Final - pictures Flashcards
Airbus A340 - Mach-85. 200 mph, 295-335 people
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress - longrange jet-powered bomber. 1950s
Concorde - English supersonic transport for commercial. First one. Failed economically because too much $$. Russia coppied it
Lockheed U-2 - Dragon Lady. Single-engine, high altitude reconnaissance plane.
Grumman F-14 Tomcat - Supersonic, twin engine, variable-sweep wing fighter.
F-117 Stealth Fighter - Nighthawk. Twin-engine, stealth ground-attack airfraft.
Boeing 747 - commercial airliner. Jumbo Jet. Most popular aircraft for commerical purposes. Double-deck
B-2 Stealth Bomber - Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. stealth technology, depoys concentional and nuclear weapons.
Cal Poly’s RV-7 - 2005ish
F-22 Raptor - Lockheed Martin, twin engine, single-seat, supermaneuverable fighter aircraft uses stealth technology. Ground attack, electronic warfare, air superiority.
Douglas DC3 - Fixed wing propeller airline. Revolutionized air transport in 1930s.
F-16 - Fighting Falcon. Multirole jet fighter. Air superiority day fighter.
F-4U Corsair - Carrier-capable fighter, used in WWII and Korean War.
F-18 - McDonnell Douglas Hornet, supersonic, all-weather carrier-capable fighter jet.
Boeing 707 - midsized narrow-body commercial aircraft. Swept-wing design
F-86 - North American Sabre. Transonic Jet. Swept wing fighter in the 1950s. One of the best aircrafts in the Korean War
Stuka - German Dive Bomber, two-man, 1930s
P-51 - North American Mustang, long range, single-seater fighter during WWII.
V-2 - German retaliation weapon, short-range ballistic missile. WWII
Bell UH-1 Huey - Military Helicopter. Medical evacuations 1950s
V-1 - Flying bomb, German pulse-jet missile.
ME-262 - Messerschmitt jet powered fighter aircraft, WWII, short life
1- Turn
2- Roll
3- Yaw
4- Pitch
Supermarine British Spitfire. 1930s, WWII. Frontline fighter, short-range, high-performance
Hawker Hurricane, British, 1930s, WWII, big part of Battle of Britain
X-1 - Bell First plane to break the speed of sound. Pilot was Chuck Jeger.
X-15 - Rocket-powered aircraft, set speed and altitude records in 1960s. Official world record reached by a manned aircraft
Douglad C-47 military transport from modified Douglas DC-3 airliner.
P-80 Lockheed shooting star, 1940s. Jet Fighter, didn’t last long
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, long-range Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft. 1960s-1990s
Boeing 337, “Stratocruise”, WWII large long-range airliner, troop transport
ME- 109 - German WWII figher, backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter force. First modern fighter of the era
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1930s, Strategic bombing
B-24 Liberator. Heavy Bomber, WWII
B-25 Meduim American Bober, WWII
B-29 Superfortress, prop-driven heavy bomber, American, WWII and Korean War
P-47 Thunderbolt, largest, heaviest, most expensive fighter, US
Lockheed P-38 Lightening, WWII American fighter, distinct twin booms with single cockpit
Tupolev Tu-144, “charger”, competition with the Concorde. First supersonic transport jet, Russian. Fails after Paris crash
Boeing 2707 american supersonic transport jet, failed after swing-wing design was too heavy
