Aircraft Category (Bold Bullet) and Class (subheaded with open bullet.)

• AIRPLANE (Powered fixed-wing aircraft with one or more engines.)
  • Airplane Single-Engine Land (ASEL)
  • Airplane Multi-Engine Land (AMEL)
  • Airplane Single-Engine Sea (ASES)
  • Airplane Multi -Engine Sea (AMES)
• GLIDER ( Non-powered fixed-wing aircraft.)
• ROTOCRAFT ( Aircraft in which the “wings” are actually one or more sets of rotor blades.)
  • Helicopter
  • Gyroplane
• LIGHTER-THAN-AIR ( Wingless aircraft, either powered or non-powered.)
  • Airship
  • Balloon
• POWERED LIFT (Vectored thrust aircraft with fixed wings that can rise and descend vertically like a helicopter, and transition to fast forward flight like an aircraft. Examples: Harrier and Osprey)

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