Aircraft Recognition

Front 1

Aermacchi SF260 - SF260

Back 1

SF260
Wing tip tanks, bubble canopy 2 seperate panes of glass, retractable gear.

Front 2

Air Tractor AT802 - AT8T

Back 2

Class 3, Weighs more than 12500 lbs, large turbo prop, used for crop dusting, tank under. Has 2 side windows and a back seat. (The only cat 3 single engine prop) Used for crop dusting, pictures for sea landing as well.

Front 3

ST75

Back 3

Boeing 75 Kaydet - Biplane, high and low wing, round radial engine, popular for sight seeing, open cockpit, tail dragger.

Front 4

Category 1

Back 4

12,500 or less.
Single Engine Driven.
Propeller Driven.
-All Helicopters.
Piston or turbo prop engine.
(Not Cat 1 if over 12,500 lbs)

Front 5

Category 2

Back 5

12,500 or less.
Twin Engine.
Propellor driven.
(Not Cat 2 if over 12,500 lbs)

Front 6

Category 3

Back 6

Anything not in 1 or 2.
All jet airplanes regardless of number of engines.
All prop or turbo prop with more than 2 engines. All prop or turbo prob with one or two engines that weigh more than 12,500.

Front 7

Small Weight Class

Back 7

41,000 or less max certified takeoff weight.

Front 8

Large Weight Class

Back 8

41,001 up to 255,000 certified max takeoff weight.

Front 9

Heavy Weight Class

Back 9

255,001 and above max certified takeoff weight (whether or not they are operating at that weight).

Front 10

Why is weight class used?

Back 10

To help seperate aircraft to avoid encounters with wake turbulence.

Front 11

Category 1 Performance

Back 11

- Speed 100-160 knots.
- Altitude 10,000 feet and below.
- Climb Rate 1,000 feet or less per minute.
-Weight Class - Small.

Front 12

Category 2 Performance

Back 12

- Speed: 160-250 knots.
- Altitude: FL240 and below.
- Climb Rate: 1,000 - 2,000 fpm
- Weight Class: Small

Front 13

Category 3 Performance

Back 13

- Speed: 300-250 Knots
- Altitude: FL450 and below.
- Climb Rate: 2,000 - ,000 fpm.

Front 14

Helicopter Performance

Back 14

- Speed: 90-160 Knots
- Altitude: FL200 and below
- Climb Rate: 500 - 2,150 feet per minute.

Front 15

Designators may haveas many as _ characters, but no less than _.

Back 15

4,2

Front 16

The first character in an aircraft designation must be a
A. Number
B. Letter
C. Letter or number
D. 'N'

Back 16

B. Letter

Front 17

Reciprocating (Piston) Engine

Back 17

Found on single engine or light twin engine ac and operates a propeller.
- Around 60-350 hp.
- Slowest of 3 engine types.

Front 18

Turboprop Engine

Back 18

Small turbojet which operates on a propeller.
- Found on many Cat 2 Aircraft. Small or large weight class.

- Turbo Engine creates greater horsepower, faster speed,better performance.

Front 19

CH7B

Back 19

American Champion Citabria - branched wing struts, high wing, fixed gear, square back, square back window, hook shaped horizontal sabilizers, tandem seating, some rated for aerobatics.

Front 20

C152

Back 20

Cessna 152 - Square front window, high wing, strut bars, 1 exhaust, tricycle gear, sharp angled windshield, dorsal fin, 2 seat aircraft.

Front 21

C172

Back 21

Cessna 172 Skyhawk - Holds record for the longest time in air without landing, square rear window, large square front window. (64 days,22 hours, 19 minutes!)

Front 22

C177

Back 22

- Back side window comes to a point, no struts, windshield does not come to a sharp angle, smooth, tricycle.

Front 23

C177

Back 23

- Back side window comes to a point, no struts, windshield does not come to a sharp angle, smooth, tricycle.

Front 24

C77R

Back 24

Cessna 177 Cardinal Retractable gear. No struts, tricycle, with smooth windshield.