SAMOLËTI HAVOIYu KAYHONI, apparat parishi reaktivii idorashavandai kayhoniro guyand, ki sathi baranda dorad va bisyorkarata istifoda meshavad. Khususiyathoi ham samolyot va ham apparati parishi kayhoniro dorost. Samolyoti havoiyu kayhoni boyad az aerodrom parvoz karda tavonad va to sur¬ati kanhoni surat girifta, badi parvoz ba kayhon boz ba aerodrom birgardad. Samolyoti havoiyu kayhoni baroi bo lavozimoti tekhniki, qismhoi edtiyoti va ozuqa tamin namudani stansiyahoi madori va ivaz kardani ekipaji on peshbini shuda ast.
Samolyoti havoiyu kayhoni nazar ba raketahoi barandai hozira pursamarand. Ba sifati tajhizoti quvvagii Samolyoti havoiyu kayhoni muharriki havoiyu reaktivi (baroi parvoz dar atmosfera) va muharriki raketii moei (baroi parvoz dar fazoi kayhoni) mushtarak istifoda meshavand. Nakhustin Samolyoti havoiyu kayhoniro 12. 04. 1981 amerikoiyon ba kayhon cap dodand, ki on «Kolumbiya» nom do¬rad. Kishtii «Kolumbiya»-ro kayhonnavardon J. Yang va R. Krippen idora namuda badi 2-ruzi parvozi kayhoni 14. 04. 81 ba yake az kosmodromhoi IMA shinondand.