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An Aircraft is a kind of flying vehicle or technological device, intended to convey sophonts from one location to another.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

No information yet available.

Type of Aircraft by Propulsion[edit]

The category of Aircraft includes:-

While Gravcraft are technically Aircraft they are categorised separately. Rockets are covered under Spaceplanes

Image Repository[edit]

No information yet available.

Examples of Aircraft[edit]

51 Aircraft items[edit]

Item Type Mode TL Mass Cost
A-10 Fearsome class VTOL Ground Attack Plane Ground Attack Craft Flight (Turbofan Aircraft) 10 11 tons 746,282.05
A-43 class Strike Plane Bomber Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 6 tons Cr. 1,464,924.5
B-30 Medium Bomber Bomber Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 30 tons Cr. 2,179,612.95
C-47 Gooney Bird class Light VTOL Scout Plane Reconnaissance Vehicle Flight (Turboprop Aircraft) 10 1 ton 65,186.51177
CAR Flight pack Personal Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 6 37kg Cr6,200
CDS-2 Supersonic VTOL Airplane Commando Attack VTOL Aircraft Flight (Jet Aircraft) 11 20 tons Cr. 9,932,631.852
Champion class Heavy Bomber Bomber Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 50 tons Cr. 12,335,750
Deathsled class Ground Effect Vehicle Armored Fighting Vehicle Flight (ACV/GEV) 12 1.33 dton Cr632,012.59
Diablo class Fighter-Bombers Ground Attack Craft Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 16 tons Cr. 8,495,841.013
Enlightened Supersonic Interceptor Air Superiority Craft Flight (Jet Aircraft) 7 20 tons Cr4,499,888.9
F-15 class Air Superiority Fighter Air Superiority Fighter Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 25 tons Cr. 9,113,780.739
F-30 Medium Fighter Fighter Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 30 tons Cr. 2,107,271.05
F/A 18 Hornet class Attack Aircraft Ground Attack Craft Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 5 tons Cr. 2,337,397.318
Fringian Autogyro Personal Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 6 0.5 Tons Cr45,000
Fringian Basic Propeller Aircraft Passenger Vehicle Flight (Propeller Aircraft) 5 3.5 Tons Cr87,000
Fringian Executive Helicopter Passenger Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 7 6.8 Tons Cr2,416,000
Fringian Executive Jet Passenger Vehicle Flight (Jet Aircraft) 5 10.9 Tons Cr9,200,000
Fringian Large Helicopter Passenger Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 11 25.3 Tons Cr785,000
Fringian Large Propeller Aircraft Passenger Vehicle Flight (Propeller Aircraft) 5 46.6 Tons Cr1,385,000
Fringian Light Helicopter Passenger Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 11 7.1 Tons Cr335,000
Hanglider Personal Vehicle Flight (Glider) 4 30kg Cr565
Helipack Personal Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 9 25 kg Cr2500
Indeera class Armored Personnel Carrier Armored Personnel Carrier Flight (Hovercraft) 8 3.0 dton Cr497,127.87
Jefferson class Supersonic VTOL Airplane Bomber Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 5 tons Cr. 2,184,906
M5 class Parathan Light Helicopter Reconnaissance Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 6 8.57 dton 210,606.45
M6 class Parathan Medium Helicopter Utility Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 6 ~15.7 dton 641,069.97
Mendel class Heavy Bomber Bomber Flight (Propeller Aircraft) 10 50 tons Cr. 4,796,164.801
Microweight Glider Personal Vehicle Flight (Glider) 12 22kg Cr500
Mind Game class Heavy Helicopter Transport Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 10 100 dton 11,515,160
Nighthawk class Medium Helicopter Reconnaissance Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 10 80 dton 1,183,952.1
Ohtar Mk 632 ACV/GEV Light Tank Flight (ACV/GEV) 8 2.5 dton 211,221.52
Peaceful class Light Scout Helicopter Reconnaissance Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 10 8.57 dton 206,823.67
Peacekeeper class Supersonic Bomber Stealthy Bomber Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 4 tons Cr. 1,172,137.682
Personal Flyer - helicopter Personal Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 8 158 liter 33,872
Personal Flyer - turbine Personal Vehicle Flight (Jet Aircraft - VTOL) 8 285kg Cr53,176
Quanah class Bomber Ground Attack Craft Flight (Jet Aircraft) 6 20 dTons 1,385,641.3
Quanah class Fighter Air Superiority Craft Flight (Jet Aircraft- STOL) 6 10 tons 724,321.37
Quorra class CAS Plane Close Support and Transport Vehicle Flight (Propellor Aircraft) 5 10 tons 210,401.5539
Radson class Fighter-Bomber Ground Attack Craft Flight (Jet Aircraft) 6 25 Cr. 3,972,454.9
Sand Stalker Mk 322 class ACV/GEV Light Tank Flight (ACV/GEV) 8 2.5 dton 270,066.37
Single Seat Fighter
Skyvan Cargo Vehicle Flight (Ion Thruster) 7 2 dTons 5,000
Transport/Bomber
Type 52 class ACV SPM Artillery Vehicle Flight (ACV) 11 2 dton 841,306.49
Urida class Medium Helicopter Passenger Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 6 5.25tons Cr. 685,710.97
VTOL Destroyer class Transport Carry All Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 110 tons Cr. 2,898,185
Val Marin class Supersonic VTOL Passenger Vehicle Flight (Jet Aircraft) 10 20 tons Cr8,551,796.6
Valiant class VTOL Recon Scout Plane Reconnaissance Vehicle Flight (Turboprop Aircraft) 10 1 ton 245,461.5858
Vixen class Light Helicopter Reconnaissance Vehicle Flight (Helicopter) 10 10 dton 486,986
War Master class Bomber
YF-1 High Altitude Rocket Plane Air Superiority Craft Flight (Rocket Aircraft) 6 25 tons Cr1,416,397.1667

Basic Principles of Atmospheric Flight[edit]

No information yet available.

Flight vs. Spaceflight vs. Starflight[edit]

No information yet available.

Speed Regimes-Envelopes[edit]

  • Subsonic
  • Transonic
  • Supersonic
  • Hypersonic
  • High-hypersonic
  • NAFAL
  • FTL

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Flightless sophont species need technology to achieve flight. Whether it's creature or animal husbandry to domesticate flying riding beasts or to invent propulsive devices that allow flight through flying vehicles. With few exceptions, to reach the stars, a sophont must master the power of flight.

Some sophont societies are able to achieve simple flight within the TL:1-3 tech epoch, typically using floaters, balloons, or dirigibles, often unpowered. As the first practical internal combustion engines are mastered within the TL:4-6 tech epoch, the majority of sopohnt societies are able to achieve powered flight and some even achieve spaceflight. The array of technologies within the TL:7-9 tech epoch, typically allow the sound barrier to be broken and many civilizations can achieve hypersonic speeds. By the TL:10-12 tech epoch, interstellar spaceflight becomes cheap, affordable, and everyday in application, with FTL jump engines creating true interstellar communities.

Expected Technological Progression of Aircraft-Spacecraft-Starcraft Development[edit]

Expected Technological Progression of Vehicles:
See Transportation Technologies of Charted Space

See also[edit]

Vehicles[edit]

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Related:

The line between Spaceplane and Spaceship is blurred.
If the design is described as a Vehicle then its a Spaceplane;
if it is described as a Ship its a Spaceship.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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