Air Transportation Lesson 2 Flashcards
What are the three types of air transportation?
- Airplane
- Jets
- Glider
This has one or more gas-turbine engines. Often faster than turboprops making them more attractive to VIP’s who need to reach destinations in the shortest time possible.
Jets
They are used to rescue missions to help people in danger
Helicopters
They are principally used for air sports of gliding, hang gliders and paragliding
Gliders
What are the three types of lift?
- Thermal
- Wave
- Ridge
This is the first type of air transportation made successfully to carry humans.
Hot air balloon
What are the two airplane broad categories
Jet Engine and Propeller Engine
This is a type of reaction engine discharging a fast moving jet that generates thrust by jet propulsion
Jet Engine
This is an engine having blades radiating from a central hub that is rotated to produce thrust to propel the aircraft
Propeller Engine
What does a propeller engine consist of?
Gas compressor, combustor, turbine
This is an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine and it combines features of both prop and jet engine.
Jet Prop/ Turnoprop
This is a flight whose seats have been sold by an airplane to the general public
Commercial flight
This is called an overnight flight
Red-eye flightTh
This is an airline personnel who see to the safety, comfort, and needs of passengers on a plane
Flight attendants
This is a flight that must start and end within the same borders of the country
Domestic Service / Flight
This is a flight that starts in one country and ends in another country
International Service / Flight
This is a traveller that goes from point A to point B on the same aircraft with no stop
Non-stop flight
This is a traveller that goes from Point A to Point B on the same aircraft but the aircraft stops at an airport to between with one flight number
Direct Flight
This is a flight that in order for the traveler to get to his/her destination. One must change planes once or twice or even more
Connecting Flight
This type of route includes a traveller that goes from point a to point b
One way flight itinerary
This type of route includes a traveller that flies from point a to point b then travels by ground transportation from b to c then flies back from c to a
Open jaw flight itinerary
This type of route includes from point a to b, stays a while then point b to a
Round trip flight itinerary
This type of route includes the traveller has two or more extended stopovers and returns to the originating city
Circle flight itinerary
