Template:Aircraft types (by method of thrust and lift)/table
Aerostat | Aerodyne | |||
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Lift: Lighter than air gas | Lift: Fixed wing | Lift: Unpowered rotor | Lift: Powered rotor | |
Unpowered free flight | (Free) balloon | Glider | Helicopter, etc. in autorotation | (None – see note 2) |
Tethered (static or towed) | Tethered balloon | Kite | Rotor kite | (None – see note 2) |
Powered | Airship | Airplane, ornithopter, etc. | Autogyro | Gyrodyne, helicopter |