Air Activities Staged Activity Badge Stage 2/3 3 ANSWER BOOKLET

With Captain Eddie and Grubscrew to help you,

by completing this booklet you will be able to:

 Name and identify the main parts of an .

 Understand the terms, nose, fuselage, tail, , port and starboard.

 Learn the names of aircraft control surfaces.

 Collect pictures and identify six different aircraft, name them and identify their operational uses.

 … and you will have visited an ‘air museum’! Parts of an aircraft

The fuselage is the body of an aircraft which holds the structure together and can accommodate passengers and/or cargo. The front end of the fuselage is called the nose. The cockpit is usually in the nose of an aircraft and holds the pilot and controls of an airplane. The rear end of the fuselage is called the tail. The tail consists of a tail plane (horizontal surface) and tail fin (vertical surface). Wings on both sides of the fuselage produce the lift for . Label the main parts of an aircraft on the diagram:

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_c _o _c _k _p _i _t

_n _o _s e_ _w _i _n _g _s Direction

Port and starboard are nautical (sea) and aeronautical (air) terms of direction. PORT = LEFT RIGHT = STARBOARD Understanding Control Surfaces

An aircraft can move in three directions that are at right angles (90º) to each other and meet at its centre of gravity (CG). yaw pitch

CG

roll

There are three main control surfaces that allow the pilot to control the movement of an aircraft: - Located on the wings, ailerons work in pairs (but move in opposite directions) to roll the aircraft to the left or right. Elevators - Located on the tail plane, the elevators work in pairs to pitch the aircraft up and down. Rudder - Located on the tail fin, the rudder to yaw the aircraft left and right. Label the main control surfaces on the diagram below:

_r u_ _d _d _ e _r

_e _ l e_ _v _a _t _o r_

_a _i _l _e _r _o _n Hall 1 - Early Aircraft and World War 1

The Short S.27 is a model of the first aircraft flown by the in 1910 for training its first pilots, as well as for early experiments.

Did you know … The S.27 is based on the Wright brothers pioneering first aircraft from 1903; the design is known as a box-kite aeroplane.

Question … Aircraft with 2 wings, such as the Short S.27 and the Sopwith Baby (opposite), are known as a what?

mono-plane bi-plane  tri-plane

Have a go … Behind the S.27 is a replica seat from the aircraft. Imagine what it would have been like to fly one of these pioneering aircraft. The Sopwith Baby “Jabberwock” was first flown in 1915 (during WW1) as a reconnaissance and bomber aircraft. It operated from seaplane carriers, as well as Royal Naval coastal air stations.

Did you know … A major role of the Baby was to intercept German Zeppelin raids and track German naval movements.

Have a go … The Sopwith Baby has floats to allow it to land and take-off from water. Can you draw them on?

Look at this … Which wing shape best describes these early aircraft?

Rectangular  Rounded/ Swept Delta/ elliptical Ogive Hall 2 - World War 2

During WWII, naval versions of aircraft ordered for the were given the prefix "Sea", i.e. the Seafire was a combination of "Sea” and “Spitfire".

Question … What roles did the Seafire carry out?

Reconnaissance  Strike Bomber 

Fighter  Search and Rescue Trainer

Aircraft adapted to operate from an included folding wings and an arrester hook.

Look at this … How did the Seafire’s wings fold? Simple fold Aftward fold Double fold  Look at this … Which wing shape best describes WWII aircraft, like the Seafire or Sea Fury?

Rectangular Rounded/  Swept Delta/ elliptical Ogive

Also in Hall 2 you will find another aircraft adapted for life at sea -

the Sea Vampire.

The Sea Vampire was the Royal Navy’s first jet aircraft, and the first jet-powered aircraft anywhere to land on a moving aircraft carrier.

Did you know … Sea Vampire LZ551/G was a prototype and training aircraft, and is the actual aircraft that made that historic landing on HMS Ocean in 1945.

Have a go … Sit in the Vampire cockpit next to LZ551/G and imagine trying to land on a moving ship! ’THE MIGHTY KING’

Return to Hall 1 to see the first of two Sea King helicopters.

The Sea King was in British service for 40 years and provided a wide range of services in both the Royal Navy and the RAF.

Question … What was this Sea King helicopter mostly used for?

Search and Utility  Anti- Submarine Rescue (moving troops)

Have a go … Climb on board the Search and Rescue Sea King and imagine what it would be like to try and carry out a rescue mission from a helicopter!

Continue into Hall 4 to see the second Sea King helicopter. During its service the Sea King was adapted to meet the Royal Navy's requirement for wartime roles across the world.

Did you know … Helicopters used for moving Royal Marine troops and equipment like, Sea King ZA298, were nicknamed ‘Junglies’.

Sea King ZA298 is painted in ‘military green’, but would have had various colour schemes depending on where it was operating.

Look at this … Match the camouflage colour scheme to the operating environment.

Arctic Pure Desert Military Dark Zebra White Pink Green Blue

Snow- Jungle Aircraft Desert UN covered carrier at Opera- landscape terrain sea plains tions

Have a go … design your own Sea King colour scheme or pattern. Hall 4 - Leading Edge

Concorde 002 is the British prototype aircraft used as a test and development aircraft for the 16 supersonic ’s that were built by France and Britain.

Question … A supersonic aircraft can fly how fast? a) faster than a Formula 1 car (200 mph) b) faster than the speed of light (671 million mph) c) faster than the speed of sound (760 mph) 

Did you know … Concorde flew at between 50,000 and 60,000 feet. At this height, the temperature is -53 °C and the speed of sound is slower: 660 mph!

Look at this … Which special wing shape do these supersonic aircraft have?

Rectangular Rounded/ Swept Delta/  elliptical Ogive The Harrier (also known as the Harrier jump-jet) is a V/STOL jet aircraft used by the Royal Navy between 1980 and 2010.

Did you know … V/STOL stands for Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing.

Question … What roles did the Harrier (Sea Harrier or GR9) carry out?

Reconnaissance  Strike  Bomber Fighter 

Look at this … As well as having a swept wing shape, the wings on a Harrier are also?

Low Anhedral  Dihedral

Have a go … Use the model next to the Harrier prototype, the Hawker P1127, to understand how V/STOL works. Have a go … Use everything you have learnt at the Fleet

Air Arm Museum to complete the word search below.

ailerons Harrier Seafire tail plane cockpit nose Sea King Vampire Concorde pitch Short wings elevators port Sopwith Baby yaw fuselage roll starboard rudder tail fin