Aircraft Identifcation Flashcards
(32 cards)
1
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Manufacturer: Cessna Aircraft Company Recognition features: • High/straight-wing with struts • Square windows • Conventional tail • Single-engine (prop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Skyhawk, Cutlass, Mescalero
Designator: C172
2
Q
Manufacturer: Cessna Aircraft Company Recognition features: • High/straight-wing with struts • Conventional tail • Fixed landing gear • Single-engine (prop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Stationair
Designator: C206
3
Q
Manufacturer: Piper Aircraft Corporation Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • Conventional tail with stabilator • Single-engine (prop) • Fixed landing gear • Small weight class
A
Name: Cherokee
Designator: P28A
4
Q
Manufacturer: Cessna Aircraft Corporation Recognition features: • High-wing with wing struts, conventional tail • Turbo-prop • Cargo pod under fuselage; not all C208s will have the cargo pod • Bigger than other single-engine Cessnas with more windows • Small weight class
A
Name: Caravan, Cargomaster, Grand
Caravan
Designator: C208
5
Q
Manufacturer: Beech Aircraft Company Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • “V” tail • Retractable landing gear • Single-engine (prop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Bonanza 35
Designator: BE35
6
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Manufacturer: Beech Aircraft Company Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • Conventional tail • Retractable landing gear • Single-engine (prop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Bonanza 36
Designator: BE36
7
Q
Manufacturer: Mooney Airplane Company Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • Forward slant vertical stabilizer • Single-engine (prop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Mooney
Designator: M20R
8
Q
Manufacturer: Piper Aircraft Corporation Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • “T” tail configuration with horizontal stabilizer slightly below the top • Single-engine (prop) • Modified bubble canopy with square side window • Small weight class
A
Name: Tomahawk
Designator: PA38
9
Q
Manufacturer: Piper Aircraft Corporation Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • Conventional tail • Retractable landing gear • Single-engine (prop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Malibu
Designator: PA46
10
Q
Manufacturer: Pilatus Aircraft Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing with winglets • “T” tail • Retractable landing gear • Single-engine (turboprop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Eagle
Designator: PC12
11
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Manufacturer: Cirrus Aircraft Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • Conventional tail • Fixed landing gear • Single-engine (prop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Cirrus
Designator: SR22
12
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Manufacturer: Bell Helicopter Textron Recognition features: • Helicopter • Fuselage box-shaped • Fixed skid rail gear • Single turbo-shaft engine, single rotor • Small weight class
A
Name: Bell Ranger 206, Jet Ranger, Long
Ranger, Kiowa
Designator: B06
13
Q
Manufacturer: Bell Helicopter Textron Recognition features: • Helicopter • Fixed skid rail gear or wheels • Twin turbo-shaft engine, single rotor • Small weight class
A
Name: Bell 222
Designator: B222
14
Q
Manufacturer: Rockwell International Group Recognition features: • High/straight-wing • Conventional tail • Twin-engine (prop) • Retractable landing gear • Small weight class
A
Name: Commander
Designator: AC68
15
Q
Manufacturer: Beech Aircraft Company Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • Conventional tail • Twin-engine (prop) set forward on the wing • Side windows are symmetrical • Wheel pans are broad • Small weight class
A
Name: Baron
Designator: BE58
16
Q
Manufacturer: Cessna Aircraft Company Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing (with wingtip gas tanks) • Retractable landing gear • Conventional tail • Twin-engine (prop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Twin Cessna
Designator: C310
17
Q
Manufacturer: Cessna Aircraft Company Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • Sharp, pointed nose • Conventional tail • Twin-engine (prop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Golden Eagle, Executive Commuter
Designator: C421
18
Q
Manufacturer: Piper Aircraft Corporation Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • Conventional tail with stabilator • Back window smaller • Main gear wheel pans slim • Twin-engine (prop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Seneca
Designator: PA34
19
Q
Manufacturer: Piper Aircraft Corporation Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing with winglets • Conventional tail • Twin-engine (prop) • Retractable landing gear • Square windows • Small weight class
A
Name: Navajo
Designator: PA31
20
Q
Manufacturer: Piper Aircraft Corporation Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing (with wingtip gas tanks) • Stubby, rounded nose • “T” tail • Rectangular wheel pans • Twin-engine (turboprop) • Small weight class
A
Name: Cheyenne
Designator: PAY3
21
Q
Manufacturer: Beech Aircraft Company Recognition features: • Low-wing • Round windows • “T” tail • Twin-engine (turboprop) with large exhausts • Small+ weight class
A
Name: Super King Air
Designator: BE20
22
Q
Manufacturer: Dehavilland Recognition features: • High/straight-wing • “T” tail • Twin-engine (turboprop) • Retractable landing gear • DH8A and B, small +; DH8C and D, large weight class
A
Name: Dash 8
Designator: DH8A, DH8B, DH8C, DH8D
23
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Manufacturer: Beech Aircraft Company Recognition features: • Low/swept-wing • “T” tail • Engines on fuselage • Oval windows • Small+ weight class
A
Name: Beechjet
Designator: BE40
24
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Manufacturer: Cessna Aircraft Company Recognition features: • Low/straight-wing • Rectangular side windows • Conventional tail • Rounded nose • Small+ weight class
A
Name: Citation
Designator: C550
25
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Manufacturer: Cessna Aircraft Company
Recognition features:
• Low/swept-wing
• “T” tail with huge tail cone
• Pot belly
• Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
• Small+ weight class
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Name: Citation X (10)
Designator: C750
26
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Manufacturer: Bombardier (Canada)
Recognition features:
• Low/swept-wing with winglets and
flap tracks under the wing
• “T” tail
• Large engines mounted high on side
of fuselage
• Large weight class
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Name: Challenger
Designator: CL60
27
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Manufacturer: Dassault-Breguet
Recognition features:
• Low/swept-wing
• Horizontal stabilizer above the
fuselage (mid-tail)
• Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
• Small+ weight class
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Name: Falcon, Mystere
Designator: FA20
28
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Manufacturer: Gulfstream Aerospace
Corporation
Recognition features:
• Low/swept-wing with winglets
• Round side windows
• “T” tail
• Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
• Large weight class
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Name: Gulfstream
Designator: GLF3
29
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Manufacturer: Gates Learjet Corporation
Recognition features:
• Low/swept-wing with large wingtip
tanks
• Distinctive windshield
• Oval windows
• “T” tail
• Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
• Small+ weight class
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Name: Lear
Designator: LJ35
30
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Manufacturer: Canada Air Bombardier
Recognition features:
• Low/swept-wing with winglets
• Larger version of the CL60 with a lot
more windows
• “T” tail
• Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
• Large weight class
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Name: Regional Jet
Designator: CRJ1, CRJ2, CRJ7, CRJ9
31
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Manufacturer: Embraer
Recognition features:
• Low/swept-wing with winglets
• Nose shape at a 45-degree angle
• Conventional tail
• Two jet engines under wings
• Large weight class
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Name: Embraer 170/175
Designator: E170
32
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Manufacturer: McDonnell-Douglas
Corporation
Recognition features:
• Low/swept-wing set way back on
fuselage
• Lots of windows
• “T” tail
• Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
• Large weight class
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Name: MD80
Designator: MD81, MD82, MD83, MD87,
MD88
