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Boeing Type B737-100/200
October 21st, 2008 | Comment Now
The 737-100 and 200 are the first generation production models of the world’s most successful jet airliner family, Boeing’s 737 twinjet. The 737 was conceived as a short range small capacity airliner to round out the Boeing jet airliner family beneath the 727, 720 and 707. Announced in February 1965, the 737 was originally envisioned [...]
Read More >>Hangars
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A hangar is an enclosed structure designed to hold aircraft in protective storage. Most modern hangars are built of metal, but wood and concrete are other materials commonly used. The word hangar comes from a northern French dialect, and means “cattle pen.”
Hangars protect aircraft from weather and ultraviolet light. Hangars may be used as an [...]
Helicopter
October 20th, 2008 | Comment Now
A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors consisting of two or more rotor blades. Helicopters are classified as rotorcraft to distinguish them from fixed-wing aircraft because the helicopter derives its source of lift from the rotor blades rotating around a mast. In fact, the word ‘helicopter’ [...]
Read More >>Air Traffic Control
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Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. A controller’s primary task is to separate certain aircraft — to prevent them from coming too close to each other horizontally or vertically. Secondary tasks include ensuring orderly and expeditious flow of traffic and [...]
Read More >>Runway
October 20th, 2008 | 1 Comment
A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and landing. Runways may be a prepared surface (often asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or an unprepared surface (grass, dirt, or gravel).
Orientation and dimensions
Runways are generally numbered according to the magnetic direction in which they point (referred [...]
Landing
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Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal or aircraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called “landing” as well. Hitting the ground too hard is prevented by wings (including rotor wings), a parachute or rockets or [...]
Read More >>Take Off
October 20th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aircraft goes through a transition from moving along the ground (taxiing) to flying in the air, usually on a runway. For balloons, helicopters and some specialized fixed-wing aircraft (VTOL aircraft such as the Harrier), no runway is needed. Takeoff is the opposite of landing.
Power settings
For light [...]
Aircraft
October 20th, 2008 | 3 Comments
An aircraft is any vehicle or craft capable of atmospheric flight. Aircraft fall into two broad categories:
Heavier than air
Heavier than air aircraft, or aerodynes, include autogyros, helicopters and conventional fixed-wing aircraft (aeroplanes). Fixed-wing aircraft generally use an internal-combustion engine in the form of a piston engine (with a propeller) or a turbine engine (jet or [...]
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An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly by being supported by An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by
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Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from ornithopters in which lift is Most fixed-wing aircraft are flown by a pilot on board the aircraft, but some are
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