Flashcards
Aircraft Recognition (CAT III)
Cards in this deck (33)
- 1—B757
Boeing Corporation
"Boeing 757"
AAC Spoken: Seven-Fifty-Seven
Designator: B752, B753
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-Conventional tail
-Two jet engines on wings
-Large weight class
- 2—DH8D (Dash 8)
De Havilland Aircraft Company
"Dash 8"
AAC Spoken: Dash Eight
Designator: DH8D
Recognition Features:
-High/straight-wing
-'T'-tail
-Twin-engine (turboprop)
-Retractable landing gear
-Large weight class
*There is also a DH8A, DH8B, and DH8C*
- 3—F22
Lockheed Martin Corporation
"Raptor"
AAC Spoken: Raptor
Designator: F22
Recognition Features:
-Mid/Delta-wing
-Twin stabilizer
-Two jet engines (in fuselage)
-Large weight class
- 4—FA20
Dassault Aviation
"Falcon 20"
AAC Spoken: Falcon
Designator: FA20
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-Horizontal stabilizer above fuselage (mid-tail)
-Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
-Small weight class (for wake turbulence applications, considered a Small Plus)
- 5—B717
Boeing
AAC Spoken: Boeing Seven-Seventeen or Boeing Seven One Seven
Designator: B712 (717-200 series)
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-'T'-tail
-Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
-Large weight class
- 6—B727
Boeing Aircraft Corporation
"Boeing 727"
AAC Spoken: Boeing Seven-Twenty-Seven"
Designator: B721, B727
Recognition Features:
-Low/Swept-wing
-'T'-tail
-Three jet engines (2 aft fuselage and 1 through the tail)
-Large weight class
- 7—BE20
Beech Corporation
"Super King Air 200"
AAC Spoken: King Air
Designator: BE20
Recognition Features:
-Low wing
-'T'-tail
-Twin-engine (turboprop)
-Small weight class (for wake turbulence applications, considered a Small Plus)
- 8—DC10
McDonnell-Douglas Corporation
AAC Spoken: Heavy DC Ten
Designator: DC10
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-Conventional tail
-Three jet engines (2 on wing, 1 above fuselage through tail)
-Heavy weight class
- 9—B787
Boeing Corporation
"Boeing 787 Dreamliner"
AAC Spoken: Heavy Boeing Seven Eighty-Seven
Designator: B788, B789, B78X
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing with raked wingtips
-Conventional tail
-Two jet engines on wings
-Heavy weight class
- 10—E55P
Embraer
"Phenom 300"
AAC Spoken: Phenom
Designator: E55P
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing with winglets
-'T'-tail
-Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
-Small weight class (for wake turbulence applications, considered a Small Plus)
- 11—E170/190/195
Embraer
"Embraer E-Jet Series 170/190/195"
AAC Spoken: E One-Seventy, E One-Ninety, E One-Ninety-Five
Designator: E170, E190, E195
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept wing with winglets
-Conventional tail
-Two jet engines on wings
-Large weight class
*There is also an E75L (longer wing) and an E75S (smaller LAHSO number). In 2016, Embraer introduced a second generation of E-Jet aircraft (E275, E290 and E295) with several improvements, such as wider “gull wings.” *
- 12—E135, E145
Embraer
"Embraer 135/140/145"
AAC Spoken: Embraer One Thirty-Five, Embraer One Forty-Five
Designator: E135, E145
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-'T'-tail
-Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
-Large weight class
*Although Embraer makes a E140 model, “E140” is not an official aircraft type designator.*
*he E35L and E45X are up-rated versions of the E135 and E145.*
- 13—F16
General Dynamics
"Fighting Falcon"
AAC Spoken: F-Sixteen
Designator: F16
Recognition Features:
-Mid/Delta-wing
-Conventional tail
-Single jet engine (in the tail)
-Large weight class
- 14—F15
McDonnell-Douglas Corporation
"F15 Eagle"
AAC Spoken: F-Fifteen
Designator: F15
Recognition Features:
-High-wing
-Twin vertical stabilizers
-Two jet engines in fuselage
-Large weight class
- 15—BE40
Beech Aircraft Company
"400 Beechjet, Hawker 400 (T-1 Jayhawk, T-400)"
AAC Spoken: Beech Jet
Designator: BE40
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-'T'-tail
-Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
-Small weight class (for wake turbulence applications, considered a Small Plus)
- 16—C550
Cessna Aircraft Company
"Citation 550"
AAC Spoken: Citation
Designator: C550
Recognition Features:
-Low/straight-wing
-Mid tail
-Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
-Small weight class (for wake turbulence applications, considered a Small Plus)
- 17—CL60
Bombardier Aerospace Canadair
"Challenger 600"
AAC Spoken: Challenger
Designator: CL60
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing with winglets
-'T'-tail
-Twin jet-engine (aft fuselage)
-Retractable landing gear
-Large weight class
- 18—DC10
McDonnell-Douglas Corporation
"KC-10 Extender, KDC-10"
AAC Spoken: Heavy DC Ten, Heavy KC Ten
Designator: DC10
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-Conventional tail
-Three jet engines (2 on wings, 1 on top of fuselage down through tail section)
-Heavy weight class
- 19—CRJ1, CRJ2, CRJ7, CRJ9, CRJX
Bombardier Aerospace Canadair
"Regional Jet"
AAC Spoken: Regional Jet, C-R-J (number), R-J
Designator: CRJ1, CRJ2, CRJ7, CRJ9, CRJX
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing with winglets
-'T'-tail
-Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
-Large weight class
*The CRJ7, CRJ9 and CRJX are classified as air carriers. However, because the CRJ1 and CRJ2 are not capable of carrying more than 60 passengers, they are normally counted as air taxis*
- 20—B767
Boeing Corporation
"Boeing 767"
AAC Spoken: Heavy Boeing Seven-Sixty-Seven
Designator: B762, B763, B764, E767
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-Conventional tail
-Two jet engines on wings
-Heavy weight class
- 21—B737
Boeing Corporation
"Boeing 737"
AAC Spoken: Seven-Thirty-Seven
Designator: B732 through B739
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing some with winglets
-Conventional tail
-Two jet engines on wings
-Large weight class
*Other variants include the Max versions (B37M, B38M, B39M) as well as the E737 Wedgetail and P8 Poseidon*
*The B737 pictured above features new “blended winglets”*
*The Boeing 737 jetliner is one of the best-selling airplanes of all time*
- 22—B747
Boeing Aircraft Company
"Boeing 747"
AAC Spoken: Heavy Boeing Seven-Forty-Seven
Designator: B741 through BB744, B748, B74R, B74S, BLCF
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-Conventional tail
-Four jet engines on wings
-Heavy weight class
-Forward fuselage higher than rear
- 23—B777
Boeing Corporation
"Boeing 777"
AAC Spoken: Heavy Boeing Seven-Seventy-Seven
Designator: B772, B773, B778, B779, B77L, B77W
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-Conventional tail
-Two jet engines on wings
-Heavy weight class
- 24—A306
Airbus SE
"Airbus 300"
AAC Spoken: Heavy Airbus or Heavy A 300
Designator: A306, A30B
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing with wingtips
-Conventional tail
-Two jet engines on wings
-Heavy weight class - 25—Airbus 320 Series
Airbus SE
"Airbus 318/319/320/321"
AAC Spoken: Airbus Three-Eighteen, Airbus Three-Nineteen, Airbus Three-Twenty, Airbus Three-Twenty-One
Designator: A318, A319, A320, A321
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing with winglets, wingtip fences, or sharklets
-Conventional tail
-Two jet engines on wings
-Large weight class
*As of 2019, the Airbus A320 family is the world’s best selling airplane."
- 26—A340
Airbus SE
"Airbus 340"
AAC Spoken: Heavy Airbus or Heavy A-Three-Forty
Designator: A342/343/345/346
Recognition Features:
-Low wing with winglets
-Conventional tail
-Four jet engines on wings
-Heavy weight class
- 27—A330
Airbus SE
"Airbus 330"
AAC Spoken: Heavy Airbus or Heavy A-Three-Thirty
Designator: A332, A333, A337, A338, A339
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing with winglets
-Conventional tail
-Two jet engines on wings
-Heavy weight class
- 28—ATF18-Hornet
McDonnell-Douglas Corporation
"ATF-18 Hornet"
AAC Spoken: F-Eighteen
Designator: F18H, F18S
Recognition Features:
-Mid/Delta-wing
-Twin vertical stabilizer
-Two jet engines (in the tail)
-Large weight class
*he F18H is called the “Hornet”, and the F18S is the “Super Hornet”*
- 29—LJ35
Gates Learjet Corporation
"Learjet 35"
AAC Spoken: Lear
Designator: LJ35
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-'T'-tail
-Two jet engines (aft fuselage)
-Small weight class (for wake turbulence applications, considered a Small Plus)
- 30—MD80
McDonnell-Douglas Corporation
MD81,82,83,87,88
AAC Spoken: M-D Eighty
Designator: MD80
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing
-'T'-tail
-two jet engines (aft fuselage)
-Large weight class
- 31—T38 Talon
Northrop Aircraft Inc.
"T38 Talon"
AAC Spoken: T Thirty-Eight
Designator: T38
Recognition Features:
-Low straight (almost delta) wing
-Conventional tail
-Two jet engines in fuselage
-Small weight class
- 32—GLF4
Gulfstream Aerospace
"Gulfstream 4"
AAC Spoken: Gulfstream
Designator: GLF4
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing with winglets
-'T'-tail
-Two jet-engines (aft fuselage)
-Large weight class
- 33—MD-11
Boeing Aircraft Company & McDonnell-Douglas Corporation
AAC Spoken: Heavy M-D Eleven
Designator: MD11
Recognition Features:
-Low/swept-wing with winglets
-Conventional tail
-Three jet engines (2 on wings, 1 on top of fuselage down through tail section)
-Heavy weight class
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- CSC Air Traffic Control Flashcards on Aircraft Recognition (CAT III), created by Tim Larson on 16/07/2022.
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- Tim Larson · Jul 2022
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