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aircraft

vr.tr.aircraft · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent handle aircraft by type, registration, operation, safety and regulation.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle aircraft by type, registration, operation, safety and regulation.

A vehicle that flies by gaining support from the air, including aeroplanes, helicopters, gliders, airships, balloons and drones.

What it is for: Transport of people and cargo, defence, recreation, survey and emergency services.

It can be identify type and registration; check airworthiness and operator; follow drone rules; track flights through public sources.

Distinguishing features

Flies using the air for support

Registered and certified

Operated under aviation rules

Many categories

What it looks like

Winged, rotor or lighter-than-air vehicles.

How it is recognised

Registration marks on the fuselage

Types: fixed-wing, rotorcraft, lighter-than-air

Drones are unmanned aircraft

Related models

is a kind of - category

vehicle and flying machine

uses - infrastructure

airport

is regulated by - regulator

civil aviation authority

includes - kind

helicopter

In practice

Families and kinds

aeroplanes

helicopters and rotorcraft

gliders

airships and balloons

unmanned aircraft (drones)

Identifiers

registration mark national prefix plus letters aircraft

ICAO 24-bit address transponder code identification

Standards and regulation

Chicago Convention and ICAO Annexes

EASA regulations

EU drone Regulation 2019/947

Failure modes and hazards

Accidents

Drone flights near airports

Noise and emissions

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.aircraft

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Type Which aircraft.

Type and registration.

Category

Fixed-wing, rotor.

Category

Aircraft category.

  1. What category and model of aircraft is it? definition
  2. Who manufactured it? provenance

Registration

Marks.

Registration

Registration.

  1. What is its registration, and who operates it? provenance
  2. Is it on the public register? provenance
Operation Flying.

Operations are regulated.

Airworthiness

Certification.

Airworthiness

Airworthiness.

  1. Is it certified airworthy? provenance
  2. When was it last maintained? provenance

Rules

Airspace.

Rules

Airspace rules.

  1. Which airspace rules apply to this flight? provenance
  2. Are permissions needed? boundary
Drones Unmanned.

Drones have specific rules.

Categories

Open, specific.

Categories

Drone categories.

  1. Which drone category applies? provenance
  2. Is registration or training required? boundary

Restrictions

No-fly zones.

Restrictions

Restrictions.

  1. Is flying allowed at this location? boundary
  2. Which map shows restrictions? provenance
Safety Incidents.

Safety is central.

Incidents

Reports.

Incidents

Incident reports.

  1. What do official investigation reports say? provenance
  2. Which authority investigated? provenance

Environment

Noise and emissions.

Environment

Environmental impact.

  1. What are its noise and emissions? measurement
  2. Which standard applies? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should aircraft categories be separate entries?
  • How should registrations be linked?
  • How should drone rules be localised?
Draft as JSON