2. An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining
support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by
using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the
downward thrust from jet engines.
DYNAMIC LIFT DOWNWARD THURST
Bell Boeing V-22 OspreyBoeing 737
3. The first flight
First flight: December 17, 1903,
distance 450m
Wright Flyer was first successful
heavier-than-air powered aircraft.
Wright brothers: Orville and Wilbur
4. Glider (sailplane)
A sailplane or glider is a type of glider aircraft used in the
sport of gliding.
Sailplanes are aerodynamically streamlined and are
capable of soaring in rising air.
Before launch
6. Different jet airplanes mount the engines in
different ways
Under the wing
To the fuselage
Under the wing and
to the fuselage
7. The most produced aircraft
Cessna 172 is a four-seat, single-
engine, high wing.
Cessna had built more than 43,000.
(1956-present)
CESSNA 172
8. The most produced military aircraft
Two pilots, single engine
Ilyushin had built 36,183
(1941-1945)
Ilyushin Il-2
9. Boeing 737
The most produced commercial aircraft
Boeing 737-100 (1968)
Boeing 737-800 (2014)Southwest is the largest operator of B737
Short- to medium-range
twinjet narrow-body airliner;
Number built: 9,295
737-800: US$96.0 million
Produced: 1966āpresent
10. The most famous aircraft
Boeing 747
Boeing 747 Air Force One
Boeing 747-100
Boeing 747-400
wide-body commercial jet airliner and
cargo aircraft, often referred to by its
original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or
Queen of the Skies
Number built 1,527
Produced 1968āpresent
11. Commercial supersonic air travel
Concorde
Introduction: 21 January
1976
Retired: 24 October 2003
Number built: 20
12. NASA Begins Work to
Build a Quieter
Supersonic Passenger
Jet
Next Generation Supersonic Transport
14. The longest non-stop commercial flight
1 Auckland Dubai Emirates EK 449 14,200km
17 hr 25
min
Airbus
A380-800
2 March
2016
2
Dallas/Fort
Worth
Sydney Qantas QF 8 13,804km
16 hr 55
min
Airbus
A380-800
29
Septembe
r 2014
3
San
Francisco
Singapore
Singapore
Airlines
SQ 31 13,593km
16 hr 30
min
Airbus
A350-900
23
October
2016
15. Crash of the century - Tenerife airport disaster
March 27, 1977
Two Boeing 747
Total fatalities:
583
Total survivors: 61
16. Military aircraft
Combat aircraft Non-combat aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Bomber aircraft
Multirole combat aircraft
Military transport aircraft
Airborne early warning and
control
Experimental aircraft
17. Multirole combat aircraft
A multirole combat aircraft is a jet-powered combat
aircraft intended to perform different roles in combat
F18
Rafale
18. Next generation multirole combat aircraft
F35
On 2 August 2016, the U.S. Air Force
declared its first squadron of F-35A
fighters as combat-ready.
Program cost: US$1.508 trillion
F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-
seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth
multirole fighters