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List of pusher aircraft by configuration and date

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A pusher aircraft is a type of aircraft using propellers placed behind the engines. Pushers may be classified according to lifting surfaces layout (conventional or 3 surface, canard, joined wing, tailless and rotorcraft) as well as engine/propeller location and drive. For historical interest, pusher aircraft are also classified by date. Some aircraft have a Push-pull configuration with both tractor and pusher engines. The list includes these even if the pusher engine is just added to a conventional layout (engines inside the wings or above the wing for example).

Conventional and three surface layouts The conventional layout of an aircraft has wings ahead of the empennage.

Direct drive

Propeller ahead of tail

Between frames (Farman layout)

Voisin-Farman I 1907, 60 built AEA June Bug 1908 experimental, 1 built Cody British Army Aeroplane No 1 1908, 1 built AEA Silver Dart 1909, first flight in Canada, 1 built Curtiss No. 1 1909 Golden Flyer biplane, 1 built Curtiss No. 2 1909 Reims racer biplane, 1 built Cody Michelin Cup Biplane 1910, 1 built Bristol Boxkite 1910 trainer, 78 built Howard Wright 1910 Biplane 1910, 7 built Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.1 1910 biplane, 1 built Wright Model B 1910 biplane 2 seater, about 100 built Cody Circuit of Britain biplane 1911, 1 built Curtiss Model D 1911 biplane, 1 seat Curtiss Model E 1911 biplane floatplane, 17+ built Baldwin Red Devil 1911 aerobatic biplane, 6 built Farman MF.7 1911 biplane, unk no. built Cody V biplane 1912, 2 built Cody VI biplane/floatplane 1913, 1 built Short S.38 1912, 48 built Farman HF.20 1913 military biplane, unk no. built Farman MF.11 1913 biplane, unk no. built Grahame-White Type X Charabanc 1913 transport, 1 built Short S.80 Nile Pusher Biplane Seaplane 1913, 1 built Grahame-White Type XV 1913 trainer, 135 built Sopwith Bat Boat 1913, 6 built

Between frames or booms (1915 and later) Breguet Bre.4 1914 2 seat military biplane, about 100 built Grahame-White Type XI 1914 reconnaissance biplane, 1 built Short S.81 1914, 1 built Sopwith Gunbus 1914, 35 built (including floatplanes) Vickers F.B.5 1914, 224 built Voisin III 1914 bomber, about 3200 built Wight Pusher Seaplane 1914, 11 built Breguet Bre.5 1915 2 seat military biplane, unk no. built AD Scout 1915 interceptor, 4 built AGO C.II 1915 reconnaissance biplane, 15 built Airco DH.1 1915 biplane, 2 seat, 100 built, Airco DH.2 1915 biplane fighter, 453 built Avro 508 1915, 1 built Farman F.30 1915 military biplane, unk no. built Farman F.40 1915 military biplane, unk no. built Otto C.I 1915 reconnaissance biplane, unk no. built Pemberton-Billing P.B.25 1915 scout, 20 built Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 1915 military biplane, 1939 built Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 1915 biplane fighter, 295 built Voisin IV Voisin V 1915 bomber, about 350 built Breguet Bre.12 1916 2 seat military biplane, unk no. built Friedrichshafen FF.34 1916 patrol seaplane, 1 built Häfeli DH-1 1916 reconnaissance biplane, 6 built Vickers F.B.12 1916 fighter, about 22 built Voisin VII 1916 reconnaissance biplane, about 100 built Voisin VIII 1916 bomber, about 1,100 built Blackburn Triplane 1917 fighter, 1 built Curtiss Autoplane 1917 (hops only) roadable aircraft, 1 built Port Victoria P.V.4 1917 floatplane, 1 built. Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.9 1917 2 seat fighter, 3 built Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1 1917 night fighter, 6 built Savoia-Pomilio SP.3 1917 reconnaissance biplane about 350 built Vickers F.B.26 Vampire 1917, 4 built Voisin IX 1917 reconnaissance biplane, 1 built Voisin X 1917 bomber, about 900 built Vickers VIM 1920, 35 built

Between booms Henderson H.S.F.1 1929 transport, 1 built Campbell Model F 1930 private airplane, 1 built Hanriot H.110 1933 fighter, 1 built Stearman-Hammond Y-1 1934 safety airplane about 20 built de Schelde Scheldemusch 1935 1 seat biplane trainer, 6 built ITS-8 1936 motorglider monoplane, 2 built SCAL FB.30 Avion Bassou 1936 2 seat light aircraft, 2 built Abrams P-1 Explorer 1937, 1 built SAIMAN LB.2 1937 2 seat monoplane, 1 built Alliet-Larivière Allar 4, 1938 experimental 2 seat, 1 built General Aircraft GAL.33 Cagnet 1939 trainer, 1 built WNF Wn 16 1939, Austrian experimental aircraft General Aircraft GAL.47 1940 observation, 1 built de Schelde S.21 1940 fighter mockup (unflown)Dieselpunk: De Schelde S.21 Fane F.1/40 1941 observation monoplane, 1 built Saab 21 1943 fighter, 298 built Vultee XP-54 1943 fighter, 2 built Skoda-Kauba V6 1944 1 seat, 1 built 1945 and later

Convair 106 Skycoach 1946 4 seater, one built Fokker F.25 1946 4 seater, 20 built SECAN Courlis 1946 transport, unk no. built Anderson Greenwood AG-14 1947 2 seat experimental, 6 built Heston JC.6/AOP 1947 2 seat reconnaissance, 2 built Alaparma Baldo 1949 1 seat, about 35 built SNCASO SO.8000 Narval 1949 naval fighter, 2 built Anderson Greenwood AG-14 1950 2 seats, 6 built SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera 1952 amphibie 4 seater, 29 built Potez 75 1953 reconnaissance, 1 built SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera 1962 4 seat amphibian, 29 built Akaflieg Stuttgart FS-26 Moseppl 1970 1 seat powered sailplane, unk no. built Cessna XMC 1971 research aircraft, 1 built Akaflieg Stuttgart FS-28 Avispa 1972 2 seat transport, 1 built Kortenbach & Rauh Kora 1973 Motor glider, 2 built Lartin Skylark 1973 Utility Prototype PZL M-17 1973 Trainer Prototype Edgley Optica 1979 ducted fan observation aircraft 21 built 1980 and later

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