A pusher aircraft is a type of aircraft using propellers placed behind the engines and may be classified according to engine/propeller location and drive as well as the lifting surfaces layout (conventional or 3 surface, canard, joined wing, tailless and rotorcraft), 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).
Conventional and three surface layouts The conventional layout of an aircraft has wings ahead of the empennage.
Direct drive Prop ahead of tail Between booms or frames Abrams P-1 Explorer 1937, 1 built Acapella 200 1982 homebuilt, 1 built Aircraft N455CB, ACAPELLA AD Scout 1915 interceptor, 4 built ADI Condor 1981 2 seat motorglider, unk no. built AEA June Bug 1908 experimental, 1 built AEA Silver Dart 1909, first flight in Canada, 1 built Aero Dynamics Sparrow Hawk Mk.II 1984 2 seat homebuiltAir-Britain:Aero Dynamics Sparrow Hawk Mk.II AGO C.II 1915 reconnaissance biplane, 15 built AHRLAC Holdings Ahrlac 2014 reconnaissance attack, 1 built Airco DH.1 1915 biplane, 2 seat, 100 built, Airco DH.2 1915 biplane fighter, 453 built Alliet-Larivière Allar 4, 1938 experimental 2 seat, 1 built Akaflieg Stuttgart FS-26 Moseppl 1970 1 seat powered sailplane, unk no. built Akaflieg Stuttgart FS-28 Avispa 1972 2 seat transport, 1 built Alaparma Baldo 1949 1 seat, ca.35 built Anderson Greenwood AG-14 1950 2 seats, 6 built Applebay Zia 1982 1 seat ultralight motorglider, 4 built Avro 508 1915, 1 built Baldwin Red Devil 1911 aerobatic biplane, 6 built Blackburn Triplane 1917 fighter, 1 built Breguet Bre.4 1914 2 seat military biplane, about 100 built Breguet Bre.5 1915 2 seat military biplane, unk no. built Breguet Bre.12 1916 2 seat military biplane, unk no. built Bristol Boxkite 1910 trainer, 78 built Cessna XMC 1971 research aircraft, 1 built Cody British Army Aeroplane No 1 1908, 1 built Cody Michelin Cup Biplane 1910, 1 built Cody Circuit of Britain biplane 1911, 1 built Cody V biplane 1912, 2 built Cody VI biplane/floatplane 1913, 1 built Curtiss No. 1 1909 Golden Flyer biplane, 1 built Curtiss No. 2 1909 Reims racer biplane, 1 built Curtiss Model D 1911 biplane, 1 seat Curtiss Model E 1911 biplane floatplane, 17+ built Curtiss Autoplane 1917 (hops only) roadable aircraft, 1 built de Schelde Scheldemusch 1935 1 seat biplane trainer, 6 built de Schelde S.21 fighter mockup, 1940 (unflown) Edgley Optica 1979 ducted fan observation aircraft 21 built Fane F.1/40 1941 observation monoplane, 1 built Farman HF.20 1913 military biplane, unk no. built Farman MF.7 1911 biplane, unk no. built Farman MF.11 1913 biplane, unk no. built Farman F.30 1915 military biplane, unk no. built Farman F.40 1915 military biplane, unk no. built Fokker F.25 Promotor 1946 transport, 20 built Friedrichshafen FF.34 1916 patrol seaplane, 1 built General Aircraft GAL.33 Cagnet 1939 trainer, 1 built General Aircraft GAL.47 1940 observation, 1 built Grahame-White Type X Charabanc 1913 transport, 1 built Grahame-White Type XI 1914 reconnaissance biplane, 1 built Grahame-White Type XV 1913 trainer, 135 built Häfeli DH-1 1916 reconnaissance biplane, 6 built Hanriot H.110 1933 fighter, 1 built Henderson H.S.F.1 1929 transport, 1 built Heston JC.6/AOP 1947 2 seat reconnaissance, 2 built HFL Stratos 300 1996 1 seat ultralight motorgliderPhotos & History: HFL Flugzeugbau Stratos 300 Howard Wright 1910 Biplane 1910, 7 built NPP Aerorik Dingo 1997 multi-role amphibian (air cushion), 6 built Otto C.I 1915 reconnaissance biplane, unk no. built Pemberton-Billing P.B.25 1915 scout, 20 built Port Victoria P.V.4 1917 floatplane, 1 built. Potez 75 1953 reconnaissance, 1 built Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.1 1910 biplane, 1 built Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 1915 military biplane, 1939 built Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 1915 biplane fighter, 295 built Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.9 1917 2 seat fighter, 3 built Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1 1917 night fighter, 6 built Saab 21 1943 fighter, 298 built SAIMAN LB.2 1937 2 seat monoplane, 1 built Savoia-Pomilio SP.3 1917 reconnaissance biplane ca.350 built SCAL FB.30 Avion Bassou 1936 2 seat light aircraft, 2 built SECAN Courlis 1946 transport, unk no. built Short S.38 1912, 48 built Short S.80 Nile Pusher Biplane Seaplane 1913, 1 built Short S.81 1914, 1 built SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera 1962 4 seat amphibian, 29 built SNCASO SO.8000 Narval 1949 naval fighter, 2 built Sopwith Bat Boat 1913, 6 built Sopwith Gunbus 1914, 35 built (including floatplanes) Stearman-Hammond Y-1 1934 safety airplane ca.20 built Vickers F.B.5 1914, 224 built Vickers F.B.12 1916 fighter, ca.22 built Vickers F.B.26 Vampire 1917, 4 built Vickers VIM 1920, 35 built Voisin-Farman I 1907, 60 built Voisin L 1912, about 470 built Voisin III 1914 bomber, ca.3200 builtFrench Voisin III bomber Voisin IV Voisin V 1915 bomber, about 350 built Voisin VII 1916 reconnaissance biplane, about 100 built Voisin VIII 1916 bomber, about 1,100 built Voisin IX 1917 reconnaissance biplane, 1 built Voisin X 1917 bomber, about 900 built Vultee XP-54 1943 fighter, 2 built Wight Pusher Seaplane 1914, 11 built WNF Wn 16 1939, Austrian experimental aircraft
Coaxially on rear fuselage Brditschka HB-3 1971 2 seat motorglider, unk no. built Buselec 2, 2010 project, with electric motor Gallaudet D-4 1918 seaplane, 2 built Austria Krähe 1960 1 seat motorglider, unk no. built Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.3/A.E.1 1913 armoured biplane, 1 built Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.6, 1914, 1 built RFB/Grumman American Fanliner 1973, 2 seats, 2 built RFB Fantrainer 1977, 2 seats, 47 built Rhein Flugzeugbau RW 3 Multoplan 1955 27 built Rhein Flugzeugbau Sirius I 1969, 2 seatsRFB Rhein Flugzeugbau Vickers Type 161 1931 fighter, 1 built
Nacelle above fuselage 3I Sky Arrow (now marketed by Magnaghi Aeronautica) 1982 maiden flight,Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: ULM/LSA/GA tandem two-seater high wing, some 50 built. AD Flying Boat, Supermarine Channel & Sea Eagle 1916 patrol and airline flying boat, 27 built. Aeromarine 40 1919 flying boat trainer, 50 built Aeromarine 50 1919 transport flying boat, unk no. built Aerosport Rail 1970 single seat ultralight, twin engine, 1 built Aichi AB-4 1932 flying boat, 6 built Aichi E10A 1934 reconnaissance flying boat, 15 built Aichi E11A 1937 reconnaissance flying boat, 17 built Airmax Sea Max 2005 2 seat biplane amphibian, unk no. built Amiot 110-S 1931 patrol flying boat, 2 built Benoist XIV 1913 transport flying boat, 2 built Beriev MBR-2 1931 flying boat, 1365 built Beriev MBR-7 1937 flying boat, unk no. built Boeing B-1 1919 transport flying boat, 1 built Boeing Model 204 Thunderbird 1929 flying boat, 7 built Boeing-Canada A-213 Totem 1932 flying boat, 1 builthttp://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/4043.htm Boeing Canada A-213 Totem CAMS 30 1922 flying boat trainer, 31 built CAMS 31 1922 flying boat fighter, 2 built CAMS 37 1926 reconnaissance flying boat, 332 built CAMS 38 1923 racing flying boat, 1 built CAMS 46 1926 flying boat trainer, unk. no built Canadian Vickers Vedette 1924 forestry patrol flying boat, 60 built Canadian Vickers Vista 1927 1 seat monoplane flying boat, 1 built CANT 7 1924 flying boat trainer, 34 built CANT 10 1925 flying boat airliner, 18 built CANT 18 1926 flying boat trainer, 29 built CANT 25 1927 flying boat fighter, unk no. built Curtiss Model F 1912 flying boat, 150+ built Curtiss HS 1917 patrol flying boat, ca.1,178 built Curtiss-Wright CA-1 1935 amphibious flying boat, 3 built CZAW Mermaid 2005 2 seat amphibious biplane, unk no. built Donnet-Denhaut flying boat 1915 patrol flying boat, ca. 1,085 built Dornier Do 12 1932 amphibian, 4 seats, 1 built Dornier Do 18 1935 monoplane flying boat, 170 built FBA Type A, B, C 1913 patrol flying boat, unk no. built FBA Type H 1915 patrol flying boat, ~2000 built FBA 17 1923 flying boat trainer, 300+ built FBA 290 1931, amphibious flying boat trainer, 10 built FBA 310 1930 amphibious flying boat transport, 9 built Fizir AF-2 1931 amphibious flying boat trainer, 1 built Fokker B.I & III 1922 biplane reconnaissance flying boat, 2 built Fokker F.11/B.IV 1928 monoplane transport flying boat, 7 built General Aviation PJ 1933 monoplane flying boat, 5 built Grigorovich M-5 1915 patrol flying boat, ca.300 built Grigorovich M-9 1916 patrol flying boat, ca.500 built Grigorovich M-11 1916 fighter flying boat, ca.60 built Grigorovich M-15 1917 patrol flying boat, unk no. built Hansa-Brandenburg CC 1916 flying boat fighter, 73 built Hansa-Brandenburg W.20 1918 U-boat flying boat, 3 built Ikarus ŠM 1924 flying boat trainer, 42 built Kawanishi E11K 1937 monoplane flying boat, 2 built Lake Buccaneer 1959 amphibian, 4 seats, 1000+ built Loening XSL 1931 submarine airplane, 1 built Lohner E 1913, ca.40 built Lohner L, R and S 1915, 100+ built Loire 50 1933 training amphibian, 7 built Loire 130 1934 reconnaissance flying boat, 125 built Macchi L.2 1916, reconnaissance flying boat, 17 built Macchi M.3 1916, reconnaissance flying boat, 200 built Macchi M.5 1917, flying boat fighter, 244 built Macchi M.7 1918 flying boat fighter, 100+ built Macchi M.9 1918 flying boat bomber, 30 built Macchi M.12 1918 flying boat bomber, ca.10 built Macchi M.18 1920 flying boat, 90+ built Macchi M.26 1924 flying boat fighter, 2 built Macchi M.41 1927 flying boat fighter, 42 built Microleve Corsario 1988 ultralight amphibious homebuilt, unk no. built Norman Thompson N.T.2B 1917 flying boat trainer, 100+ built Norman Thompson N.T.4 1916 patrol flying boat, 72 built Nikol A-2 1939 amphibious flying boat trainer, 1 built Oeffag-Mickl G 1916 trimotor patrol flying boat, 12 built Osprey Osprey 2 1973 2 seat homebuilt, unk no. built Rohrbach Ro VII Robbe 1925 flying boat, 3 built Rohrbach Ro X Romar 1928 flying boat, 3 built Royal Aircraft Factory C.E.1 1918 flying boat, 2 built Savoia-Marchetti S.57 1923 reconnaissance flying boat, 20 built Savoia-Marchetti S.59 1925 reconnaissance flying boat, 240+ built Savoia-Marchetti S.62 1926 reconnaissance flying boat, 175+ built Savoia-Marchetti S.64 1928 distance record monoplane, 2 built Savoia-Marchetti S.66 1931 airliner flying boat, 24 built Savoia-Marchetti SM.78 1932 patrol flying boat, 49 built Savoia-Marchetti SM.80bis 1933 transport amphibian, 1+ built SCAN 20 1945 flying boat trainer, 24 built SIAI S.9 1918 flying boat, unk no. built SIAI S.12 1918 flying boat, 1 built SIAI S.13 1919 reconnaissance flying boat, unk no. built SIAI S.16 1919 flying boat, 100+ built SIAI S.51 1922 racing flying boat, 1 built SIAI S.67 1930 flying boat fighter, 3 built SNCAO 30 1938 flying boat trainer, 2 built Sperry Land and Sea Triplane 1918 patrol flying boat, 2 built Supermarine Baby 1918 flying boat fighter, 1 built Supermarine Commercial Amphibian 1920, 1 built Supermarine Scarab 1923, 12 built Supermarine Seal 1921, 4+ built Supermarine Seagull 1921, 34 built Supermarine Sea Eagle 1923, 3 built Supermarine Sea Lion I & II 1919 racing flying boats, 2 built Supermarine Sheldrake 1927, 1 built Supermarine Seagull/Walrus 1933 military flying boat, 740 built Taylor Coot 1969 2 seat homebuilt amphibian, 70 built Tellier T.3 and Tc.6 1917 patrol flying boat, ca.155 built Tisserand Hydroplum and SMAN Pétrel 1983 homebuilt amphibian, ca.63 built Tupolev MDR-2 1931 flying boat, 1 built Vickers Viking, Vulture and Vanellus 1919 amphibious flying boats, 34 built. Volmer VJ-21 Jaybird 1947 2 seat light aircraft, unk no. built Volmer VJ-22 Sportsman 1958 2 seat homebuilt amphibian, (not all are pushers), 100+ built Vought VE-10 Batboat 1919 navy flying boat, 1 built
Below tail boom Alpaero Sirius 1984 1 seat UL motorglider, 20 built AmEagle American Eaglet 1975 ultralight motorglider, 12 built Jean St-Germain Raz-Mut 1976 1 seat ultralight, 7 built Nelson Dragonfly 1947 motorglider, 7 built Taylor Tandem, unk no. built
Above tailboom, behind fuselage