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).
The conventional layout of an aircraft has wings ahead of the empennage.
1945 and later
1980 and later
WW1 or Before
1920s
1930s
Post War II
1930 and later
1960 and later
A canard is an aircraft with a smaller wing ahead of the main wing. A tandem layout has both front and rear wings of similar dimensions.
1945 and later In this section Rutan pushers are more than 1000 built.
A tandem (or three-surface) configuration whose wingtips are joined is a Closed wing.
Tailless aircraft lack a horizontal stabilizer.
Flying wings lack a distinct fuselage, with crew, engines, and payload contained within the wing structure.
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