Aircraft Characteristics/ Aircraft Recognition 3-15-11
Aircraft Characteristics and Recognition 1
Lesson Objectives 1. Identify aircraft using common recognition features A. Categories. B. Weight classes. C. Designators. D. Performance characteristics. E. Identification features. 2. Recognize selected aircraft 2
Aircraft Categories Category I (CAT I) Category II (CAT II) Category III (CAT III) 3
CAT I Aircraft Weight: 12,500 lbs. or less Single-engine Propeller-driven All helicopters 4
CAT II Aircraft Weight: 12,500 lbs. or less Twin-engine Propeller-driven 5
CAT III Aircraft Any other aircraft not described in either CAT I or CAT II 6
CAT I General Performance Characteristics Speed: Altitude: Climb Rate: 100-160 knots 10,000 feet and below 1,000 feet per minute or less Weight Class: Small (S) 7
CAT II General Performance Characteristics Speed: Altitude: Climb Rate: 160-250 knots FL240 and below 1,000-2,000 feet per minute Weight Class: Small (S) 8
CAT III General Performance Characteristics Speed: Altitude: Climb Rate: 300-550 knots FL450 and below 2,000-4,000 feet per minute 9
Helicopter s General Performance Characteristics Speed: Altitude: Climb Rate: 90-160 knots FL200 and below 500-2,150 feet per minute 10
Weight Class Definitions Small: Large: Heavy: Aircraft of 41,000 pounds or less maximum certified takeoff weight. Aircraft of more than 41,000 pounds, maximum certified takeoff weight, up to 300,000 pounds. Aircraft capable of takeoff weights of more than 300,000 pounds whether or not they are operating at this weight during a particular phase of flight. 11
Examples of Civil Designators Model Name COMMANDER SUPER KING AIR BARON 58 SKYHAWK CITATION (CHEROKEE) ARCHER GULFSTREAM BOEING 737-300 MD11 BELL 222 Designator AC68 BE20 BE58 C172 C550 P28A GLF3 B733 MD11 B222 12
Examples of Military Designators A - Attack A10 B - Bomber B1 C - Cargo Transport C5 E - Electronic (ECM) E8 F - Fighter F15 H - Helicopter H60 P - Patrol P3 T - Trainer T37 13
Aircraft Identification Features 1. Size 2. Engine location and number 3. Engine type 4. Wing placement 6. Tail configuration 7. Windows 8. Fuselage shape 9. Landing gear 5. Wing configuration 14
Size Boeing B767 Boeing B737 15
Engine Locations and Numbers GLF2 on fuselage (2) B737 under wing (2) DC10 under wing and through tail (3) B747 under wing (4) 16
Three Basic Aircraft Engine Types Reciprocating C421 Golden Eagle Turboprop BE20 Super King Air Turbojet C550 Citation II 17
Wing Placement High-Wing Cessna Skyhawk C172 Mid-Wing Fighting Falcon F-16 Low-Wing Cherokee Arrow P28R 18
Straight-Wing Configuration Piper Saratoga PA32 19
Swept-Wing Configuration DC-10 20
Delta-Wing Configuration Fighting Falcon F16 21
Conventional Tail Piper Saratoga-PA32 22
T Tail Beech Super King Air 200-BE20 23
Question What is the general speed range for CAT II aircraft? A. 100 to 160 B. 160 to 250 C. 250 to 500 24
Question What category do helicopters fall under? ANSWER: CAT I 25
Question What category do turbojet engine aircraft fall under? ANSWER: CAT III 26
Question A twin-engine, turboprop aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or less will fall under which category? ANSWER: CAT II 27
Question An aircraft capable of 300,000 pounds of takeoff weight, but which currently only has a takeoff weight of 225,000 pounds, would fall into what weight class? ANSWER: Heavy 28
Question An aircraft in the small weight class has a maximum certified takeoff weight of pounds or less. ANSWER: 41,000 29
Question If an aircraft has a 250,000 pound maximum certified takeoff weight, what would its weight class be? ANSWER: Large 30
V Tail Stealth Fighter-F117 31
Horizontal Stabilizer Above Fuselage (Mid-Tail) Dassault-Breguet Mystere/Falcon 20-FA20 32
Twin Boom Tail Cessna Super Skymaster 337-C337 33
Forward Slant Vertical Stabilizer Mooney Mark 21-M20P 34
Bubble Canopy 35
Round 36
Oval 37
Teardrop 38
Square 39
Question Are these two aircraft the same model? 40
Windows The side window on this aircraft has a teardrop shape. 41
Windows The side window on this aircraft has a square shape. In addition, the rear window is a solid single wrap-around type. 42
Answer BE77 BEECH SKIPPER PA38 PIPER TOMAHAWK 43
Tricycle Landing Gear Cessna 150 44
Conventional Landing Gear Cessna 170 45
Tandem Landing Gear B52 Stratofortress 46
Fixed Gear CESSNA 150 CESSNA 152 47
Retractable Gear CESSNA 210 BE35 48
C172 49
P28A 50
C208 51
C210 52
PA38 53
BE35 54
B06 55
B222 56
BE58 57
PA34 58
C310 59
C421 60
PAY1 61
BE20 62
LJ35 63
FA20 64
BE40 65
C550 66
C750 67
GLF3 68
CL60 69
CRJ1, CRJ2, CRJ7, CRJ9 70
MD81, MD82, MD83, MD87, MD88 71
B731 through B739 72
A320 73
A306 74
B752, B753 75
B772, B773 76
B721, B722, B72Q 77
MD11 78
B741 through B744 79
C130 80
C17 81
F16 82
F15 83
F18 84
F22 85
KC10 86
The End Of THE LECTURE NOW TO THE TEST!! 87
Question What are two types of engines having propellers? ANSWER: Reciprocating and turboprop 88
Question Turbojet engines are limited to what weight class of aircraft? ANSWER: Turbojet engines can be found on ALL weight classes of aircraft. 89
Question What are the nine generally-accepted identification features of aircraft? ANSWER: 1. Size 2. Engine location and number 3. Engine type 4. Wing placement 5. Wing configuration 6. Tail configuration 7. Windows 8. Fuselage shape 9. Landing gear 90
Question What are the three basic wing placement positions? ANSWER: High-wing, Mid-wing, Low-wing 91
Question What are the three basic wing shapes or configurations? ANSWER: Straight-wing, Delta-wing Swept-wing, 92
Question How many basic tail configurations are there? Name them. ANSWER: Six 1. Conventional Tail 2. Forward Slant Vertical Stabilizer 3. Horizontal Stabilizer above the fuselage 4. T Tail (swept or straight) 5. V Tail 6. Twin Boom Tail 93
Question What are the five basic aircraft window shapes? ANSWER: Teardrop, oval, round, square, and bubble canopy 94
Question What are the three basic types of landing gear? ANSWER: Tricycle, Conventional (aka tail dragger ), Tandem 95
Identify the Aircraft Determine Aircraft Designator AND List at least 3 features you would use to recognize each aircraft 96
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C172 100
P28A 101
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C208 106
C210 107
PA38 108
BE35 109
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B06 112
B222 113
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PA34 121
C310 122
C421 123
PAY1 124
BE20 125
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BE40 128
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LJ35 132
FA20 133
BE40 134
C550 135
C750 136
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GLF3 140
CL60 141
CRJ1, CRJ2, CRJ7, CRJ9 142
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MD11 150
B741 through B744 151
MD81, MD82, MD83, MD87, MD88 152
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C17 167
F16 168
F15 169
F18 170
F22 171
The End Of THE TEST REVIEW 172
C210 173
PA38 174
BE35 175
B06 176
B222 177
BE58 178
PA34 179
C310 180
C421 181
PAY1 182
BE20 183
LJ35 184
FA20 185
BE40 186
C550 187
C750 188
GLF3 189
CL60 190
CRJ1, CRJ2, CRJ7, CRJ9 191
MD81, MD82, MD83, MD87, MD88 192
B731 through B739 193
A320 194
A306 195
B752, B753 196
B772, B773 197
B721, B722, B72Q 198
MD11 199
B741 through B744 200
C130 201
C17 202
F16 203
F15 204
F18 205
F22 206