A Variety of Aircrafts!

*Classify each aircraft by its characteristics.

*Decide each aircraft’s purpose.

Aircraft Vocabulary

• Payload

• Range

• Control

- Amount of weight an aircraft can carry.

- How far/long an aircraft is able to fly without refueling.

- How easily maneuvers (take offs, landings, turning, etc.) are done by the pilot.

Hot Air Balloons

• Cost - $20,000 - $30,000

• Payload – 1000 lbs

• Height – 50,000 ft

• Range – 2-8 hours

• Control – propane heater

• Speed – wind speed

Blimp

• Cost - $175,000

• Payload – 15,000 lbs

• Height – 1,500-5,000 ft

• Range – 300 miles

• Control – ballonets, rudder

• Speed – 35-50 mph

Helicopter

• Cost - $250,000 - $1 million

• Payload – 5,000-50,000 lbs

• Height – 18,000 ft

• Range – 400 miles

• Control - rotors

• Speed – 100 mph

Propeller Airplane

• Cost - $500,000 - $2 million

• Payload – 20,000-100,000 lbs

• Height – 3,000-15,000 ft

• Range – 250 – 2000 mi

• Control – plane controls

• Speed – 100-300 mph

Passenger Jets

• Cost - $50 million - $300 million

• Payload – 200,000-500,000 lbs

• Height – 29,000-42,000 ft

• Range – 3,000-7,000 mi

• Control – plane controls

• Speed – 300-500 mph

Rocket

• Cost - $1.75 billion

• Payload – 1,000,000 lbs

• Height – 190-330 miles

• Range – 1,000,000 miles

• Control - boosters

• Speed – 17,500 mph

Public Service Use• Transportation of people and goods.

Public Service Use

• Search and rescue!

Public Service Use• Life Safety

Public Service Use

• Entertainment – touring a volcano in Hawaii

Military

Military

Military

Military

• Military Planes