Air planes By:Raj

Time line 1901 First successful flying model propelled by an internal combustion engine. 1903 First sustained flight with a powered, controlled airplane. 1910 First take off from a ship. 1914 Automatic gyrostabilizer leads to first automatic pilot. 1918 Airmail service inaugurated. 1919 U.S. Navy aviators make the first airplane crossing of the North Atlantic. 1919 Passenger service across the English Channel introduced. 1927 First nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic. 1928 First electromechanical flight simulator. 1933 Douglas introduces the 12-passenger twin engine DC-1. 1933 First modern commercial airliner. 1935 First practical radar. 1935 First transpacific mail service. 1937 Jet engines designed. 1947 Sound barrier broken. 1963 First small jet aircraft to enter mass production. 1995 First aircraft produced through computer-aided design and engineering. 1996-1998 Joint research program to develop second-generation supersonic airliner.

Airbus A380 Airbus a380 is the largest passenger aircraft in the world. It is a double-deck, which means there is two complete floors. Every other plane has two jet engines because it carries about 250 passengers, and the airbus a380 has four jet engines because it carries about 500 passengers. Many airports have updated facilities because of its size, the wing is 79.8 meters long. Airbus a380 first took of at April 5, 2005 and started commercial service on October 2007. Almost all airlines have Airbus a380s.

Airbus A380 cabins/bar/washrooms

Commercial airlines An airline is a company that provides air transportation for passengers and freight. An airline owns its own aircrafts and may form alliances with other company's. Airline companies are recognized with an air operating certificate or license issued by a governmental aviation body. Some airlines are: Air Canada , Emirates, untied airlines, Delta, Singapore airlines, British airways, Lufthansa and more.

Air force one Air force one is a flying white house. Air force one is a plane not a regular it is a special plane because the president of the untied states travels on it. Air force one’s home is at Andrews air force base where security is very tight and only the air force get to take care of air force one. Air force one has internet while in flight, 40-80 lines for the white house crew and military generals or sergeants. There is a conference room and it is sound proof. There is two floors and the second floor is the commination room . There is a crew of four in the cockpit: pilot, co pilot, engineer , and navigator and no other plane has this elite .

Air traffic controllers Air traffic controllers keep the planes safe in the air, so there is no crash’s in the air. The position of air traffic controller is one that requires highly specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities. Controllers apply separation rules to keep aircraft at a safe distance from each other in their area of responsibility and move all aircraft safely and efficiently through their assigned sector of airspace, as well as on the ground.

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