Today's class was an interesting one, it was scheduled at 3 and started with the discussion of the project that were assigned to us. After this we discussed about the evolution of aircraft, ranging from a man who covered himself with feathers and jumped off the eiffel tower to Leonardo Da Vinci's Ornithopter to the flyer by Orville and Wilbur wright.
We then talked about the different classification of aircraft based on various criteria including the space they operate in( aircraft/spacecraft), propulsion, crew, wings, type of wings, landing mode, engines, number of engines, functions and also special types which includes reconnaissance, AWACS, MAV, Aerial refueling, VTOLs and stealth. We also discussed briefly about the Bermuda Triangle.
We then did a case study on the Avianca Flight 052 which was a regularly scheduled flight from Bogota to New York. The plane crashed as it was made to wait a long time and ran out of fuel. Personally I feel that it was due to the lack of complete communication between the different ATCs and also others contributors included Very bad weather and heavy traffic at the JFK airport and also Captain's inability to understand english.
We then discussed about the ILS system that stands for Instrument Landing System which is installed on every airport to guide the plane to the centre of the runway. We studied about the vertical and horizontal guidance system and also Omer's insight of the 2 frequencies it uses namely 90Hz and 120Hz was helpful for further understanding of the working of the ILS.
During the discussion we were advised to give keen attention to the conversation between the ATC and the Co-pilot and although most of the conversion were in numbers which, don't know about others, I didn't understand much other than the speed and altitude conversations. Although I am eager to learn more on what all they actually discuss during their conversations with further understanding of the field.
With that I conclude today's blog on the 4th session and looking forward to the next.
Until next time,
Good Night.
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