Aircraft

Nervously, I walked into the airport and I was going insane! It was going to be my first time on a plane. I had lots of mixed emotions that day. I was excited that we were going to Orlando, Florida to visit Disney World, but I was also terrified of riding that plane. I had no idea on how I was going to survive a two hour plane trip! With my luck, our flight was delayed, meaning that my nervous anticipation would last longer. A part of me wanted to get it over with, but the other part was…

POSITION PAPER ON POSTPONING THE RETIREMENT OF THE A-10 1. The Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is currently the only close air support (CAS) dedicated aircraft in the United States (US) inventory.1 The A-10 was the first airframe which was designed specifically for the role of CAS and is a simple aircraft to maintain.2 The US Air Force (USAF) has effectively employed the A-10 in a variety of combat applications since its first flight at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) in the fall…

Born from the merger, on July 2000, of the French company Aerospatiale Matra, its German competitor DASA and its Spanish pair CASA, the group has managed to develop a strong expertise in a large range of complementary businesses, such as commercial aircraft, military and defence equipment, helicopters, communication systems, missiles, satellites and related services. Reorganised in January 2014, the group is composed of three divisions: Airbus, Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter), and…

sucked into the engine air intakes during takeoffs and landings, thanks to its engines and their air intakes being mounted far from the surface of the runway. In addition to its robust structure and tough landing gear, this makes A-10 the perfect aircraft to deploy in such a location. As the long abandoned airfield had no control tower, lightning or runway markings anymore, the deployment was supported by a Combat Controllers (CCT) team from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron, which…

Armed and Unharmed “I can’t believe they haven’t instantaneously allowed pilots to defend themselves given the gaps in the current system,” said Representative John L. Mica, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on aviation (West). He is referring to pilots of commercial airliners defending themselves by use of` weapons; such as firearms. The use of these firearms would be very beneficial to airliners and should have action taken in favor of it. The benefits of…

Sensation and Perception chapter 5 page 154. This chapter talks about how we humans feel pain, see, hear, taste, smell, touch, and how these sensations effect our very day lives. The evolution in humans has developed to acquire certain characteristics that people need to survive. Humans need sensations to be able to understand what can hurt them, or what stimulates them to react. This term sensation relates to me the most because without the ability to register and understand what is going on…

fast in last century. From aircrafts to drones. There are many interesting aircraft types and different usage of air vehicles. Especially some war technologies develop very well like war aircrafts.In todays conditions of war and military necessitate very devoloped aircrafts like F22 and B2. Under this circumstances wars are very hard. With today technologies aircrafts makes unbelievable things. Especially F22 Raptor and B2 aircrafts are the most devoloped war aircrafts in the world. Their…

inspections are all listed in 14CFR Part 43. Each A&P mechanic may come up with their own checklist on the items required for that inspection, but they must still contain everything listed by the rule book. For the sake of making money however the aircraft may be flown an additional 10 hours to the location where the inspections will be accomplished but the 10 hours must be subtracted from the next 100 hours. The Airframe and Powerplant mechanic may perform the inspection…

how a box wing aircraft is best suited for these challenges. It also addresses the advantages of using topology optimisation for the best suited design optimisation for an unconventional box wing aircraft. The major advantages of topology optimisation are stated and justified based on its suitability for this project. Following on, the aims and objectives, overview, project scope and structure of this thesis are outlined. 1.1 Motivations The most important aspects of an aircraft, in today’s…

fuel efficient, and fastest aircraft possible. The Douglas DC-3 is widely known as the plane that changed the world, and this aircraft has always stood out among others. The DC-3, first flown in 1935, was a low-wing twin-engine monoplane that was the world’s first successful commercial airliner, readily adaptable for military use. Over 64 feet long, with a wingspan of 95 feet, the aircraft could seat up to 28 passengers and could carry over 6,000 pounds of cargo. The aircraft is a representative…