenceWell-attested1936 2All Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftFilter Results203 entriesVehicle TypeAllAttack Helicopters (18)Early Helicopters (11)Light and Commercial Helicopters (50)Lighter-Than-Air Craft (20)Military Transport and Utility Helicopters (46)Modern Commercial Airships (2)Naval Helicopters (9)Rigid Airships (17)Rotary-Wing and Lift (20)ManufacturerAllAgustaWestland (1)Airbus (17)Avro (6)Aérospatiale (9)Bell Aircraft Corporation (6)Bell Textron (30)Cessna (1)Dornier Flugzeugwerke (8)Fairey Aviation Company (4)Focke-Wulf (1)Goodyear Aerospace (3)Hughes Helicopters (4)Kaman Corporation (2)Kamov (25)Kazan Helicopters (1)Lockheed Corporation (3)Lockheed Martin Corporation (1)Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (14)McDonnell Douglas (2)Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (2)Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (3)Naval Aircraft Factory (2)Robinson Helicopter Company (2)Sikorsky Aircraft (40)Tashkent Mechanical Plant (1)The Boeing Company (14)The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (1)Westland Helicopters (2)MakeAllAirbus (3)Airbus Helicopters (17)Avro (6)Aérospatiale (6)Bell Helicopter (36)Boeing (13)Cessna Aircraft Company (1)Dornier (8)Fairey (4)Hughes Helicopters (3)Kaman Corporation (1)Kamov (25)Lockheed Corporation (4)Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (14)McDonnell Douglas (2)Mitsubishi (3)Robinson Helicopter Company (2)Sikorsky Aircraft (40)Sud Aviation (1)Westland (2)YearAll1852 (1)1900 (1)1906 (2)1908 (1)1911 (1)1912 (2)1915 (1)1919 (1)1923 (2)1924 (1)1925 (1)1926 (1)1927 (1)1928 (2)1929 (3)1931 (1)1933 (1)1934 (2)1936 (2)1938 (1)1939 (1)1942 (2)1943 (1)1946 (1)1947 (3)1949 (2)1952 (2)1953 (3)1954 (4)1955 (3)1956 (1)1957 (1)1958 (2)1959 (6)1961 (3)1962 (5)1963 (3)1965 (2)1966 (3)1967 (2)1968 (3)1969 (6)1970 (2)1971 (3)1972 (2)1973 (3)1974 (3)1975 (3)1976 (2)1977 (1)1978 (1)1979 (5)1981 (1)1984 (2)1985 (2)1986 (1)1988 (3)1989 (2)1990 (1)1991 (3)1992 (1)1994 (4)1995 (4)1996 (2)1997 (4)1998 (3)1999 (3)2000 (3)2002 (2)2003 (1)2005 (1)2006 (2)2007 (1)2008 (5)2009 (1)2010 (1)2014 (1)2015 (4)2017 (2)2018 (1)2019 (4)2024 (1)Country of OriginAllCanada (4)France (13)Germany (18)Japan (2)Russia (8)Soviet Union (11)United Kingdom (12)United States (81)Body StyleAllAircraft (no road body style) (114)PropulsionAllDiesel (1)Electric (4)Piston engine (1)Turboshaft (5)Engine ClassAllElectric motor (2)Gas turbine (3)Jet (3)Piston (26)Rotary (1)Turboprop (1)Turboshaft (90)StatusAllAbandoned (2)Cancelled (18)Design only (never built) (6)Destroyed (5)In Production (11)In service (16)One-off concept (5)Out of production (17)Retired from service (1)Scrapped (6)Surviving (7)Upcoming (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Aérospatiale Alouette IILighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAérospatiale Alouette IIILighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAerospatiale AS332 Super PumaLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAérospatiale GazelleLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAérospatiale SA 315B LamaLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAérospatiale SA 321 Super FrelonLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAerospatiale SA 330 PumaLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAérospatiale SA 360 DauphinLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus CityAirbusLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus H125Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus Helicopters H120Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus Helicopters H135Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus Helicopters H145Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus Helicopters H155Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus Helicopters H160Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus Helicopters H175Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus Helicopters H225Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus RACERLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirbus VahanaLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAirshipLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftAvro 671 RotaLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 201Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 204/205Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 206 JetRangerLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 207 Sioux ScoutLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 212Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 214Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 214STLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 222/230Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 30Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 309 KingCobraLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 360 InvictusLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 400 TwinRangerLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 407Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 412Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 427Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 429 GlobalRangerLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 430Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 47Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 47J RangerLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 505 Jet Ranger XLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell 525 RelentlessLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell AH-1 CobraLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell AH-1 SuperCobraLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell AH-1Z ViperLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell ARH-70 ArapahoLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell CH-146 GriffonLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell Eagle EyeLighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell H-12Lighter-Than-Air Craft and RotorcraftBell HSLLighter-Than-Air Craft and Rotorcraft123…5Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Henri Giffardtier 2WikipediaHenri Giffard, lead section, 1852 dirigible sentenceQuote, Henri Giffard, lead section, 1852 dirigible sentenceIn 1852 he invented the steam injector and the powered Giffard dirigible airship.View the Source2. Wikipedia: Helicoptertier 2WikipediaHelicopter, lead section, Focke-Wulf Fw 61 sentenceQuote, Helicopter, lead section, Focke-Wulf Fw 61 sentenceThe Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first successful, practical, and fully controllable helicopter in 1936, while in 1942, the Sikorsky R-4 became the first helicopter to reach full-scale production.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.