Throughout history, aircrafts were an important part of the military, economics, and people’s everyday lives. Aircrafts were made to fulfill different types of missions, such as cargo, passenger planes, and fighters. The Fighter 22 Raptor and the C-5 Galaxy are two of the most well-known militarized aircrafts. One of these aircrafts is the Fighter 22 Raptor, also known as the fastest fighter aircraft. The C-5 Galaxy, a cargo aircraft, is the largest aircraft in the U.S. Air Force. This essay will cover the history of these two planes while comparing and contrasting their landing gears.
In the 1990s, Boeing decided to team up with Lockheed Martin to create the very first F-22 to replace the F-15 as the American front-line dominance fighter.
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It was the world’s largest and heaviest aircraft ever to be made. However, in 1982 the Antonov 124 became the world’s largest aircraft and beat the C-5 Galaxy by 28 short tons. As this aircraft is the largest air filter in the Air Force, the C-5 Galaxy can carry more cargo than any other aircraft. This aircraft can carry more than five helicopters and six Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs). This aircraft can land and takeoff at very short distances. This magnificent aircraft was first known as the CX-HLS, which stands for ‘Cargo Experimental-Heavy Logistic System’ Lockheed then decided to name it the C-5 Galaxy. In the span of 20 years, Lockheed Martin manufactured 3 C-5 Galaxys, C-5As, C-5Bs, C-5Cs. The first flight of the C-5A was manufactured in December 1969 and was delivered to the 437th Military airlift wing in June 1970. Later, in 1970 they found several cracks on the wings of the aircraft. Due to all that, C-5As were restricted to carrying a maximum of 50,000 pounds. The first flight of the C-5B was manufactured on the 10th of September 1985 and it was delivering 50 new aircrafts that were beginning in January 1986 and ended in 1989. Both the C-5A and the C-5B are now modified and called the C-5C. During the 1980s, NASA had two C-5A carrying their space shuttles and satellites. The U.S. Air Force have decided to put a lot of work in this aircraft so it can last them at least till …show more content…
This helps because of reducing the angle of the ramp. When we come to talk about the F-22’s landing gear, we come to a faster and simpler way. The landing gear system in this aircraft is a more Menasco-retractable-tricycle-type This is stressed for no flare landing of up to 3.05 m/s downward speed. If you think about it if this plane is going at mach 2, this aircraft better have amazing landing gears for emergency purposes. This plane has two main wheels and the tyre measure is 37 x 11.5-18, while the nose wheel tyre measure to about 7.5-10.
All in all, these two planes are the most useful and innovative aircrafts to be flown. The world would be lost without planes, especially these two. Through utilizing their unique, safe landing gears, the F-22 Raptor and the C-5 Galaxy have made their marks. By discussing the history of the F-22 Raptor and C-5 Galaxy, we can understand that these two planes have aided the military in numerous ways. Their contributions will never be
By the end of World War I the world was beginning to realize the ability air combat presented. When World War II started planes became much more effective. Though still fabric covered, the aircraft were faster and more agile than the variants used in the Great War. In 1938, the first year of the Second World War, Curtiss unveiled their P-40 Warhawk. This aircraft was one of the best of its time and laid the foundation for modern aircraft engineering. But by 1940 the German Luftwaffe had begun to develop faster, long-ranged fighter-bombers. All current Allied aircraft could not keep up with the long range of the B-17 bombers who needed escort. In 1940, North American Aviation received an order from Britain requesting another shipment of
In today’s world, the use of airplanes in wars or in everyday life has become a part of how we live as human beings. Removing the air forces of the world is like taking a step back in time when wars were only fought on land or sea. WWI began only eleven short years after the Wright brothers achieved powered flight in 19031 and yet aircrafts were being used for surveillance and eventually combat purposes. It is understood that these aircrafts were primitive, but they laid down the foundation for what we know today as fighter jets. The Fokker Eindecker “revolutionized air combat by successfully employing a synchronized forward -firing machine gun mounted on the engine cowling”2. Because this airplane became the first to successfully use a synchronized machine gun, it allowed its pilots to become the first aerial combat tactitions3.
...f 173 fighter aircraft models were made during the war. Fighter planes best showcased the constant struggle for supremacy in technology for the Axis and Allied powers as each side seemed to be in desperate need to outdo the other through improving the features and abilities of the aircrafts. The credentials for the top fighter aircrafts included the top speed, how much armament it could carry, the range, durability, visibility out of cockpit windows, and the overall flying performance. Two american fighters that received high marks were the North American P-51D Mustang and the Republic P-47D. For many the North American P-51D Mustang is considered the greatest fighter in World War 2 due to its range of 1140 miles that could increase to 2200 miles when external tanks were used. It visibility in the cockpit received high marks, as did its speed and maneuverability.
The V-22 Osprey: The Major Roles and Impacts of this Innovative Aircraft. History of the V-22, including Challenges: The V-22-Osprey was an aircraft that began as a figment of the imagination of the US armed forces and related parties. It is a tiltrotor aircraft that can takeoff vertically, considered a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing), as well as an STOL (short takeoff and landing), while also being capable of converting into a turboprop airplane capable of high-speed, high-altitude flight. The aircraft was a costly and deadly "research project" that began in 1982 that has since gone into production and use.
During World War II (WW2) the aeroplane proved to be the military’s greatest asset. It was dominant as it was versatile. Unlike the tank, boat or even the foot soldier the planes can serve in all areas of one countries military, land, sea and of course the air. They could fight where ever needed. Not only did they attack in dog fights or bombing raids they could go for a surveillance or reconnaissance to assist their forces. They destroyed many enemies industrial plants and provided many ground combat support.
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The F-22 is the newest Fighter in the Air Forces arsenal. The F-22 has trounced the best opponent that the USAF could muster. Despite its youth as a fighter the current pilots consider it to be nearly as reliable as mature F-15 and F-16 fighters. In the following essay we will cover the F-22 program, weapons, stealth, and avionics. I hope to some day be inside the cockpit of an F-22 as a full fledge fighter pilot in the USAF. The F-22 has been projected to be in services for more than 25 years as an active fighter. Its revolutionary design has been compared to the introduction of the jet engine, correlating aviations directional change to a new branch in design capability.
The Vietnam War provided challenging and exciting times for United States (US) military aviation. Jets were still considered new technology at the beginning of the 1960’s and had not been tested thoroughly during the Korean War. As the situation in Vietnam started to escalate, US leadership recognized the importance of air superiority and the need to use and adapt newer technology. Air superiority can be achieved through multiple means, but none as romanticized and iconic as aerial combat. The general concept remains the same even to this day—defeat the other plane. However, the means to winning a dog fight had changed greatly due to the quick advancement in jet propulsion and guided weapon technology. This paper provides a summarization of the US efforts towards achieving air superiority through the means of aerial combat.
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Everyone in here knows that they live in the most powerful nation on the planet. Just about every night on the news some reference is made about our military might and superiority. But, does anyone have any idea how great that might really is, how much more advanced we are than our enemies? Tonight I'm going to give everyone a little insight into history and capabilities of one of our most effective fighter jets, the F-15 aircraft.
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The plane was not only used to spy on enemies but also to ambush them, machine guns could be attached to the planes and later used to shoot soldiers from the opposing sides. Inventors realized that if they could put machine guns on a plane, they could also bring bombs up there to surprise their enemies. We soon learned the biggest downfall from using flight as a weapon was sometimes innocent civilians would get killed by either machine guns or
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