As nouns the difference between aircraft and landplane
is that aircraft is a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift while landplane is an aircraft that is designed to take off from, and land on land (rather than water or snow.
aircraft
Noun
(aircraft)
A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
Usage notes
* The nonstandard plural form is in use among non-native speakers of English.
Hyponyms
* See also
Derived terms
* aircraft carrier
* model aircraft
* rocket aircraft
Related terms
* spacecraft
* watercraft
landplane
English
Noun
(
en noun)
An aircraft that is designed to take off from, and land on land (rather than water or snow)