Built of aluminium with composite parts
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades.
30 of the model families on this list are built this way, 14,835 aircraft on the register between them; the largest is the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger with 1,455, then the Pilatus PC-12 (1,441).
Biggest model families aircraft on the register
Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger1,455Pilatus PC-121,441Daher (Socata) TBM-700 TBM 700 through TBM 9601,006Bell 407985Airbus A321929Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125891Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300 and 350877Airbus A320800Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300671Bombardier BD-700 Global Express, 5000 and 6000653Dassault FALCON 2000485Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135396
All 30 families with notes where the construction changed
1,441Pilatus PC-12 · Aluminium airframe; composite control surfaces and fairings.
985Bell 407 · Composite main rotor blades.
929Airbus A321 · Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail.
891Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 · Composite rotor blades and a composite Starflex rotor head.
800Airbus A320 · Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail.
396Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 · Largely composite fuselage shells.
359Boeing 777 · Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail.
329Airbus A319 · Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail.
236Honda Aircraft Co Llc HA-420 · A composite fuselage with an aluminium wing, and engines mounted over the wing.
191Bell 505
181Airbus BD-500 · The A220: an aluminium-lithium fuselage with composite wings.
172Bell 429
Connections how this material links to the rest of the register
Model families
- Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger 1,455 registered
- Pilatus PC-12 1,441 registered · Aluminium airframe; composite control surfaces and fairings.
- Daher (Socata) TBM-700 TBM 700 through TBM 960 1,006 registered
- Bell 407 985 registered · Composite main rotor blades.
- Airbus A321 929 registered · Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail.
- Airbus Helicopters AS350 AStar (Écureuil), now H125 891 registered · Composite rotor blades and a composite Starflex rotor head.
- Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300 and 350 877 registered
- Airbus A320 800 registered · Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail.
- Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 671 registered
- Bombardier BD-700 Global Express, 5000 and 6000 653 registered
- Dassault FALCON 2000 485 registered
- Airbus Helicopters EC-135 now H135 396 registered · Largely composite fuselage shells.
Makers
- Bell 3,085 aircraft on the register
- Airbus 1,513 aircraft on the register
- Airbus Helicopters 265 aircraft on the register
- Pilatus 403 aircraft on the register
- Bombardier
- Embraer 663 aircraft on the register
- Daher (Socata)
- Dassault 232 aircraft on the register
Other materials
- Aluminium 137 model families
- Steel tube and fabric 30 model families
- Composite 21 model families
- Carbon fibre and plastic 21 model families
- Steel tube and aluminium 15 model families
- Steel tube, wood and fabric 9 model families
- Fabric and wicker 3 model families
- Fabric wing and steel frame 1 model families
These connections as data: /graph/material/aluminium-composite.json · about the eFlight graph.
The FAA's register does not record construction; this list is written by hand from the makers' descriptions and the type certificate data sheets, which remain the authority for any one model. Connections as data: /graph/material/aluminium-composite.json.