Aircraft components

aircraft electronic recording device

thumb|thumbtime=36|Cockpit of an Airbus A319 during landing thumb|thumbtime=36|Cockpit of an IndiGo A320 A cockpit, also called flight deck, is the area, on the front part of an aircraft, spacecraft, or submersible, from which a pilot controls the vehicle.thumb|Cockpit of an Airbus A380|A380. Most Airbus cockpits/Flight Decks are glass cockpits featuring [[fly-by-wire technology.]] thumb|1936 de Havilland Hornet Moth. Note the bifurcated split stick control column. thumb|View of a cockpit seen from outside of a British Airways [[Boeing 747-400]] The cockpit of an aircraft contains flight instr

thumb|Fuselage of a Boeing 737 shown in brown

aircraft wing configuration with a small wing ahead of the main wing, or such a forewing

device on a vehicle that provides energy for functions other than propulsion

aircraft instrumentation system consisting primarily of multi-function electronic displays

small turbine that is connected to a hydraulic pump, or electrical generator

thumb|upright=1.14|Deperdussin Monocoque, with wooden shell construction

thumb|upright=1.14|The empennage of an Atlas Air [[Boeing 747-200]]

aircraft component to increase lift

thumb|Engines in nacelles on a Boeing 707

parachute for high speed deployment

thumb|Van's RV-14 cutaway showing its airframe

thumb|right|Interior of a Boeing/Stearman PT-17 showing small channel section stringers

aerodynamic device

Type of alert system on aircraft

thumb|Model of a Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boat with its left sponson visible bottom center of the photo thumb|MS Moby Otta|MS Princess of Scandinavia, a cruise-ferry with a side sponson (the brighter part at middle right labelled DFDS SEAWAYS) Sponsons are projections extending from the sides of land vehicles, aircraft or watercraft to provide protection, stability, storage locations, mounting points for weapons or other devices, or equipment housing.

compartment to carry bombs on a military aircraft

aircraft engine fairing

foremost tip of aircraft, rockets, and missiles

thumb|DC-3 modified with a simple airstair thumb|Northwest Airlines [[Boeing 727 with ventral airstair open]] thumb|right|3-section folding airstair on a "Combi aircraft|Combi" [[737-200 aircraft of Alaska Airlines]] thumb|George W. Bush boards a [[VC-25 using the lower-level airstair.]] thumb|The Il-86, a wide-body airliner with airstairs into the lower cargo level. The rear airstair is also visible in this picture. thumb|The airstair on a business jet thumb|There were no passengers to accommodate on this business jet conversion for cargo operations. A manually-placed, folding airstair saved

Structure on an aircraft made to reduce drag

Cylindrical, rotating sail

protective headgear worn by pilots and flight crew

aircraft document for emergency procedures

aluminized adhesive tape used to do minor repairs on aircraft

The wingbox of a fixed-wing aircraft is the primary load-carrying structure of the wing, which forms the structural centre of the wings and is also the attachment point for other wing components such as leading edge flaps, swing wings, trailing edge flaps and wing-tip devices. The wingbox continues beyond the visible wing roots and interfaces with the fuselage in the centre wingbox, which forms the structural core of an aircraft.

component of a large commercial aircraft

flight control surface

thumb|upright=1.5|Ballute-equipped Mark 82 bombs, Mk-82AIRs, being dropped by an American [[F-111 attack aircraft]] A ballute (a portmanteau of balloon and parachute) is a parachute-like braking device optimized for use at high altitudes and supersonic velocities.

equipment for protecting helicopters from wire strikes

type of transmission commonly used in jet engines

device installed in some fixed-wing aircraft to prevent the aircraft from entering an aerodynamic stall

aircraft refrigeration

automotive suspension designed so that the wheel trails behind the suspension's pivot point

monitoring equipment used during flight testing

right|thumb|The Hughes H-4 Hercules, made of birch ply Duramold thumb|Samples of Duramold at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum Duramold is a composite material process developed by Virginius E. Clark. Birch or poplar plies are impregnated with phenolic resin and laminated together in a mold under heat (280 °F, 138 °C) and pressure for use as a lightweight structural material. Similar to plywood, Duramold and other lightweight composite materials like the similar Haskelite were considered critical during periods of material shortage in World War II, replacing scarce materials such

part of bodywork that separates the engine from the driver and passengers in cars

spy Construct used for undetected Zeppeline-observations

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thumb|right|240px|The NACA engine cowling on a Curtiss P-1 Hawk|Curtiss AT-5a. A cowling (or cowl) is the removable covering of a vehicle's engine, most often found on automobiles, motorcycles, airplanes, and on outboard boat motors. On airplanes, cowlings are used to reduce drag and to cool the engine. On boats, cowlings are a cover for an outboard motor. In addition to protecting the engine, outboard motor cowlings need to admit air while keeping water out of the air intake.

toroid-shaped propeller for higher efficiency and lower noise