Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft
Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as airplanes in North American English and aeroplanes in Comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Conventional Airplanes
Conventional airplanes -- from small planes such as the Bumble Bee II and Cessna 140 to a gigantic Antonov 225 -- consist of a longitudin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Industrialized Production
There are relatively few companies that produce airplanes on a large scale. However, the production of an airplane for one company is a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia - Helicopter
A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors (propellers). Helicopters are classified as ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rocket: Encyclopedia - Rocket
A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rotation: Encyclopedia - Rotation
Rotation of a planar body is the movement when points of the body travel in circular trajectories around a fixed point called the center ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aircraft: Encyclopedia - Aircraft
An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. Aircraft - Categories and classification. Aircraft fall into two broad categor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aviation: Encyclopedia - Aviation
Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. Aircraft, include fixed wing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autogyro: Encyclopedia - Autogyro
An autogyro (only an autogiro™ when produced by the Cierva Autogiro Company or one of its licensees (see below), sometimes called a gyr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia - Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. Aircraft ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wing: Encyclopedia - Wing
A wing is a surface used to produce an aerodynamic force normal to the direction of motion by travelling in air or another gaseous medium...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airliner: Encyclopedia - Airliner
An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft (an aeroplane/airplane) initially designed for the transport of paying passengers, and usually...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 25 Mm Caliber: Encyclopedia - 25 Mm Caliber
The 25 mm caliber is a standard size of heavy machine gun (specifically autocannon) ammunition for NATO forces. The round itself has a le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A6m Zero: Encyclopedia - A6m Zero
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. While...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Santos-dumont 14-bis: Encyclopedia - Santos-dumont 14-bis
The 14-bis, also known as Oiseau de proie (French for "bird of prey"), was an early airplane designed and built by Brazilian inventor Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Convair B-36: Encyclopedia - Convair B-36
The Convair (Consolidated Vultee) B-36 was a strategic bomber operated solely by the United States Air Force. Unofficially nicknamed the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-aircraft Warfare: Encyclopedia - Anti-aircraft Warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging military aircraft in combat from the ground. Various guns and cannons ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wright Brothers: Encyclopedia - Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912), are sometimes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Technologies Corporation: Encyclopedia - United Technologies Corporation
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) NYSE: UTX is a major multinational corporation based in Hartford, Connecticut, USA, and is the 22nd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aviation History: Encyclopedia - Aviation History
Humanity's desire to fly probably dates to the first time prehistoric man observed birds, an observation illustrated in the legendary sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airship: Encyclopedia - Airship
An airship is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. Unlike aerodynamic craft (e.g. airplanes and helicopt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft - Categories And Classification
Aircraft fall into two broad categories: Aircraft - Heavier than air. Heavier than air aerodynes, including autogyros, helicopters and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft - Categories And Classification
Aircraft fall into two broad categories: Aircraft - Heavier than air. Heavier than air aerodynes, including autogyros, helicopters and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Of South Korea: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Of South Korea - Military Overview
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime Police (Coast Guard) Military of South Korea - Resources. Equ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammunition: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammunition - Large Weapon Ammunition
See Main article, Shell (projectile), for information on the various types of shell and shot. Modern artillery ammunition is generally of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autogyro: Encyclopedia Ii - Autogyro - General Characteristics
Autogyros can take off and land in significantly smaller areas compared to airplanes, and depending on the model, can operate from helipa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cartercopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Cartercopter - Cruising
Normally a helicopter or gyrocopter cannot go as fast as its rotor tip speed. This is because the retreating rotor blade would stop in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Dc-3: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Dc-3 - Specifications
Douglas DC-3 - General characteristics DC-3C. Crew: 2 Capacity: 21 to 32 passengers Length: 64 ft 5 in (19.65 m) Wingspan: 95 ft (28.9...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd: Encyclopedia Ii - Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd - History
In 1915, Boulton & Paul began to construct aircraft under contract including 550 of the Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b. During the war ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Propeller: Encyclopedia Ii - Propeller - Aircraft Propellers Airscrews
A propeller's efficiency is determined by (thrust × axial speed)/(resistance torque × rotational speed). Changes to a propeller's effic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan Self-defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan Self-defense Forces - Strength
Japan Self-Defense Forces - Personnel. The JSDF numbered about 246,400 in 1992 with 156,000 in the Ground Self-Defense Force, 44,400 in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wing: Encyclopedia Ii - Wing - Artificial Wings
Wing - Terms used to describe aeroplane wings. Flaps partially deployed Full flaps Full flaps, with airbrakes and spoilers deployed for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autogyro: Encyclopedia Ii - Autogyro - Flight Controls
There are only three flight controls: a control stick, rudder pedals and a throttle. Modern designs typically use a between-legs control ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ground Effect: Encyclopedia Ii - Ground Effect - Ground Effect In Aircraft
Aircraft obtain increased lift and therefore better efficiency by flying very close to the ground; on a fixed-wing monoplane, about half ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fleet Air Arm: Encyclopedia Ii - Fleet Air Arm - History
The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was first established in January 1914. By the outbreak of the First World War in August, it had more a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morane-saulnier M.s.406: Encyclopedia Ii - Morane-saulnier M.s.406 - M.s.405
In 1934 the Service Technique Aéronautique (Aeronautical Technical Service) of the Armeé de l'Air issued a requirement for a new and co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metal Storm: Encyclopedia Ii - Metal Storm - Applications
Metal Storm has been involved in looking at the application of its technology in the following areas. Note that this is not meant to sugg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Stability
Fixed wing aircraft are designed to be inherently stable. If a gust of wind or a nudge to one of the controls causes a fixed wing aircraf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Stability
Fixed wing aircraft are usually inherently stable. If a gust of wind or a nudge to one of the controls causes a fixed wing aircraft to pi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soviet Aircraft Carrier Kuznetsov: Encyclopedia Ii - Soviet Aircraft Carrier Kuznetsov - Design Of The Class
Soviet aircraft carrier Kuznetsov - Intended missions. While designated an aircraft carrier, Kuznetsov's design implies a mission diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breguet 19: Encyclopedia Ii - Breguet 19 - Description
Metal construction biplane (sesquiplane), conventional in layout, with braced wings. A fuselage, elliptic in cross-section, was a frame o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan Self-defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan Self-defense Forces - Strength
Japan Self-Defense Forces - Personnel. The JSDF numbered about 246,400 in 1992 with 156,000 in the Ground Self-Defense Force, 44,400 in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Dc-3: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Dc-3 - Production
10,655 DC-3s were built at Santa Monica, California and Long Beach, California in both civil and military versions. 2000 or so were built...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lift Force: Encyclopedia Ii - Lift Force - Circulation
A third way of calculating lift is a mathematical construction called circulation. Again, it is mathematically equivalent to the two expl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autogyro: Encyclopedia Ii - Autogyro - Flight Characteristics
Autogyros are often regarded by fixed-wing aircraft pilots as "dangerously unstable", which is certainly true when its pilot is, as is so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autogyro: Encyclopedia Ii - Autogyro - Flight Characteristics
Autogyros are often regarded by fixed-wing aircraft pilots as "dangerously unstable", which is certainly true when its pilot is, as is so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Dc-3: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Dc-3 - History
The DC-3 was engineered by a team led by chief engineer Arthur E. Raymond and first flew on December 17, 1935 (the 32nd. anniversary of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft Carrier - Wartime Innovations
Combat experience proved that the British invention of the sealed "hurricane bow" which protected against storms was superior to any othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zsu-23-4 Shilka: Encyclopedia Ii - Zsu-23-4 Shilka - History
The first Soviet self-propelled anti aircraft gun (SPAAG), the ZSU-57-2, was based on captured German technology. Armed with two 57mm can...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messerschmitt Me 262: Encyclopedia Ii - Messerschmitt Me 262 - Development
Although often viewed as a last ditch super-weapon, the Me 262 was already being developed as project P.1065 before the start of WWII. Pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messerschmitt Me 262: Encyclopedia Ii - Messerschmitt Me 262 - Development
Although often viewed as a last ditch super-weapon, the Me 262 was already being developed as project P.1065 before the start of WWII. Pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - History
Since around 400 BC the Chinese had a flying top that was used as a children's toy. This toy eventually made its way to Europe via trade ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lublin R-xiii: Encyclopedia Ii - Lublin R-xiii - Development
In 1927, the Polish aviation authorities opened a contest for an army cooperation plane. It was meant to operate from casual airfields, p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Santos-dumont 14-bis: Encyclopedia Ii - Santos-dumont 14-bis - Conception Development And Initial Tests
In June of 1905, Gabriel Voisin tested a glider by having it towed by a fast boat down the Seine. The glider's wing configuration was mad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Santos-dumont 14-bis: Encyclopedia Ii - Santos-dumont 14-bis - Conception, Development, And Initial Tests
In June of 1905, Gabriel Voisin tested a glider by having it towed by a fast boat down the Seine. The glider's wing configuration was mad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Convair B-36: Encyclopedia Ii - Convair B-36 - Design
In 1941, the fall of Britain to a German invasion seemed imminent, which would leave United States Army Air Corps (AAC) with no bases in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan Self-defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan Self-defense Forces - Organization
Japan Self-Defense Forces - Chain of Command. Prime Minister of Japan Minister of State for Defense Senior Vice-Minister for Defense...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan Self-defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan Self-defense Forces - Uniforms Ranks And Insignia
Uniforms in all three SDF branches are similar in style to those worn by United States forces. GSDF uniforms are gray-blue; MSDF personne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turbofan: Encyclopedia Ii - Turbofan - Cycle Improvements
Consider a mixed turbofan with a fixed bypass ratio and airflow. Increasing the overall pressure ratio of the compression system raises t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rafic Hariri International Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Rafic Hariri International Airport - Airport Services
Rafic Hariri International Airport - Ground Handling providers. The airport has two ground handling operators, Middle East Airlines Gro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airship: Encyclopedia Ii - Airship - Fiction
Airships were a popular theme in scientific romance (prototypical science fiction) and adventure fiction published in the late 19th centu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Applications
Helicopters have many uses, both military and civil, including troop transportation, infantry support, firefighting, shipboard operations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Applications
Helicopters have many uses, both military and civil, including troop transportation, infantry support, firefighting, shipboard operations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - P-47 Thunderbolt: Encyclopedia Ii - P-47 Thunderbolt - P-47b / P-47c
The XP-47B gave the USAAF (the "Air Corps" became the "Air Force" in June 1941) cause for both optimism and apprehension. Aircraft perfor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-aircraft Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-aircraft Warfare - Force Structures
Most western militaries integrate air defence purely with the traditional arms of the military (i.e. army, navy and air force). This is i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Controlling Flight
Useful flight requires that an aircraft be controlled in all three dimensions (see flight dynamics). In a fixed-wing aircraft, this is ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Helicopter Models And Identification
In identifying conventional helicopters during flight it is helpful to know that when viewed from below, the rotor of a French, Russian, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Helicopter Models And Identification
In identifying conventional helicopters during flight it is helpful to know that when viewed from below, the rotor of a French, Russian, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Generating Lift
A conventional aircraft is able to fly because the forward motion of the angled wings creates lift by seperating the air into two streams...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tortoise Heavy Assault Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tortoise Heavy Assault Tank - Gun
The gun design was adapted from the British 3.75 inch anti-aircraft gun. The ammunition was separate charge and shell, the latter a 32 po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yakovlev Yak-9: Encyclopedia Ii - Yakovlev Yak-9 - Variants
Yakovlev OKB created 22 modifications of Yak-9, of which 15 saw mass production. The most notable of these include: Yak-9 - first produc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - P-38 Lightning: Encyclopedia Ii - P-38 Lightning - Origin
Lockheed designed the P-38 in response to a 1937 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) request for a high-altitude interceptor, capable of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - P-38 Lightning: Encyclopedia Ii - P-38 Lightning - Origin
Lockheed designed the P-38 in response to a 1937 United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) request for a high-altitude interceptor, capable of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messerschmitt Me 163: Encyclopedia Ii - Messerschmitt Me 163 - Development
Work on the design started under the aegis of the DFS (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug—the German institute for sailplane fli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hawker Hurricane: Encyclopedia Ii - Hawker Hurricane - Variants
Hawker Hurricane - Hurricane Mk.I. As expected the first Mk.I production machines were ready fairly quickly, and deliveries started in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan Self-defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan Self-defense Forces - Missions And Deployments
Despite the nation's status as a major world power, Japan eschewed responsibility for regional defense. Having renounced war, the possess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Limitations
The single most obvious limitation of the helicopter is its slow speed. The current record is around 400 km/h set by the Westland Lynx. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iar 80: Encyclopedia Ii - Iar 80 - Development History
Despite the constant race with PZL, an IAR design team led by Dr. Ion Grosu continued work on fighter designs. He was convinced that the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Short Sunderland: Encyclopedia Ii - Short Sunderland - History Of The Sunderland
In the early 1930s, competition in development of long-range flying boats for intercontinental passenger service was becoming increasingl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Generating Lift
In conventional aircraft, the wing profile (called airfoil) is designed to have a shape where the bottom surface has a shorter path than ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Air Lines: Encyclopedia Ii - Eastern Air Lines - History
Eastern Air Lines began life on April 19, 1926 as Pitcairn Aviation. Pitcairn won a government contract to fly the US Mail between New Yo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artillery: Encyclopedia Ii - Artillery - Types
The types of tube artillery are generally distinguished by their ballistic trajectory. Cannons or guns (such as infantry support guns or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aviation History: Encyclopedia Ii - Aviation History - 1900 To 1914
Aviation history - Langley. With the success of the Aerodrome No. 5 and its follow-on No. 6, Langley started looking for funding to bui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan Self-defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan Self-defense Forces - Recruitment And Conditions Of Service
The total strength of the three branches of the SDF was 246,400 in 1992. In addition, the SDF maintained a total of 48,400 reservists att...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan Self-defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan Self-defense Forces - Place In National Life
The Defense Agency, aware that it could not accomplish its programs without popular support, paid close attention to public opinion. Alth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Douglas Dc-8: Encyclopedia Ii - Douglas Dc-8 - Development
In 1952, Douglas remained the most successful of the commercial aircraft manufacturers. They had almost 300 orders on hand for the piston...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japan Self-defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Japan Self-defense Forces - History
Japan's defeat in World War II had a profound and lasting effect on national attitudes toward war, the armed forces, and military involve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wright Brothers: Encyclopedia Ii - Wright Brothers - Flights
Wright brothers - Toward first flight. The Wright Brothers were noted for placing the emphasis of their aviation research on navigation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artillery: Encyclopedia Ii - Artillery - Types
The types of tube artillery are generally distinguished by their ballistic trajectory. Cannons or guns (such as infantry support guns or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rotary Engine: Encyclopedia Ii - Rotary Engine - History In Aircraft
The first effective rotaries were built by Stephen Balzer, who was interested in the design for two main reasons: In order to generate 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beam Robotics: Encyclopedia Ii - Beam Robotics - Beam Robots
Being focused on "reaction-based" behaviors (as originally inspired by the work of Rod Brooks), BEAM robotics attempts to copy the charac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-aircraft Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-aircraft Warfare - Tactics
Anti-aircraft warfare - Mobility. Most modern air defence systems are fairly mobile. Even the larger systems tend to be mounted on trai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torpedo: Encyclopedia Ii - Torpedo - Torpedo Classes And Diameters
Torpedoes are launched several ways: From a deck-mounted "drop collar" (such as those on U.S. PT boats in WW2) From a torpedo tube mount...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rocket Propelled Grenade: Encyclopedia Ii - Rocket Propelled Grenade - Warheads
The HE (grenade) warhead is a general-purpose explosive warhead for use against unarmored targets such as infantry, unarmored wheeled veh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Types Of Fixed-wing Aircraft
Fixed-wing aircraft - Propeller aircraft. Propeller airplanes make use of combustion engines, that in turn, turn a propeller, which cre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Designing And Constructing An Airplane
Small airplanes can be designed and constructed at home, by aviators who possess sufficient knowledge in the areas of engineering, physic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Flight Lift
An airplane flies due to the aerodynamic reactions that happen when air passes at high speed over the wing. If you look at a cross-sectio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - Safety
Statistics show that the risk of an air accident is very small. One is more likely to have an accident going to the airport in a car than...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed-wing Aircraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Fixed-wing Aircraft - History
The dream of flight goes back, for Man, to the days of pre-history. Many legends, beliefs and myths of antiquity involve flight, such as ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iv - F
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IV - F . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article