CEE 4674: Airport Planning and Design Spring 2007 Assignment 1: Aircraft Classifications, History and Airport Technology Date Due: Jan/23/2008 Instructor: Trani Problem 2 Read pages 1 and 2 in Chapter 1 in the FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300-13 (Airport Design) before answering this question. Also, read the aircraft classification handout provided in class. Examine the FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300-13 (Airport Design). Specifically examine Appendix 13 of the FAA Advisory Circular which contains information about various aircraft. a) For the aircraft shown in Table 2.1, state the Airplane Design Group (ADG) class, the Terminal Areas Procedures Aircraft Speed Category, and the wake vortex class for each vehicle. b) For each aircraft, calculate the stalling speed (minimum speed for flight) from the known aircraft approach speeds published in the FAA AC. Stalling speed is just 30% below the approach speed. Table 2.1 Aircraft to be Studied. Aircraft ADG and Speed Classification British Aerospace BAe 146-300 C-III Beech Raytheon Bonanza B36TC A-I Airbus A-320-100 C-III Gulfstream G-IV D-II Boeing 777-300 D-V Boeing 747-400 D-V Boeing 737-500 C-III Beech Airliner 1900-C B-II British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 B-II Dassault Falcon FAL-900 B-II Cessna Citation I B-II Bombardier DHC-8 Dash 8-300 B-III Hawker HS 125 Series 700 C-I Bombardier CRJ/200 or Canadair CL-600 B-II Cessna 150 A-I McDonnell Douglas MDC-DC-9-82 C-III CEE 4674 A1 Trani Page 1 of 3 c) Match the names with the 2-D drawings (use the number of the aircraft and match by writing on the space to the right of each aircraft). Consult the web site www.airliners.net if necessary to learn more about the shapes of the aircraft. Aircraft (1) Bombardier Canadair CL-600 ____ 8 (2) Beech Raytheon Bonanza B36TC _______ 7 (3) Airbus A-320-100 _____ 10 (4) Gulfstream G-IV ______ 1 (5) Boeing 747-400 _____ 6 (6) Cessna Citation I _______ 2 (7) Beech Airliner 1900-C ______ 4 (8) Dassault Falcon FAL-900 ____ 5 (9) Boeing 737-500 ______ 9 (10) McDonnell Douglas MDC-DC-9-82 _______ 3 CEE 4674 A1 Trani Page 2 of 3 Problem 3 Explain the importance of the development of all-metal commercial aircraft in the early 1930s and their impact on commercial aviation and airport development. Specifically, explain how aircraft such as the Douglas DC-3 and the Boeing 247 changed the way people viewed commercial aviation (one page). Contrast the two aircraft and their technologies. Explain in your own words, why the Douglas DC-3 was, in the end, more popular than the Boeing 247. The Boeing 247 was the first modern airliner. The Douglas DC-3 was 50% more economical to operate than the Boeing 247. CEE 4674 A1 Trani Page 3 of 3 .