List of aircraft (K) explained

This is a list of aircraft in alphabetical order by manufacturer beginning with K.

K

K & S

(Kate & Stan McLeod)

K & W

see: EKW

(Douglas Kaddy, West Groton, CT)

(Everett E David, Detroit, MI)

(Kaess Aircraft Engr Co, NJ)

Teruo Kago

(Teruo Kago)[2]

KAI

(Kazan Aviation Institute)

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (commonly referred to as KAI, Korean: 한국항공우주산업, Hanja: 韓國航空宇宙産業)

Kairys

(Jurgis Kairys)

Kaiser

(Daniel (or Donald?) Kaiser, Chicago, IL)

(Daniel Kaiser, Milwaukee, WI) (May be Kiser)

(Kaiser-Stearman Aircraft Co, Oakland, CA)

Kalgoorlie

Kalinauskas, Rolandas

(Rolandas Kalinauskas, Prienai, Lithuania)

Kalkert

(Albert Kalkert / Ramor Flugzeugbau)

((Charles H) Kaman Aircraft Corp, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT 1953: Bloomfield, CT 1967: Kaman Corp. 1969: Kaman Aerospace division.)

(Rim (or Ray) Kaminskas, Chino, CA)

(Kansas City Aircraft Co (pres: George or Gordon L Bennett), Richards Field, Kansas City, MO)

Kanter-Moissant

Kapferer

(Henry Kapferer)

(Caproni Bulgara SA / Samoletna Fabrika Kaproni Bulgarski)

(Veljekset Karhumäki O/Y / Karhumäen veljekset)

(Kari-Keen Aircraft Inc (founders: Ernest A Arndt, Swen Swanson, W W Wilson, one other unnamed), 509-511 Plymouth St, Sioux City, IA)

(Larry Karp, Deer Park, NY)

(Kasyaněnko / Kievskogo Politiechnicheskogo Instituta - KPI)

(K K Kauffman, Pittsburgh, PA)

(Charles H Kaufmann, 49 Poinier St, Newark, NJ)

Kaufmann

(Paul Kaufmann)

(Kawanishi Kokuki kk - Kawanishi Aircraft Company Ltd.)

(Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Kawasaki Aircraft Engineering Company Limited)

(Kay Gyroplanes Ltd.)

(Yevgeny, Ivan and Andrei Kazyanenko)

KB SAT

(Sovremyenne Aviatsyonne Tekhnologii - Modern Aircraft Technologies)

KEA

(Greek: Κρατικό Εργοστάσιο Αεροπλάνων - State Aircraft Factory)

((Horace) Keane Aeroplanes, North Beach, Long Island NY. c.1921: Acquired rights to ACE (Aircraft Engr Co, NY). c.1925: Keane Aircraft Corp, Keyport NJ.)

(Charles F Keen, Madison, WI)

Kegel

(Kegel-Flugzeugbau - Kassel / Max Kegel and Fritz Ackermann using the AK logo)

Keitek

(Keitek srl, Remanzacco, Italy)

(James Keleher, Fremont, CA)

(Henry S "Pop" Keller, Chicago, IL)

(Fred Keller, Anchorage, AK)

((W Wallace & Roderick G) Kellett Autogiro Corporation, Philadelphia, PA)

Kellis

(Avions Kellner-Béchereau)

(Harold W Kellogg, Ontario, CA)

(John Henry Kelly, El Dorado, AR)

(Dudley R Kelly, Versailles, KY)

(Kevin Kelly)

KFC

(Kelowna Flightcraft Centre)

(Scott Kember, Sacramento, CA)

(George C Distel & Ralph A Kendall, Le Sueur, MN)

(Dr. Ridley Kendall)

Kennedy

(Kennedy Aeroplanes Limited)

Kensgaila

(Kensgaila Aircraft Enterprize / Vladas Kensgaila)

(Ned Kensinger, Fort Worth, TX)

(Kentucky Aircraft Co, Owensboro, KY)

(Harold & Kenneth Kenyon, Warren, OH)

(Charles A Kerestesi, Elgin, IL)

(Dr Davenport Kerrison, Jacksonville, FL)

(C C Kersey, James Hudgins, Virgil Kennedy, Ft Worth, TX)

(Kestrel Aircraft Co (fdr: Donald L Stroud), Norman, OK)

Kestrel Aircraft Company

(Ketner Air Coach Co)

See also: Huff-Daland

(Kharkovskii Aviatsionny Institut - Kharkov Aviation Institute, a.k.a. Kharkivskii Aviatsionny Institut - Kharkiv Aviation Institute)

(KkAZ - Kharkov Aviatsionny Zavod - Kharkov State Aviation Plant)

(Vassili Nikolayevich Khioni)

(Kazan Helicopters Plant, Kazan, Tatarstan)

(T L Kidd, San Antonio, TX)

(André Kieger)

(Flugzeugbau Kiel G.m.b.H.)

(Richard Killingsworth, Ft Walton Beach, FL)

(Kevin Kimball)

((Wilbur R) Kimball Aircraft Corp, Naugatuck, CT)

(Gene Kimbell, Dimmitt, TX)

Kimberley

(Gareth J. Kimberley)

(Michael J. Kimbrel)

Kimfly

(Kimfly D.O.O., Vodice, Slovenia)

(Kinetic Aviation)

(King's Engineering Fellowship and Angel Aircraft Corp, Orange City IA.)

(Kingsford Smith Aviation Services Pty. Ltd.)

(Duane Kinman, Rubidoux, CA)

Kinner

(Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation)

(Cleveland, OH)

(Harold M Kippers, Mukwonago, WI)

(Joe Kirk)

(Kirkham Aeroplane & Motor Co, Bath, NY)

((Charles B) Kirkham and (Alford) Williams, Long Island, NY)

(Prof Frederick K Kirsten, University of WA)

Kitchen-Lee-Richards

see:Lee-Richards

(James Kistler)

Kjeller

(Kjeller Flyvemaskinsfabrik)

Kjolseth

(Lt. Col. Paul Kjolseth RNoAF)

(G F Klampher, Wichita, KS)

(San Francisco, CA)

(Štefan Klein)

(Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm GmbH)

(Warren Kline, Miami, FL)

(Karl D Klinedorf, Gary, IN)

(Roy Knabenshue, Los Angeles, CA)

Knapp

(Frank Knapp, Palmer, AK)

((Paul H) Knepper Aircraft, Lehighton, PA)

(Vernon W Payne, Cicero, IL)

((Felix W A) Knoll Aircraft Company, 471 W 1st St, Wichita, KS)

(Richard Knoll, Ogallala, NE)

((Felix W A) Knoll-(---) Brayton Aeronautical Corp, Norwich, CT)

Knoller

(Professor Richard Knoller)

(Leo Knöpfli)

(Gp. Capt. A.S. Knowles)

(Donald Knowlton)

(E J Knox, Portland, O.)

Kocjan

(Antoni Kocjan)

Koechlin & Pischoff

(Dr. Hermann Koehl and Ernst Von Loessl)

(Harold Koehler, Akron, OH)

(? Koenig)

Kohl

(Stefan Kohl, Kattenes, Germany)

Koivu and Toomey

(Fitchburg, MA)Koivu and Toomey

Kokkola

(Kalevi & Seppo Kokkola)

((Homer) Kolb Co Inc, Phoenixville, PA)

Kolitilin-Nikitin

(Ben Kolitilin and Misha Nikitin)

(Kommissii po Tyazheloi Aviatsii - Commission for Heavy Aviation)

Kompol

(Kompol SC, Swiercze, Poland)

(Kondor Flugzeugwerke G.m.b.H.)

Konner

(Konner Srl)

Konstruktionskontor Nord

(Konstruktionskontor Nord - Flugzeugbau Nord)

(Sytse Frederick Willem Koolhoven; see also Armstrong-Whitworth and B.A.T.)

(manufactured at Maatschappij voor Luchtvaart 1911)

(Manufactured at Nationale Vliegtuig Industrie - NVI 1922-1926)

(manufactured at N.V. Koolhoven Vliegtuigen 1926-1940)

Korean Air

(Sergey P. Korolyov)

(Flugzeugbau Korsa - Hugo G. Schmid)

(V.L.Korvin, N.G.Mikhelson, M.M.Shishmarev - Корвин, Михельсон, Шишмарев)

(Charles D Kozlowski, Raritan. NJ)

Kostin-Siekerin-Taciturnov

(L. Kostin, L. Siekerin & V. Taciturnov)

Kotliński

(Jerzy Kotliński)

(Young Ho Koun, Roosevelt Field, NY)

(Joseph Kovaks)

(Levern P Kowalke, Wall Lake, IA)

(Sergei G. Kozlov)

Kozłowski

(Władysław Kozłowski)

(Phil Kraft)

(KEA: Kratiko Ergostasio Aeroplanon - State Aircraft Factory)

(L A Kraemer, Rapid City, SD)

(Phil Kraft, Oceanside, CA)

(see:-Skandinavisk Aero Industri)

((Alexander Peter) Krapish Aircraft Co, Kearny, NJ & Squantum, MA)

Krasniye Kryl'ya

(Taganrog, Russia)

((Ammon "Amos" H) Kreider-(Lewis E) Reisner Flying Service. 1927: Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Co, Hagerstown, MD 1929: Acquired by Fairchild Aircraft Corp.)

(André Kreit & Lambrickx)

(Joseph Kreutzer Corp, 1801 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA)

(Frank Krenzer, Holcomb, NY)

(Harold Krier, Wichita, KS)

Krist

(Chester J. Krist)

Aksel Kristiansen

(Aksel Kristiansen)

Kronfeld

(Robert Kronfeld)

(Eric Krüger - or Krueger)

Krumsiek

(Wilhelm Krumsiek)

Kubicek Aircraft

(Kubicek Aircraft spol s.r.o., Brno, Czech Republic)

(Kucher Airplane Corp, 2206 Valentine Ave, Bronx, NY)

Kuhelj

(Dr. ing. Anton Kuhelj)

(Sam W Kuhnert, Camp Hill, PA)

Kuhlia

(Mikka Kuhlia)

(Richard Kurzenberger, Horsehead, NY)

(Virgil Kutnar, San Francisco, CA)

(Kaiserlicht Werft (Danzig))

(Kaiserlicht Werft (Kiel))

(Kaiserlicht Werft (Wilhelmshaven))

(Kyushu Hikoki K.K.)(some products were manufactured under the Watanabe name)

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