Editing Aircraft (section)

==== Other methods of lift ====
{{Further|Lifting body}}

* A [[lifting body]] is an aircraft which produces lift through the shape of its body, rather than its wings or rotors, like conventional aircraft. Lifting bodies were first experimented by NASA in the 1960s-70s, but the idea was already conceived in the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-28 |title=Lifting Bodies - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/aircraft/lifting-bodies/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* A [[powered lift]] aircraft is one which has the capability of vertical [[takeoff]] and [[landing]]. These aircraft must transition from vertical to lateral movement, which is considered the most dangerous phases of a flight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Powered-Lift Aircraft {{!}} SKYbrary Aviation Safety |url=https://skybrary.aero/articles/powered-lift-aircraft |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=skybrary.aero}}</ref> Classes of powered lift types include [[VTOL]] jet aircraft (such as the [[Harrier jump jet]]) and [[tiltrotor]]s, such as the [[Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siminski |first=Jacek |date=2013-04-11 |title=Harrier: The Story Of The "Jump Jet" That Helped Margaret Thatcher Win The Falklands War |url=https://theaviationist.com/2013/04/11/harrier-story/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=The Aviationist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=V-22 Osprey |url=https://www.aviation.marines.mil/About/Aircraft/Tilt-Rotor/pubDate/20250423/ |access-date=27 April 2025 |website=Marines}}</ref>
* An [[ornithopter]] is an aircraft that produces lift through the movement of its wings, akin to how a bird flies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-09-24 |title='World's first' ornithopter takes flight |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-11410410 |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>