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• List the different types of aircraft
  • Aircraft are listed in categories, classes and types.
  • The categories are Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, Limited, Restricted, Experimental, Provisional and Transport. Most aircraft in general aviation are normal or utility.
  • Aircraft classes are airplanes, rotocraft, gliders and lighter-than-air
  • Aircraft classes are further divided into types. These specify the model number or model name of the aircraft. For example a Cessna 152. This aircraft is defined by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) as being in the utility category, airplane class and Cessna 152 type.
  • Different types of aircraft are the Cessna 172 Skyhawk, Piper Cub, Beech Baron, Mooney 252, Lear 51, Curtiss NC-4, Cessna Citation and Aeronca Champ.

   

• Which companies make these aircraft
  • There are many companies that make aircraft. Some of the names are Aeronca, Curtiss, Bellanca, Cessna, Piper, Beech, Mooney and Lear.

   

• How are pilots trained, certified and licensed
  • Pilots are trained by going to ground school, flight school, video classes and computer based training.
  • To get a pilots license you must pass a written test and a flight test.
    • Written Test
      • The written test includes navigation, weather, emergency procedures, airplane controls, communication, pre-flight requirements, aircraft documentation, Federal Aviation Regulations, aircraft aerodynamics, flight instruments, use of the flight computer, map reading, cockpit management and obtaining information in-flight and on the ground.
      • Most people attend ground school to learn all of these things
    • Flight Test
      • Pre-flight, communication, using a checklist, navigation and flight planning, engine start, taxing, take off, landing, climbs and descents, turns, straight flight, emergency procedures, stalls, flight by instruments only.

Pilot License

Pilot's Medical Certificate

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Bibliography

Cessna Manual of Flight/1985/Jeppesen & Co.

www.Cessna.com