powered aircraft
aircraft requiring onboard propulsion to maintain flight
electric aircraft
aircraft powered by electric motors as opposed to internal combustion engines
ornithopter
aircraft which use flapping movement of the wings to generate lift
rocket-powered aircraft
aircraft which uses a rocket engine for propulsion
rotorcraft
heavier-than-air aircraft which generates lift over rotating wings
powered lift aircraft
aircraft capable of powered vertical takeoff and landing but which operates as a fixed-wing aircraft during horizontal flight
airplane
powered fixed-wing aircraft
jet aircraft
aircraft class powered by jet propulsion engines