A Descriptive Essay: A Descriptive Essay: Write an essay on ONE of the following tasks (180 – 200 words, no less than 180 and no more of 200): (1) Write a descriptive essay on a C-130 Hercules. (2) Write a descriptive essay on a Helicopter.
C-130 Hercules is an American-made transport aircraft. It is used by many armies, among which is the Spanish Air Force Army, which acquired it in 1970. The Spanish Air Force Army has used and continues to use this aircraft to carry out war missions, humanitarian aid, among others.
This aircraft is characterized by its great versatility carrying out missions. It has 4 turboprop engines, a mid-size cockpit, and a large cargo cabin. It can carry out large-rang flights, due to its large fuel storage capacity inside its fuselage and wings. It has a large number of sensors and radars on its nose, which provide precise and efficient navigation. Another characteristic fact of the plane is that its landing gear is prepared to land on almost any type of terrain and doesn´t need much maintenance.
Currently, this aircraft is being replaced in the NATO armies by the new version, the A400 M. This new aircraft is still turboprop, but has a much larger cargo cabin, a larger wingspan. In general, it has better technical characteristics, however, it still hasn´t been able to overcome the great versatility of operations that the C-130 Hercules offers.
C-130 HERCULES
The desing of an Hercules is configurated for too many
different missions. In fact most of the equipment can be removed allowing to
transport different stuffs. Additionally, the Hercules is prepared to load vehicles,
people, medical kits and aircraft pieces.
This plane is sable to do airdrops through its ramp and
doors and soil landings too. The ain cargo that the C-130 transport are
helicopters and armored vehicles like tanks The maximum weight which it can
have are 42000 kilogrames.
The Hercules is a prestigious planea round the world. It
participes in every international military exercise to learn between different
countries how each army prepare their own C-130s and improve their skills.
Other goals of this plane is air-refueling. Combact
aircrafts have a quite little deposit. In long distances they need more fuel
and that is when Hercules is required. It has two hoses in its engine turbines
which are fulled with kerosene. Both are hooked inside of the combact
aircrfacts noses, closer to the cockpit.
This plane is one of the greatest of all time. Its weight
let him to save so much combustible and do maneouvers to take better ways.
LUIS CALVO RUIZ
The helicopter is one of the best invention ever made, is a type of transport that provide a lot of facilities like health service, firefighting .. In the EA one group mostly know is the SAR.
The history of the helicopter cames from Juan de La Cierva, he created an amazing prototype of the helicopter and it was the autogiro. This vehicle was a mix between the plane and the future helicopter, because it can fly like a plane, but the landing was much shorter. Years later this transport turn into helicopter.
The principal parts of an helicopter are turbine engines, which provide the energy to the helicpoter to take off, the skid is one of the most important parts to land safetely. The cowling which protect the mast for outside forces and the rotor blade is another important part because provide the sustenance to take off , It can rotate to cut the air in different forms to win altitude with power (given by the turbine engines)
To sum up, the helicopter has changed the world, is one of the most secure transports in the world, because It can land everywhere unlike the airplanes that need a runway
APACHE
Boeing AH-64 Apache is an attack helicopter made by the American industry. It is an advanced multi-role helicopter due to the different areas and surfaces that can be operated by this military aircraft. Also, it is used by lots of armies around the world, such as the Russian Airforce, US Airforce… Taking this into account, the Apache has accumulated millions of hours during its forty years of active and operative service.
Additionally, it has a four-blade main rotor and a four-blade tail rotor. The Apache is
powered by two turbo engines that provides the necessary strength to win every
fight and to cover and protect the troops deployed on the enemy’s side. The
crew is formed by the pilot and the co-pilot, who is the gunner. Moreover, it
is armed by a chain gun, and it is equipped with missiles which can destroy a
tank. Besides, it has a powerful cowling that acts like a shield during an
attack to the aircraft.
Hércules C-130
C-130 is one of the best transport
airplane of the world, due to its propierties, for example, it has
four turbine engine, which are powerful. There are a cockpit
inside, where two airman who control the alleron, flaps, rudder,... in
conclusion, they pilot the airplane from the cockpit.
This amazing airplane not only is able to fly a lot of hours but it also carries a heavy load, for example, cars or soldiers ready for the battle. He needs not a big or long aircraft runway, he can take off from short aircraft runway, moreover he can land on ice without difficulties because of its incredible landing gear and break system.
In addition it has done a lot of mission successfully worldwide due to be used by many armies, among which is the Spanish Air Force Army.Thanks to its fuselage, it is able to endure bullet damage, although it has a modern system to defend it of missiles . If I were pilot, I would happy to pilot this beast. This machine does not know the word "impossible"
Juan Carlos Gil Mansilla
Super Puma 332
Helicopters are rotary-wing aircrafts used all over the world because of
its versatility, which have as main advantage the capacity to take off and land
in almost any area, without needing a displacement unlike fixed-wing aircrafts.
The Super Puma is a helicopter used by the Spanish Air Force in some of its
most important groups like the 48 Group for many purposes such as the SAR
operations (Search and Rescue) or transport missions.
It is a French helicopter that stands out for its hi-tech parts such as its
powerful mast or the resistance of its cowling and tail boom, which protect the
interior parts of the Super Puma during missions or combats. The amazing
precision of the control of the Super Puma is due to its new stabilizer bar.
Moreover, other parts of this helicopter such as the rotor blade, tail rotor or
the skid has been upgraded in comparison to its previous version the Super Puma
330.
All this upgrades, allow the Super Puma fly at high speeds, exceeding 200
kilometres per hour, transport tons of medical supplies, and rescue hundreds of
people every year.
Juan Sebastian Encinales Vega
Transport
aircrafts are essential in armies around the world because the transport of
cargo throughout the world would be very difficult without them.
Hercules is
a transport airplane which was designed in the 50s by the company Lockheed.
Firstly, it was flown by the US Army in 1950 and now is the principal airplane
of many countries around the world. It is thrusted by 4 turboprop engines which
is the reason why this is not one of the fastest airplanes in the world.
Moreover, it has a cargo door at the tail of its fuselage through which it can
enter a lot of cargo due its big dimensions. Because of this it has a big
landing gear which has more than 15 wheels capable of supporting the weight of
this great flying machine, furthermore it has a big cockpit and nose where the
pilots have a lot of space to carry out their work in the most comfortable way.
Despite of its age it continues flying around the world serving as the first
flight.
To sum up,
for me this plane is an aviation legend because since their manufacture,
transport aircrafts acquire a lot of importance.
Juan Jesús Gómez López
Hercules C-130
First time I saw the airplane called Hercules C-130 I was astonished.
It happens in Los Alcázares during the campament while I was running with my
partnerships. I have always been interested in military planes.
Hercules C-130 is a transport tactical military aircraft used
by many armys such us the spanish air force. This plane has a huge fuselage
which is powered by four turbine engines located on its wings. It has a big cockpit
where can carry at least two pilots. Despite of its age, it can travel around
the world during large periods of time in order to complete a lot of different missions.
Its powerful radar is located on its nose. This is an amazing plane which can
complete many different types of missions like rescue or transport heavy loads or
people. Currently, during pandemic it has
provide mask to Spain from China. It is one of the few military aircrafts that
continues in produccion after 50 years.
To sum up, I find Hercules C-130 a really interesting plane.
However, the plane most I like is called Eurofighter. It is a combat fighter and
I would like to pilot it.
HELICOPTER
The helicopter is an aeronautical machine which is used all over the world. At first, it was drew by Leonardo da Vinci in one of his paintings in the fifteen century. The helicopter is a machine that has the ability to take off and land vertically thanks to its blades, without any runway as the airplanes. Because of that reason, the helicopter is used by the air force to transport people or materials to places with difficult entrances, for example the top of a mountain. According to his structure, helicopter can´t fly over the sky very fast, but it is very comfortable and easy to drive. There are a lot of types of helicopters, from different sizes and used from different ways. That ones which are used to fight, they have guns on their side and under the cockpit. Nowadays there is an incredible technology that has connected the helmet of the pilot with the gun under himself, that allow him to shot whatever where he see while he is controlling the aircraft. In a nutshell, the helicopter is an amazing machine very useful for all that can save a lot of lives.
Joaquín Martínez Martínez
C-130 HERCULES
The c130, it is a multipurpose aircraft, which not only provides service to communities far from the country´s geography but also to security forces members, who exercise national sovereignty.
The last version of the airplane includes technical progress which reduces in a considerable way both, the costa of the operations and the plane´s support, increassing its efficiency. An important characteristic of the last model is the fact it has got much more capacity, being bigger tan older versions. Moreover, it can also reach much more speed, has an increasing of the fuselaje, that rise the hold of the plane and incorporate newness in the fuel allowing higher rates of actions. The motor engines which are under the wings next to the ailerons, they have got an amazing amount of powerful beacuse they have to move a vehicle which weight a lot of tones, even the landing gear has got an hydraulic system that allows it support the main structure of the Hercules.
To sum up, the c130 is a plane that have suffered lots of modifications to become the spectacular machine it is nowadays.
Eduardo Medina Pastor
The NH90 is a medium size helicopter developed by Airbus, worldwide known as a big aeronautics company. This helicopter is very multifunctional, it is produced in two principal variants, a naval helicopter and a mix between a transport and a tactical battlefield one. It was designed in the late 90’s and it is known to be the first helicopter in the world that has replaced the conventional manual flight controls with an electronic interface that controls the whole helicopter. It also incorporates and autopilot functioning system. Its cabin is designed for 3 crew members but it can be flight by only one pilot.
NH-90 its equipped with a twin engine, very similar to turboprops. This twin-engine allows the aircraft to operate in almost every condition. It has a capacity of around 20 seated troops and 3 crew members, instead of 20 troops it can be equipped with 12 medevacs.
Recently, the Spanish Army acquired some units that are starting to operate this year with search and rescue missions, hopefully when I finish the academy I would like to become an NH-90 pilot as a search and rescue pilot.
Alberto Cañada Navarro
APACHE
Boeing AH-64 Apache is an attack helicopter made by the American industry. It is an advanced multi-role helicopter due to the different areas and surfaces that can be operated by this military aircraft. Also, it is used by lots of armies around the world, such as the Russian Airforce, US Airforce… Taking this into account, the Apache has accumulated millions of hours during its forty years of active and operative service.
Additionally, it has a four-blade main rotor and a four-blade tail rotor. The Apache is powered by two turbo engines that provides the necessary strength to win every fight and to cover and protect the troops deployed on the enemy’s side. The crew is formed by the pilot and the co-pilot, who is the gunner. Moreover, it is armed by a chain gun, and it is equipped with missiles which can destroy a tank. Besides, it has a powerful cowling that acts like a shield during an attack to the aircraft.
GONZALO MARTÍNEZ MERINO
The C-130 Hercules
The C-130 Hercules is a transport aircraft that stands out for its graet load capacity. And althoug there are other larger models, its relationship between price and capabilities has made it one of the most used aircraft in the military field.
That plane has got four turboprop engines. The cockpit is in a double height abovee the nose. The landing gear is composed of eight weels, capables of landing on all type of surfaces.
In an airplane of this size, the wings, ailerons and elevators, as well as the stabilizing surfaces such as the vertical and horizontal stabilizer are large and resistant.
Finally, the wings have large fuel tanks inside them that make this aircraft capable of long-distances travel.
Due to its great features, this aricraft has been the most important in Spanish military air transport for many years, from the 70s to the present, which is still in use. Although in recent years it is beginning to be replaced by the A400, a plane that is called to be its successor in the European military transport. In any case, that plane has made history and will be remined.
Raúl Antolín García
C-130 Hercules
C-130
Hercules is one of the biggest airplanes that Spanish Air Force has. It is a fixed wing aircraft and its main aim
is to be used in transportation missions.
When it is
on the floor it is held by the landing gear. In both sides of the fuselage it
has wings that contain the flaps and ailerons and it has horizontal and
vertical stabilizers. In the nose of the plane there is a cockpit where the
pilot take control of the plane. It uses turboprop, which is a different way of
turbine as almost all military airplanes use turbine engines, but for medium-sized
airplanes is better the turboprop.
Another
characteristic is that it can fly a lot of kilometers without needing to be
refuelled. In fact, it can refuel another airplanes that can’t fly so many
kilometers without stopping.
This
airplane is located in Zaragoza’s Air Base and they belong to “Ala 31”. Personally I have not seen one in my life but
I would like to as it has to be amazing to see such a large aircraft in real
life.
C.C. ALEJANDRO FUENTES GARRIDO
Helicopter
My favourite transport is the helicopter, I would like to be an helicopter pilot in five years. In my opinion helicopters are better than airplanes because the stabilizer bar allows helicopters to move in a different way.
The swashplate is the part which makes the helicopter turn right and left and the rotor blade´s speed lets the helicopter go up and down. When you start a flight on the helicopter and the skid is in the air you can feel the adrenalin in your body. Later when the synchronized elevator turns up and the helicopter start moving forward you normally feel very afraid. A negative part of flying in helicopter is that the motor mount doesn´t
let you see the tail boom, tail skid and tail rotor, its something so
bad because if there is any problem you will not bé able to see it.
In conclusion, the helicopter is better
than the airplane because of his way of moving,which is possible
because of the helicopter´s structure, but however , due to the same
reason you can´t see the helicopter´s back. I will be the best helicopter pilot on the world!
| C.C. ANTONIO MARÍA GONZÁLEZ PÉREZ | ||
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