List of aircraft (La–Lh) explained
This is a list of aircraft in alphabetical order beginning with 'La' through 'Lh'.
La–Lh
(Neal La France, Wichita, KS)
(Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France)
(La Porte Aircraft Co, La Porte, IN)
- La Porte 1938 Monoplane[1]
(Laboratorio Artigiano Aeronautico)
- LAA N.3[2]
- LAA N.3/S[2]
- LAA N.5/R[2]
- LAA N.5Cab[2]
- LAA N.5AQ (AQ - Alta Quota - high altitude)[2]
Labahan
(LaBiche Aerospace)
Laboratoire Eiffel
(Laboratoire Eiffel - LE)
- Labourdette-Halbronn H.T.1[4]
- Labourdette-Halbronn H.T.2[4]
(Les Ateliers de Constructions Aeronautiques Belges)
(Joseph L Lacey, Tulsa, OK)
(Adolphe Lachassagne)
(LACO (Fdr: Joe Laven), Desert Hot Springs, CA)
(Léon Lacroix)
(Léon Lacroix & Raymond Bourdin)
- Lacroix-Bourdin 2LB.7[7]
- Lacroix-Bourdin 2LB.9[7]
(Léon Lacroix & Barret de Nazaris)
- Lacroix-Nazaris LN-1[7]
- Lacroix-Nazaris LN-2[7]
- Lacroix-Nazaris LN-3[7]
(Léon Lacroix, Barret de Nazaris & Raymond Bourdin)
- Lacroix-Nazaris-Bourdin LNB-12[9] [10]
(Léon Lacroix et Gérard Trussant)
(Robert Ladd)
(Emile Ladougne)
LAE
(LAE Helicopters Cyprus)
L.A.F.
(Ligue Aéronautique Française)
- L.A.F. Desmon flying boat[4]
Lafay
(Louis Etienne Lafay, Brazil)
(Lafayette Aircraft Works, 230 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA)
Laflamme Helicopters
- Laflamme Helicopters LAF-01
(Lage (aircraft constructor))
(E M Laird Company, 244 South Wichita Street (Wichita) Kansas / E M Laird Airplane Co, 4500 W 83 St (Ashburn Field) Chicago, IL)
(471 W. First St., Wichita, Ks.)
(Charles L Laird, Wichita, KS, 1930: Aircraft Engineering, Chicago, IL)
- Laird Pierce Arrow[1]
- Laird Special[1]
Laister
LAK
(Lietuviškos aviacinės konstrukcijos)
(Dan Lake, Lake City, KS)
(Lake Aircraft Corp (pres: Jack Strayer), Sanford, ME)
(Larry Lam)
(J.W.H. (Hugo) Lambach)see:DSA
(Lambert Aircraft Engineering BVBA)
(Monocoupe Div, (S L "Casey") Lambert Aircraft Corporation, St Louis, MO and Long Island, NY)
(Danex Engineering Kft)
(Arpad Lampich)
- Lampich L-1 Mama Kedvence (Mummy's Darling)[16]
- Lampich L-2 Róma (Rome)[16]
- Lampich L-4 Bohóc (Clown)[16]
- Lampich BL-6
- Lampich BL-7
- Lampich L-9 Veréb (85 hp)[16]
- Lampich L-9 II (Spatz) (85 hp)[16]
- Lampich L-16
- Lampich D-20 Pajtás (Rogue)[17]
- NL XXI (95 hp)
- NL XXII (150 hp)
(Merger of Central Aircraft (crop spraying) & Robert T Lamson Aircraft Co, Yakima, WA)
(Neico Aviation Inc (Fdr: Lance A Niebauer), Redmond, OR)
(Lancashire Aircraft Company)
((Fred) Landgraf Helicopter Co, 135 St at Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA)
((George L) Landis & Earle (Blodgett), 4633 Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI)
(Etienne-Claude Landray and Gilbert Landray)
(Lane Automatous Air-Ship Co, San Francisco, CA)
(Frank Lang, Lockport, IL)
(Jesse E Langdon, Bell, CA)
- Lange-Billard 1910 Triangular Wing[1]
(Louis F Langhurst, Carriere, MI)
(Dr Samuel P Langley, Washington, DC)
(Langley Aircraft Corp (pres: Caleb S Bragg), Port Washington, NY)
(Jacques Langlois)
(Edward H Lanier and son (Edward M), Miami and Jacksonville, FL, Covington, KY, 1943: (E M) Lanier Aircraft Corp, Marlton, NJ)
(Leipzig, Germany)
(C R Lansing, Warren, OH)
- Lansing 1931 Monoplane[1]
(Orville G Barnum and Lansing (Ed) Ratelle, Portland, OR)
(Gérard Lantres & Bouffort) (see also:Bouffort-Lantres)
- Lantres-Bouffort LB.20 Elytroplan[7]
(Lanzius Aircraft Co, New York, NY)
(Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional - National Institute of Aeronautics and Space, Indonesia)
(Arthur Lardin, W A McCurdy, E Smith, New Castle, DE)
(Lark Aircraft Co (Pres: Romer G Weyant), 217 E Lincoln, Wichita, KS)
((W Keith) Larkin Aircraft Corp, Watsonville, CA)
Laranudi
- Larnaudi twin-engined flying boat[4]
- Larnaudi single-engined flying boat[4]
(Laron Aviation Tech, Borger, TX)
(OKB Laros)
(Jean Larrieu)
(Carl Ludvig Larsen)
(Herman Larsen, Keasbey, NJ)
(Merle Larson & Paul Holmes, Larson Aero Development, Concord, CA)
(Las Brisas Sales, Ozark, MO)
(LaSalle Aircraft Co (Pres: Claude C. Flagg), 111 Maple St, Joliet, IL, c. 1928-1933: Ottawa, IL)
- LaSalle F-2[1]
- LaSalle Model A Coupe[1]
(Larkin Aircraft Supply Company Ltd, Coode Island, Melbourne)
(Ing. Ángel de Lascurain y Osio)
- Lascurain Toloche
- Lascurain Sport
- Lascurain Aura
- Lascurain-Salinas XB1
- Lascurain Quetzatcoatl
Laser
(Laser Aerobatics)
- Laser Aerobatics Akro Model Z[3]
(C W Lasher, Winter Springs, FL)
((John A) Lasley Tool & Machine Co, Beloit, MI)
Lasserre
(G. Lasserre - aka SO G.L.3 Libellule)
- Lasserre G.L.3 Libellule[22]
(Société Industrielle d'Aviation Latécoère [SIDAL or SILAT] from 1922)(now Groupe Latécoère)
Latham
(Glen G. Latham)
(Société Latham)
(Lathrop Polytechnical Institute, Kansas City, MO)
Lauér
Lauret
(André Laville / BNK - Buro Novyikh Konstruktsii)
(Pierre Lavoisier)
(Nedo Lavorini)
(Jerry L Lawhorn, Anchorage, AK)
(George Lawrence)
(Lawrence Institute of Technology, Southfield, MI)
(George R Lawrence, Chicago IL. 1915: Lawrence- (Harry S) Lewis Aeroplane Co, Chicago, IL)
- Lawrence-Lewis A-1[1]
- Lawrence-Lewis B-1[1]
((Alfred William) Lawson Airplane Co, Green Bay and Milwaukee, WI, 1925: Lawson Aircraft Co, New York, NY)
(Henry and Jack D Lay, Helena, MT)
- Lay Brothers LT-1[1]
- Lay brothers SL-4[1]
(Jim Blick, Bethany, CT)
- Lazor-Rautenstrauch 1950 Monoplane (Belle of Bethany)[1]
(Zvetan Lazarov / DAR) (Cyrillic:Лазаров)
(LCA Srl.)
L.D.
((Ronald) Leach Aero Service, Main & Franklin Sts, Hartford, MI)
(Leader Aircraft Co (Pres: Karl Bjorkenheim), 4114 East 14th St, Oakland, CA)
(Leading Edge Air Foils, Peyton, CO)
(1929: (Archie and Claude) Lear Aircraft Corp, Pratt KS. 1954: (William P) Lear Inc, Santa Monica, CA, 1959: Established Swiss-Amaerican Aviation Corp, St Gallen, Switzerland. 1962: Lear-Siegler Corp. Jan 1963: Lear Aircraft Co, Wichita, KS)
(Learjet Industries Inc. 1969: Gates Learjet Corp, 6868 S Plumer Ave, Tucson, AZ, 1990: Acquired by Bombardier Inc, Canada (q.v.). 1997: Bombardier flight test center moved to Learjet facility, Wichita, KS)
(Learfan Ltd.)
(Albert Leblanc)
- Leblanc L.04A[7]
- Leblanc L.52[8]
(Robert Lebouder)
Lecoin-Damblanc
(Louis Lecoin and Louis Damblanc)
(René Leduc et Fils)
(René Leduc, amateur constructor)
(Lee Inman School of Flying, Eugene, OR)
(Cedric Lee & G. Tilghman Richards)
(Robert Lefebvre)
(Roland Legallois)
(Performance Aircraft Inc (Pres: Jeff Ackland), Olathe, KS, 2002: Legend Aircraft Inc)
(Legend Lite Inc, New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada)
(Claude Léger)
(René Léger)
(Leger Aviation SARL, Archiac, France)
(Fernand Leglaive)
- Leglaive Miniplane[8]
- Leglaive-Gaultier LG.150[8] (Fernand Leglaive & Roger Gaultier)
(see SOSA)
(Paul Legrand et Michel Simon)
(William C Leighnor, Hutchinson, KS)
- Leighnor Mirage 2[1]
- Leighnor W-4 (a.k.a. WL-4, or Mirage)[1]
(Ballard Leins, Tinsley Park and Auburn, IN)
(Curtis, William, and Victor H Leineweber, Chicago, IL)
- Leineweber 1921 Helicopter[1]
(Leka Aeroplane Co (Theodor & Thermistocles M Leka, Naum P Mele), New York, NY)
(René Lemaire)
- Lemaire RL.1[8]
- Lemaire ARL-11 Babysquale[44]
(William LeMire)
((First name unrecorded) Lemp, Augusta, GA)
(Patrick Lenderpergt)
- Lenderpergt LP.1 Sybille[8]
(Lenert Aircraft Co, Pentwater MI. c.1940: Lenert Aviation Corp, 1220 Vance St, Toledo, OH)
- Lenert 1927 Biplane[1]
- Lenert B[1]
- Lenert C[1]
- Lenert PT-2 (a.k.a. Zephyr)[1]
(George W Leonard, Santa Ana, CA)
Leonardo
(Leonardo S.p.A / Leonardo-Finmeccanica / Finmeccanica)
- Leopoldoff L-3[46]
- Leopoldoff L-31 Colibri[7]
- Leopoldoff L-32 Colibri[7]
- Leopoldoff L-4 Colibri[7]
- Leopoldoff L-5 Colibri[7]
- Leopoldoff L-53 Colibri[7]
- Leopoldoff L-55 Colibri[7]
- Leopoldoff L-6 Colibri[7]
- Leopoldoff L-7 Colibri[47]
(Evangeliste Lepicier, Brooklyn, NY)
(Lerho Laboratories Inc, Pittsburgh, PA)
Leroy
(G. Leroy)
- Leroy Motoplaneur - LEROY G., Aéroc-Club de l'Eure, Professeur Technique à l'Ecole Professionelle d'Évreux[48]
Les Mureaux
see ANF Les Mureaux
(Prof Edgar J Lesher, Univ of Michigan, MI)
(Letalski Konstrukcijski - Ljubljana)
(Letecké Zavody, Narodni Podnik)
(Vikýřovice, Czech Republic)
(Charles Leteneur)
- Leteneur 1947 aeroplane[7]
(Société d'Aviation Letord / Établissements Letord)
- Letord & Niepce Monoplan 1909[50]
(Vojenska Tovarna na Letadla Letov)
(Sociéte Pierre Levasseur Aéronautique)
(Renato Levi)
(Tony LeVier)
(Hydravions Georges Levy)
- Levy G.L.40
- Levy Type R[53]
- Levy-Besson (Georges Levy, Marcel Besson)[54]
- Levy-Besson HB.2 (Georges Levy, Marcel Besson)[55]
- Levy-Biche 4 HO.2[56]
- Levy-Biche LB.2 (Jean Biche / Constructions Aéronautiques J Levy)
- Levy-Biche LB.4[57]
- Levy-Biche LB.6 (Jean Biche / Constructions Aéronautiques J Levy)[35]
- Levy-Lepen R
(Charles H Lewis, Denver, CO)
(Lewis & Vought Corporation)
- Lewis & Vought VE-7
- Lewis & Vought VE-8
- Lewis & Vought VE-9
((Paul) Lewis-American Airways Inc/Gray Goose Airplane Co, Denver, CO)
- Lewis-American A[1]
- Lewis-American Auto-Airplane[1]
- Lewis-American Gray Goose[1]
(Marcel Leyat)
- Leyat biplane[58]
- Leyat glider[59]
- Leyat convertible biplane[60]
- Leyat 1928 convertible biplane[61]
- Leyat Hélica Avion[62]
(Marcel Leyat et André Jacquemin)
- Leyat-Jacquemin 1933 monoplane
- Leyat-Jacquemin 1934 monoplane[63]
- Leyat-Jacquemin glider[64]
(Luftfahrzeug Gesellschaft m.b.H. Berlin-Charlottenburg) - (a.k.a. LFG Roland / LFG Stralsund / LFG Bittersfeld)
LFU
(Leichtflugtechnik-Union)
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