Aircraft Familiarization Review questions

Which type of Airbus does Frontier have in our fleet? - Frontier Airlines flies the Airbus 320 series which includes the A319, A320, and the A321 aircraft. Maximum Speed, altitude - 590 mph, 39,000 ft What are the four locations that Airbus components are manufactured/assembled? - Tulouse, France United Kingdom Hamburg, Germany Mobile, Alabama What are the five components of the Airbus and what do they do? - Fuslage; Engine, Wing, Landing Gear, Tail Section What do the components of the Airbus do? - Fuselage: Holds things together [passenger compartment]; Engine: Generates thrust; Wing: Generates lift; Landing Gear: Taxi, takeoff and landing; Tail Section: Provides a/c stability and control What are the components of the WING (think SALT)? - Spoilers (speed brakes), Aieleron help control the roll (turns by banking), Leading Edge Slats (slide forward) increase lift, Trailing Edge Flaps (flip) increase lift and drag What is a Winglet/Sharklet? Function? - Vertical extensions of the wings, enhance lifting capability and are reduce fuel consumption. Sharklets do the same as winglets What does the tail section of the aircraft do? - provides aircraft stability and control What is YAW? - maneuvers from the Rudder controlling its movement on a vertical axis What is the FDR and CVR? - Flight Data Recorder records the data only from the flight. it retrieves data to resimulate the flight and see what went wrong. The Cockpit Voice Recorder records the voices from the cockpit, saves the 1st 5min and last 5min. What is the GPU and what does it do? - Ground power unit supplies electrical power to the a/c What is the APU and what does it do? - provides electrical power to the a/c while in air. It backs up lights, air conditioning and hydraulics