Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name)
5. vehicles (transportation)
6. air and space transportation vehicles

Narrower term/s

• [aircraft by form][+]
  • heavier than air aircraft [+]
    • fixed-wing aircraft [+]
      • gliders (aircraft) [+]
      • airplanes
      • seaplanes [+]
      • canards
      • ultralight aircraft [NP] [+]
      • [fixed-wing aircraft by number of wings] [+]
      • [fixed-wing aircraft by wing design] [+]
    • rotary-wing aircraft [+]
      • helicopters
      • autogiros
    • ornithopters
  • lighter than air aircraft [+]
    • airships [+]
      • blimps
      • zeppelins
      • semi-rigid airships
      • rigid airships [+]
      • pressure-rigid airships
    • balloons (aircraft) [+]
      • barrage balloons
      • meteorological balloons
      • sounding balloons
      • hot-air balloons
      • captive balloons [NP]
      • free balloons [NP]
• [aircraft by function][+]
  • military aircraft [+]
    • bombers [+]
      • attack aircraft
      • strategic bombers
    • fighters [+]
      • interceptors
      • pursuit planes
      • air superiority fighters
    • reconnaissance aircraft
    • drone aircraft
  • general aviation aircraft [+]
    • business aircraft
    • utility aircraft [+]
      • agricultural aircraft
      • water bombers
    • private aircraft
  • transport aircraft [+]
    • cargo aircraft
    • passenger aircraft [+]
      • commuter aircraft
      • passenger planes [+]
  • training aircraft
  • research aircraft
• [aircraft by method of propulsion][+]
  • jet aircraft [+]
    • turbofan aircraft
    • turboprop aircraft
  • hovercraft
• [aircraft by construction][+]
  • ultralight aircraft [+]
    • hang gliders [NP]
  • light aircraft
• [temporary alphabetical list: aircraft][+]
  • aerial torpedoes
  • captive balloons
  • free balloons
  • rocket belts
  • reconnaissance airplanes

Anotations

Scope note:

Vehicles that navigate through the air, either supported for flight by buoyancy or by the dynamic action of the air on their surfaces; usually designed to accommodate one or more persons.