What is an What is an aircraft?aircraft?

A look at all the things out A look at all the things out there that fly.there that fly.

Airliners: How do those Airliners: How do those huge things stay up there huge things stay up there

anyway?anyway?The Airbus A318 and Boeing 747 are some of the largest and most advanced airliners in the world.

Spruce GooseSpruce Goose

The enormous craft holds records for the largest wingspan at 319 The enormous craft holds records for the largest wingspan at 319 ft 11 in (97.5 m), tallest airplane at 79 ft 3 3/8 in (24.2 m), and ft 11 in (97.5 m), tallest airplane at 79 ft 3 3/8 in (24.2 m), and the largest aircraft ever made from wood. the largest aircraft ever made from wood.

Unfortunately, it never made it to widespread production, and is Unfortunately, it never made it to widespread production, and is considered a spectacular failureconsidered a spectacular failure

Military Cargo Planes: Lift Military Cargo Planes: Lift their own weight plus an their own weight plus an astronomical amount of astronomical amount of

cargocargo

C-5 Galaxy: America’s largest heavy-lifter

C-130

C-17

Supersonic AircraftSupersonic Aircraft

X-1: First aircraft to break theunbreakable sound barrier. Piloted by Chuck Yeager, it broke the sound barrier in October of 1947This plane is actually a flying rocket

The SR-71 has been since the 1960’s the world’s fastest airplane. It still holds that record today.

F-14 Tomcat and B-1 Lancer have swept-wing designs to transition from supersonic to subsonic flight

F/A-18 Hornet supersonic fighter and attack jet

B-2 supersonic bomber

Air Force F-22 Raptor flying supersonic over the deck of USS John C. Stennis. The clouds are freezing water formed in the sonic shockwave that follows the jet.This photo was taken in June 2009.

Vertical FlightVertical Flight

AV-8B Harrier and V-22 Osprey change the position of their engines to either fly vertically or horizontally. The Osprey moves it’s propellers up and down, while the Harrier changes the position of its jet exhaust to fly vertically.

Helicopters - MilitaryHelicopters - Military

SH-60B Seahawk and Apache Helicopters

Helicopters - CivilianHelicopters - CivilianHelicopters are used for medical rescue, firefighting, police operations, and much more.

Ultra-lights: Incredibly Ultra-lights: Incredibly small and lightweight small and lightweight

aircraftaircraft

Lighter-than-air aircraftLighter-than-air aircraft

RocketsRocketsSaturn V Moon Rocket

Delta Rocket

Rocket Pack!

SpacecrafSpacecraftt

Soyuz capsules were Russia’s moon craft. They are still in use today.

Apollo program LunarModule

Apollo Program spacecraft

Mercury Program was America’s first manned spaceflight

Space shuttle is an Space shuttle is an airplane airplane

(well, glider)(well, glider)

Flight in natureFlight in nature