Types of Aircraft

Aircraft

Any machine or structure that can fly in the air is regarded as a aircraft:

Types of Aircraft:

1.            As per wing:

a.       Rotary wing – Helicopters

b.      Fixed wing – Others

2.            As per engine :

a.       Turboprop aircraft – Fokker F-27, Twin otter-DHC, Avro

b.      Jet Engine – all Boeing/ airbuses, DC9,DC10,B727,737,747,757,767,707

3.            As per speed:

a.       Supersonic speed – Concorde very fast but noisy sound

b.      Subsonic speed – very fast but lower sound

4.            As per body:

a.       Wide body – airbus A300,A340,B747,B767

b.      Narrow body – B757,B727,B737, DC8, DC9

5.            As per range:

a.       Short range aircraft – DC9,B737(2300)

b.      MEDIUM RANGE AIRCRAFT – B727,B757(6000)

c.       Lon range aircraft – B707,B 747, A300, \A310(10000)

d.      Ultra long range – Global express A340/500, B777(15000)

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