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EA:  AIRCRAFT_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 83

Concept definition: The type of an <AIRCRAFT>.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
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Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07
AIRCRAFT_TYPE AIRSHIP <AIRSHIP>. 1      
STD
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AIRCRAFT_TYPE AMPHIBIOUS Designed to take off and land on <WATERBODY>s; amphibious. 2  
STD
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AIRCRAFT_TYPE BALLOON <BALLOON>. 3      
STD
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AIRCRAFT_TYPE BLIMP <BLIMP>. 4      
STD
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AIRCRAFT_TYPE DIRIGIBLE <DIRIGIBLE>. 5      
STD
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AIRCRAFT_TYPE DRONE Pilotless and designed for remote control operation; drone. 6 [J1-02, "drone"], [SOED, "drone", I.3]
STD
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AIRCRAFT_TYPE FIXED_WING Designed with fixed wings. 7  
STD
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AIRCRAFT_TYPE GLIDER Designed to fly for long <<TIME_QUANTITY>>s without power; glider. 8 [SOED, "glider", 2]
STD
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AIRCRAFT_TYPE LIGHT Designed with reduced range and payload, generally for private or light commercial use. 9  
STD
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AIRCRAFT_TYPE ROTARY_WING Uses one or more aerofoils rotating in an approximately horizontal plane, providing all or most of the lift; rotary-wing [SOED, "rotary-wing"]. 10 [APDS, "rotary-wing aircraft"]

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