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Aircraft Characteristics/

Aircraft Recognition

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Aircraft Characteristics and Recognition

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Aircraft Characteristics and

Recognition


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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


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Aircraft Categories

Category I

(CAT I)

Category II

(CAT II)

Category III

(CAT III)


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CAT I Aircraft

• Weight: 12,500 lbs. or less

• Single-engine

• Propeller-driven

All helicopters


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CAT II Aircraft

• Weight: 12,500 lbs. or less

• Twin-engine

• Propeller-driven


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CAT III Aircraft

Any other aircraft not described in either CAT I or CAT II


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CAT I General Performance

Characteristics

Speed: 100-160 knots

Altitude: 10,000 feet and below

Climb Rate: 1,000 feet per minute or less

Weight Class: Small (S)


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CAT II General Performance

Characteristics


Altitude: FL240 and below

Climb Rate: 1,000-2,000 feet per minute

Weight Class: Small (S)


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CAT III General Performance

Characteristics



Climb Rate: 2,000-4,000 feet per minute


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Helicopter’s General Performance

Characteristics

Speed: 90-160 knots


Climb Rate: 500-2,150 feet per minute


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Weight Class Definitions

Small: Aircraft of 41,000 pounds or less maximum certified takeoff weight.

Large: Aircraft of more than 41,000 pounds, maximum certified takeoff weight, up to 300,000 pounds.

Heavy: 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.


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Examples of Civil Designators

Model Name Designator

COMMANDER AC68

SUPER KING AIR BE20

BARON 58 BE58

SKYHAWK C172

CITATION C550

(CHEROKEE) ARCHER P28A

GULFSTREAM GLF3

BOEING 737-300 B733

MD11 MD11

BELL 222 B222


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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


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Aircraft Identification Features

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


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Size

Boeing

B767

Boeing

B737


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Engine Locations and Numbers

B737 under wing (2)GLF2 on fuselage (2)

DC10 under wing and through tail (3) B747 under wing (4)


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Three Basic Aircraft Engine Types

Reciprocating C421 Golden Eagle

TurbopropBE20

Super King Air

Turbojet C550Citation II


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Wing Placement

High-Wing Cessna Skyhawk C172

Mid-WingFighting

Falcon F-16

Low-Wing Cherokee Arrow P28R


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Straight-Wing ConfigurationPiper Saratoga PA32


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Swept-Wing ConfigurationDC-10


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Delta-Wing ConfigurationFighting Falcon F16


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Conventional TailPiper Saratoga-PA32


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“T” TailBeech Super King Air 200-BE20


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Question

• What is the general speed range for CAT II

aircraft?

A. 100 to 160

B. 160 to 250

C. 250 to 500


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Question

• What category do helicopters fall under?

– ANSWER: CAT I


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Question

• What category do turbojet engine aircraft

fall under?

– ANSWER: CAT III


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Question

• A twin-engine, turboprop aircraft weighing

12,500 pounds or less will fall under which

category?

– ANSWER: CAT II


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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


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Question

• An aircraft in the small weight class has a

maximum certified takeoff weight of

________ pounds or less.

– ANSWER: 41,000


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Question

• If an aircraft has a 250,000 pound maximum

certified takeoff weight, what would its

weight class be?

– ANSWER: Large


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“V” TailStealth Fighter-F117


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Horizontal Stabilizer Above Fuselage

(Mid-Tail)Dassault-Breguet Mystere/Falcon 20-FA20


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Twin Boom TailCessna Super Skymaster 337-C337


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Forward Slant Vertical StabilizerMooney Mark 21-M20P


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Bubble Canopy


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Round


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Oval


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Teardrop


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Square


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Question

Are these two aircraft the same model?


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Windows

The side window on this aircraft has a teardrop shape.


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Windows

The side window on this aircraft has a square shape. In addition, the rear window is a

solid single wrap-around type.


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Answer

BE77 BEECH “SKIPPER”

PA38 PIPER “TOMAHAWK”


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Tricycle Landing GearCessna 150


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Conventional Landing GearCessna 170


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Tandem Landing GearB52 “Stratofortress”


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Fixed Gear

CESSNA 150 CESSNA 152


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Retractable Gear

CESSNA 210 BE35


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C172


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P28A


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C208


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C210


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PA38


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BE35


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B06


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B222


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BE58


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PA34


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C310


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C421


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PAY1


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BE20


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LJ35


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FA20


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BE40


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C550


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C750


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GLF3


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CL60


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CRJ1, CRJ2, CRJ7, CRJ9


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MD81, MD82, MD83, MD87, MD88


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B731 through B739


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A320


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A306


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B752, B753


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B772, B773


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B721, B722, B72Q


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MD11


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B741 through B744


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C130


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C17


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F16


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F15


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F18


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F22


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KC10


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The End Of THE LECTURE –

NOW TO THE TEST!!


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Question

• What are two types of engines having

propellers?

– ANSWER: Reciprocating and turboprop


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Question

• Turbojet engines are limited to what weight

class of aircraft?

– ANSWER: Turbojet engines can be found on ALL

weight classes of aircraft.


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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


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Question

• What are the three basic wing placement

positions?

– ANSWER: High-wing, Mid-wing, Low-wing


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Question

• What are the three basic wing shapes or

configurations?

– ANSWER: Straight-wing, Delta-wingSwept-wing,


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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


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Question

• What are the five basic aircraft window

shapes?

– ANSWER: Teardrop, oval, round, square, and

bubble canopy


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Question

• What are the three basic types of landing

gear?

– ANSWER: Tricycle, Conventional (aka „tail

dragger‟), Tandem


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Determine Aircraft Designator

AND

List at least 3 features you

would use to recognize

each aircraft

Identify the Aircraft


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C172


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P28A


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C208


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C210


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PA38


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BE35


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B06


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B222


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PA34


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C310


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C421


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PAY1


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BE20


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BE40


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LJ35


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FA20


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BE40


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C550


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C750


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GLF3


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CL60


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MD11


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B741 through B744


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MD81, MD82, MD83, MD87, MD88


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C17


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F16


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F15


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F18


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F22


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The End Of THE TEST

REVIEW


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C210


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PA38


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BE35


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B06


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B222


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BE58


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PA34


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C310


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C421


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PAY1


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BE20


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LJ35


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FA20


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BE40


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C550


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C750


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GLF3


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CL60


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MD81, MD82, MD83, MD87, MD88


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B731 through B739


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A320


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A306


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B752, B753


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B772, B773


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B721, B722, B72Q


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MD11


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B741 through B744


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C130


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C17


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F16


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F15


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F18


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F22

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