Chapter 1 General Questions of Aviation Operations
1.1 The history of aircraft development
1.1.1 Dreams about human flight
1.1.2 The development of aviation in the 20th century
1.1.3 Modern time of aviation (from 1980 till now)
1.2 The brief of airworthiness development
1.2.1 Problems of aircraft safety
1.2.2 Airworthiness as tool of safety providing
1.2.3 History brief about airworthiness development
1.3 What determines the development of aviation
1.3.1 Base of aviation development
1.3.2 Future directions of aviation development
Questions
Chapter 2 Classification and Requirements of Aircraft
2.1 The principles of lift force creating
2.1.1 The aerostatic principle of a flight
2.1.2 The aerodynamic principle of a flight
2.1.3 The ballistic principle of a flight
2.1.4 The rocket principle of a flight
2.2 Aircraft classification according to the flight principle
2.2.1 Lighter-than-air aircraft
2.2.2 Aircraft with the aerodynamic principle of a flight
2.3 Civil aircraft classification by functions
2.3.1 Commercial aviation aircraft
2.3.2 General aviation aircraft
2.3.3 Special operations aircraft
2.4 Aircraft operation and flight performances
2.4.1 Payload
2.4.2 Cruise and maximum speeds
2.4.3 Cruise altitude
2.4.4 Flight range
2.4.5 Endurance
2.4.6 Take-off distance
2.4.7 Landing distance
2.4.8 Purchase cost
2.5 Aircraft requirements
2.5.1 General requirements
2.5.2 Aviation regulations
Questions
Chapter 3 Basic Concepts of Aerodynamics
3.1 Environment and its characteristics, in which aircraft operates
3.1.1 The atmosphere composition
3.1.2 Main dangerous events of environment
3.1.3 Indicators of atmosphere
3.1.4 International standard atmosphere
3.2 The basic aerodynamic equations
3.2.1 Continuity equation
3.2.2 Bernoulli equation
3.3 Aerodynamic forces and rations
3.3.1 Lift force
