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. 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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.