CPE - THEORY OF FLIGHT

In 1680 this book was published and claimed to prove that human musculature was far too weak to support a system of this kind. Yet, birds are not the only creatures that can fly.

• Giovanni Alfonso Boreill’s De Motu Animalium.

• Giovanni Alfonso Borelli’s De Motu Animalum.

• Giovanni Alfonso Boreill’s De Motu Animalum.

• Giovanni Alfonso Borelli’s De Motu Animalium.

 types of fuselage construction

• MONOCOQUE

  SEMI-MONOCOQUE

  TRUSS

• WOODEN

  METAL

  COMPOSITE

• WIDE

  NARROW

• LONGERONS

  STRINGERS

  SPAR

Airplane Classification/Certification

• • Acrobatic/Aerobatic Airplane

  • Commuter Airplane

  • Transport Airplane

  • Restricted Airplane

  • Experimental Airplane

• Lighter-than-Air

  Heavier-than-Air

• Commercial Aviation

  General Aviation

  Military Aviation

  
  

• • General Aviation Airplane

  • Commercial Transport

  • Narrow Body

  • Wide Body

  • Military Aircraft

  • Sea Plane

  • Gliders

• • Airplanes

  • Rotorcraft

  • Gliders

  • Free Balloons

an assemblage of members forming a rigid a framework, which may consist of bars, beams, rods, tubes and wires.

Which of the following is a list of fixed wing aircraft?

• • Acrobatic/Aerobatic Airplane

  • Commuter Airplane

  • Transport Airplane

  • Restricted Airplane

  • Experimental Airplane

• Lighter-than-Air

  Heavier-than-Air

• Commercial Aviation

  General Aviation

  Military Aviation

  
  

• • General Aviation Airplane

  • Commercial Transport

  • Narrow Body

  • Wide Body

  • Military Aircraft

  • Sea Plane

  • Gliders

• • Airplanes

  • Rotorcraft

  • Gliders

  • Free Balloons

Fifty documented instances of attempts to fly before 1800 that historian ___________ lists in his book, called ____________________

"an intentional maneuver involving an abrupt change in an aircraft's attitude, an abnormal attitude, or abnormal acceleration, not necessary for normal flight."

The most often used construction for modern, high – performance aircraft. Literally means half a single shell.

 An aircraft designed to fly short, frequent routes from a small airport to a larger hub airport.

Applies to multi-engine aircraft primarily intended for the regular public transport of passengers and cargo for hire or reward.