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1.1 SPECIAL TERMS
1.1.1 Aircraft:
Any type of machine that can be used for flight in the air.
1.1.2 Plane:
An aircraft with wings and one or more engines. The word
airplane is seldom used. The word plane is used in informal
conversation, and the word aircraft is used in formal and informal speech and also in writing.
1.1.3 Engine:
The source of power that makes an aircraft fly. It is never called a motor. The engine burns turbosine or a similar fuel. To
burn the fuel, the engine also requires a great amount of air.
1.1.4 Nacelle:
The house of the engine.
1.1.5 Air Intake:
A hole or opening that points forward and takes in air for the
engine
1.1.6 Propeller:
Two or more blades fixed to a central bar that is turned at
high speed by air engine
1.1.7 Fuselage:
The central body of the aircraft. Consists of the flight deck,
and the cabin
1.1.8 Empennage:
The tail of the aircraft
1.1.9 Stabilizer:
Horizontal and vertical fixed control surfaces on the tail
1.1.10 Stable: Steady
In a condition to hold an altitude without effort by the pilot
1.1.11 Landing gear:
The wheels of the aircraft, consists of main gear and nose gear.
1.1.12 Main Gear:
The wheels under the wings or the aircraft, plus the parts
that fasten them to the wings or fuselage. Very small aircraft
have wheels that are fixed in place, but larger, faster planes
have gear that can be lifted into the fuselage or wings when
the plane is flying. The motors that raise the wheels are also
considered to be part of the gear.
1.1.13 Nose Gear:
The wheel under the nose of the aircraft and the parts that
fasten this nose wheel to the fuselage.
1.1.14 Navigation Lights:
Small lights at the end of each wing, on the tail, and sometimes on the fuselage. The navigation lights assure that the
plane can be seen by other aircraft at night, the light on the
left wing is red. The one on the right wing is green, the others
are white