AVIATION MERIT BADGE

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• Lt Col John Gator Wallin
• Viper Pilot
• 1 Nov 01

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• I Want to Be a Pilot
•   I want to be a pilot when I grow up
  because its fun and easy to do. Pilots dont
  need much school, they just have to learn numbers
  so they can read the instruments. I guess they
  should be able to read maps so they can find
  their way if they get lost. Pilots should be
  brave so they wont get scarred if its foggy and
  they cant see or if a wing or motor falls off
  they should stay calm so theyll know what to do.
  Pilots have to have good eyes so they can see
  through clouds and they cant be afraid of
  lighting or thunder because they are closer to
  them then we are. The salary pilots make is
  another thing that I like. They make more money
  than they can spend. This is because most people
  think airplane flying is dangerous except pilots
  dont because they know how easy it is. There
  isnt much I dont like, except girls like pilots
  and all the stewardesses want to marry them so
  they always have to chase them away so they wont
  bother them. I hope I dont get airsick because
  if I do I couldnt be a pilot and would have to
  go to work.
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  A Fifth Grader

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Administrative Paperwork

• Requirements sheet
• Merit Badge Worksheet

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Define Aircraft

• a weight-carrying structure for navigation of
  the air that is supported either by its own
  buoyancy or by the dynamic action of the air
  against its surfaces. Websters
• a device that is used or intended to be used for
  flight in the air. - FAA

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Types of Aircraft

• Lighter-than-air
• Glider
• Airplane
• Rotorcraft
• Powered-lift

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Lighter-than-AirBalloons and Airships
The National Eagle Scout Association and Order of
the Arrow hot air balloons at the 2001 National
Boy Scout Jamboree
Graf Zeppelin compared to a Boeing 747 and the
HMS Titanic
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GliderSailplanes
Sailplane over Tennessee
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Airplanes
Predator, USAF
SR-71, USAF
Dec 17, 1903 120 feet in 12 secs
B-2, USAF
Sky Hawk, Cessna
Caravan Amphibian, Cessna
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RotorcraftHelicopters and Gyroplanes
Gyrocopter
MH-53J, USAF
Gyroplane
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How Helicopters Fly ??
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Powered-LiftV-22
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Engines

• Piston
• Turboprop
• Jet Engines

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Piston Engine
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Turboprop Engine
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Jet Engine
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Forces Acting on Aircraft
LIFT
THRUST
DRAG
WEIGHT (gravity)
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How an Airfoil Works ?

• Bernoullis Principle

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Control Surfaces Work ?
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Directional Control
YAW - rudders PITCH - elevators ROLL - ailerons
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YAW
Rudder The foot pedals are connected by means
of wires or hydraulics to the rudder of the tail
section. The rudder is the vertical part of the
tail that can move from side to side.
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ROLL
Ailerons The stick is connected by means of
wires or hydraulics to the wings ailerons. By
turning the stick, the pilot can change the
positions of the ailerons.
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PITCH
Elevators The stick (joy stick) is connected by
means of wires or hydraulics to the tail
sections elevators. By moving the stick, the
pilot can change the position of the elevators.
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Takeoff Climb
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Landing
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Certificates/Ratings

• Recreational pilot certificate
• a person is qualified to act as pilot-in-command
  of a single-engine aircraft carrying 1 passenger
• Private pilot certificate
• you can act as pilot-in-command of an aircraft
  carrying passengers and baggage
• Instrument rating
• a pilot can fly the aircraft by solely using the
  flight instruments within the aircraft

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Job Opportunities

• Careers with the Airlines
• Landing Facilities
• Engineering Research Development
• General Aviation
• Government Aviation
• Aerospace Industries
• Military Aerospace (USAF, USN, USMC, USA, NOAA)
• National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

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Instruments
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Instruments
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Credits

• Bill Britt SM Troop 509, (http//troop509.org)
  Hurlburt Field, FL
• http//meritbadge.com/files/mb-pdfs/Aviation.pdf