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Helicopter
 Helicopter
 A helicopter is a type of rotor craft. This
means that it rises into the air using one or
more engines that are driven by rotors.
 This means that the helicopter can take off

and land vertically, to hover, and to fly

forwards, backwards and laterally.
 This means a helicopter is very useful for

flying in busy airspaces.

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 Helicopter
 They are also
useful because
they need very
little space to
take off and
land. This
means they can
land on the
tops of
buildings or on
boats.
Helicopter
Helicopter
 Helicopters
are used for
many
different
things
Planes
 Airplanes
 Planes or airplanes
are fixed-wing
aircraft. This
means that their
wings stay still
while the engine
or sometimes a
propeller move
the aircraft
through the air.
 Glider
 Gliders operate
without an
engine. They
are usually
launched into
the air by
another
motorised plane
and then glide
on air currents
to the ground.
 Passenger Jet
 Passenger jets, are large planes that can carry
hundreds of people, their luggage and the
food they will need for many hours.
 Passenger jets travel all over the world.

 Have you ever been on a passenger jet? What

was it like?
 Fighter Aircraft
 A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft
designed primarily for air-to-air combat with
other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which
is designed primarily to attack ground targets
by dropping bombs. Fighters are small, fast,
and manoeuvrable.
 Fighter aircraft
 Modern jet
fighters are
powered by
one or two
turbofan
engines, and
are equipped
with a radar
systems.
Fighter plan landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier

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 Hot air balloon
 The hot air balloon is the oldest successful
human-carrying flight technology

 On Nov 21, 1783, in Paris, France, the first

untethered manned flight was made by Jean-
François Pilâtre de Rozier and François
Laurent d'Arlandes in a hot air balloon
created on Dec 14, 1782 by the Montgolfier
brothers.
 Hot air balloons
 Modern hot air balloons, with an onboard
heat source, were pioneered by Ed Yost,
beginning in the 1950s
 The first modern-day hot air balloon to be

built in the United Kingdom (UK) was the

Bristol Belle in 1967. Today, hot air balloons
are used primarily for recreation.
A burner directing a
flame into the
envelope
Stainless steel fuel tanks