Gas turbine engines are the power plants for all flying aircraft/helicopters (also known as aero-engines or aero-derivative gas turbines) and the source of power in various industrial applications such as automobiles, tanks, marine vessels, and electric power production. Gas turbines are classified as follows: TURBOJET ENGINES In the 1940s, turbojet engines were the first type …
The goal of H2FLY, a company that develops hydrogen fuel cell technology, is to “drive emissions-free flight.” H2FLY was founded in 2015 by five engineers from the German Aerospace Center in Stuttgart and the University of Ulm. H2FLY predicts that, in just a few years, hydrogen-electric aircraft will be able to transport 40 passengers over …
The microwave landing system (MLS) has been developed to overcome some of the problems and limitations associated with the ILS system. The MLS system currently being deployed is called a time-reference scanning beam microwave landing system, or TRSB. The ILS provides one narrow flight path and operates at VHF/UHF frequencies, whereas the MLS provides a …
Have you ever wondered how pilots know where they are going? Airplanes travel thousands of miles across the sky, and although the horizon looks the same everywhere, they still manage to reach their destination with precision. Piloting an airplane to its destination is more like sea navigation than driving a vehicle such as a car: …
Transponder for aircraft identification In aeronautics, planes have transponders to help with their identification by radars and also as a system of collision avoidance The first transponder systems were developed in aeronautics by the British army and by the American army during the Second World War under the name of Identification friend or foe (IFF) …
The drone is a general term for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). whereas the entire system that allows a drone to function is an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The classification of the Northern Treaty Organization mentions that UAS, which weigh less than 2 kg, are called micro-drones, and those that do not exceed 25 kg are …
The power supply is certainly one of the most complex parts of an aircraft. To be power supplied while on the runway, planes have a large number of systems that complement each other and operate redundantly. Everything is designed so that other alimentation systems can take over in the event of the failure of one …
INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM The instrument landing system (ILS) was developed as a result of the need for a method whereby a pilot flying an airplane could locate and fly to an airport even when visibility was very poor. The systems now being operated by the FAA are the result of development work that has been …