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Aircraft recognition is a visual skill taught to military personnel and civilian auxiliaries since the introduction of military aircraft in World War I. It is important for air defense and military intelligence gathering.
The cockpit of a Slingsby T-67 Firefly two-seat light airplane.The flight instruments are visible on the left of the instrument panel. Flight instruments are the instruments in the cockpit of an aircraft that provide the pilot with data about the flight situation of that aircraft, such as altitude, airspeed, vertical speed, heading and much more other crucial information in flight.
O-57 Grasshopper at the National Museum of the United States Air Force A de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI (F-8) of the 654th BS, Eighth Air Force at RAF Watton, 1944 North American B-25D (F-10) Mitchell photographic reconnaissance and mapping aircraft North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang (F-6C) Serial No 42-103368 of the 15th TRS at St. Dizler Airfield, France, Autumn 1944.
Advanced Supersonic Transport (AST) model in wind tunnel. The aircraft design process is a loosely defined method used to balance many competing and demanding requirements to produce an aircraft that is strong, lightweight, economical and can carry an adequate payload while being sufficiently reliable to safely fly for the design life of the aircraft.
In general aviation, the loiter phase generally occurs at the end of the flight, when the plane is waiting for clearance to land. [ citation needed ] In military flights, such as aerial reconnaissance or ground-attack aircraft , the loiter phase is the time that the aircraft has over a target.
Yaw string used in front of the cockpit of an F-14D Tomcat. In flight, pilots are instructed to step on the head of the yaw string; the head is the front of the string, where the string is attached to the aircraft.
A B.E.2c reconnaissance aircraft of the RFC with an aerial reconnaissance camera fixed to the side of the fuselage, 1916. The use of aerial photography rapidly matured during the First World War, as aircraft used for reconnaissance purposes were outfitted with cameras to record enemy movements and defences.
Many safety videos were uploaded to YouTube. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The flight attendant featured in a Delta Air Lines video from 2008 has become an internet celebrity known as Deltalina . The former British Airways safety video, featuring several comedians, actors and other celebrities such as Rowan Atkinson , Gordon Ramsay and Gillian Anderson , is of ...