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Fixed-Wing Aircraft
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Heavier-than-air aircraft that generate lift from a fixed wing rather than a rotor, from the first powered flights through the modern airliner, including seaplanes and flying boats that combine a fixed wing with water landing gear. Belongs here: airliners, general aviation aircraft, military fixed-wing aircraft and flying boats. Does not belong here: helicopters and other rotor-lift aircraft, grouped under lighter-than-air and rotorcraft, or airships and balloons, which generate lift by buoyancy rather than an airfoil.
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