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Aircraft by year of first flight.

1890s (3) 1900s (35) 1910s (608) 1920s (762) 1930s (1151) 1940s (740) 1950s (511) 1960s (395) 1970s (320) 1980s (271) 1990s (262) 2000s (229) 2010s (194) 2020s (32)

1900s

1901

Santos-Dumont number 6 Commercial · Light & general aviation

1901

Gustave Whitehead Whitehead No. 21 Commercial · Light & general aviation

1902

Wright Glider Commercial · Gliders

1903

Wright Company Flyer (1903) Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1905

Willows airships Commercial · Light & general aviation

1906

Vuia 1 Commercial · Light & general aviation

1906

Édouard Surcouf La Ville de Paris Commercial · Light & general aviation

1907

Blériot V Commercial · Light & general aviation

1907

Dunne D.1 Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1907

Breguet-Richet Gyroplane Commercial · Civil helicopters

1907

Cornu helicopter Commercial · Civil helicopters

1907

Demoiselle Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1907

Aerial Experiment Association Cygnet Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1908

United States Army Signal Corps Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1 Commercial · Light & general aviation

1908

Aerial Experiment Association White Wing Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1908

Avro Roe I Biplane Commercial · Light & general aviation

1908

Aerial Experiment Association AEA June Bug Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1908

Royal Aircraft Establishment British Army Aeroplane No 1 Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1909

Curtiss No. 2 Commercial · Light & general aviation

1909

Greene 1909 Biplane Commercial · Light & general aviation

1909

Hanriot 1909 monoplane Commercial · Light & general aviation

1909

Howard Wright 1909 Biplane Commercial · Light & general aviation

1909

Robert Esnault-Pelterie REP Type N Military · Reconnaissance & surveillance

1909

Antoinette VII Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1909

Blériot XI Military · Reconnaissance & surveillance

1909

Aerial Experiment Association Silver Dart Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1909

Henri Farman Farman III Military · Other military aircraft

1909

Alliott Verdon Roe Roe I Triplane Commercial · Light & general aviation

1909

Blériot XII Commercial · Light & general aviation

1909

Breguet Type I Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1909

Canadian Aerodrome Baddeck No. 1 and No. 2 Commercial · Light & general aviation

1909

Short Biplane No. 2 Commercial · Light & general aviation

1909

De Havilland Biplane No. 1 Commercial · Light & general aviation

1909

Armand Dufaux Dufaux 4 Military · Experimental & historic pioneers

1909

Ferguson monoplane Military · Experimental & historic pioneers