Civilian aircraft page Civilian Aircraft Cessna Citation X Aeronautics Astronautics Specialities Interviews Back to Career Page Back to AAE Home Page Civilian aircraft consist of commercial transports, general aviation, and civilian helicopters. Two aerospace giants produce America's commercial transport aircraft - Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. Export of these aircraft accounts for the largest trade surplus of any sector in the U.S. economy. General aviation is comprised of aircraft for business transportation, regional airline service, recreation, public utilities, and pilot training. Many companies manufacture general aviation aircraft, such as Cessna , Gulfstream, Learjet, Maule Air, Inc, Mooney , Piper , Raytheon , and Scaled Composites .
Helicopters have a growing number of general aviation uses.
Among the companies that produce them are Bell , Enstrom, McDonnell Douglas, Robinson, Schweitzer and Sikorsky .