List of aircraft (X)

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This is a list of aircraft in alphabetical order beginning with 'X'.

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XADRI

(Xi'an Aviation Design & Research Institute)

Xausa

(Reanato Xausa)

XCOR

(XCOR Aerospace, Mojave, California)

Xi'an

(Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation)

Xianyi

XIX GmbH

(Kronbühl, Switzerland)

XMarc

(Marc - Ingegno di Alberto Marchini Sas)

Xplorer UltraFlight

(Cape Town, South Africa)

XTI

(XTI Aircraft Company)

XtremeAir

X-29



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