Passenger aircrafts

My son has been fascinated by airplanes from the time he was a toddler. He says he wants to be a pilot in the future. He always talks about planes, draws planes, and plays flight simulator video games. After seeing his first account (How I spent my December vacation in Hatyai 2011, Thailand) published in my blog, he wanted to write about planes and have it published in my blog. The following is what he wrote about planes. I corrected a few mistakes he had made.

Aircraft are the most popular in the world. The airplane was invented by the Wright brothers. However, Orville Wright had already built it.  There are planes that fly within a country. They are known as domestic planes. But the planes which fly from country to country are known as international planes.

          There are various types and sizes of planes. In the world, there are two main companies which manufacture planes. They are Boeing and Airbus. Boeing also can be classified into many types. Some of them are Boeing 717, Boeing 777, and Boeing 747.

              The biggest of the Boeing aircraft is Boeing 747. It is a powerful plane with 4 jet engines and needs three pilots. It is a two-storied plane and has 14 wheels. It can carry up to 400-600 passengers.  A Boeing 747 can be seen in the picture below.

(A Cathay Pacific Boeing 747  400taxing to runway)

       The Boeing 777 is a much smaller plane than the Boeing 747. It has 2 powerful engines and needs 2 pilots for takeoff. It is a one-storied aircraft with 14 wheels. It needs only 2 pilots. It can carry up to 100-200 passengers. The Boeing 777 Dreamliner is the most popular of Boeing 777 aircraft. Given below is a picture of a Boeing 777 Aircraft.

                                           (Emirates Boeing 777 is on the runway.)

       Airbus is another company that builds up aircrafts such as Airbus A320, Airbus A340, Airbus A380. Airbus A320 is a plane with 6 wheels and can carry up to 50-100 passengers. It has only one story with 2 small jet engines. Two pilots are necessary for Airbus A 320 to fly. Shown below is a picture of an Airbus A320.

(Air Asia airbus a320)

       Airbus A340 is a plane that is larger than the Airbus A320. It is a one-storied plane with 4 powerful jet engines and it can carry up to 100-300 passengers.

Airplane crash news- Many crashes have been reported from the Airbus A340.

Shown below is a picture of an Airbus A340.

(Swiss Airways airbus A340 300 pushback)   

The Airbus A380 is the biggest of all the aircraft. It is the biggest aircraft in the world. It is a large plane with 2 stories. It needs a long runway for takeoff and landing. It has 4 large and powerful jet engines and can carry up to 700-800 passengers. Shown below is a picture of an Airbus A380.

(Air France airbus A380 800)

       An airplane is comprised of a part called the cockpit where the pilot controls the aircraft. In big planes, there are many control devices but in small planes, there are fewer control devices. The cockpit has many types of buttons and switches. The aircraft is taken off by the throttles. In addition, there are also other devices that can control the aircraft. The flaps help in landing and takeoff. The spoilers slow down the aircraft when landing. The switches and other components of the cockpit can be seen in the picture below.

                                  Parts of a cockpit with their names

The video above shows the arrival of a Qatar passenger airplane at Katunayake Bandaranayake International airport in Sri Lanka. This video was recorded on the 26th of March, 2012.

Thank you for reading my post about passenger aircraft. Please remember to visit this blog again and read my postings.

Gavindu