Aviation Vocab
What is an aircraft?
a vehicle like an airplane or helicopter that can travel through the air and that is supported by its own lightness or by the action of the air against it's surfaces
What did the Wright Brothers invent?
The Flying Machine
What does innovation mean?
To come up with new ideas, methods or devices.
What is the cockpit?
a space in an airplane for the pilot
Who wanted to design a plane with sloping wings to glide like a bird and have a cockpit for 2?
Emma Lilian Todd
What is aviation?
The flying of an aircraft and the design and making of one.
What did the Montgolfier's brothers invent?
The Hot Air Balloon
The act of showing, exhibiting, or arranging something in open view, or the device used to present information visually
What is altitude?
the height of something above the level of a sea, like an airplane
What is Amelia Earhart known for?
She was first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
What is a glider?
an aircraft similar to an airplane but without an engine
How did Alberto Santos-Dumont improve the Wright Brothers design?
He invented the one wing airplane.
Firefighters decended a pole to quickly get out of the firehouse.
What does the word descend mean?
Moved from a higher place or level to a lower one
What is a propeller?
A device with two or more blades that turn quickly and cause a ship or aircraft to move.
Why did Igor Sikorsky's plane stall?
A mosquito blocked the fuel line, but it did not crash!
What is an aerostat?
Light than air aircraft like a balloon or blimp
What did Emma Lilian Todd not like about the first full sized airplanes?
They were not practical; they were not as useful or functional as they could be.
What does invest mean?
The motor sputters whenever I step on the gas pedal.
What does sputter mean?
To make explosive popping sounds
How did the Tuskegee Airmen help change some of the segregation laws?
The proved that African Americans could flu airplanes and do a lot of other jobs very well
The weight of the ships ballast was 345 tons.
What does ballast mean?
Heavy material used to make a ship steady or to control the rising of a balloon.
Who is Igor Sikorsky?
He piloted the first successful single-main-rotor helicopter in the United States
Who is an airman?
What does a rotor do?
a system of spinning blades that support a helicopter in the air
What does WASP stand for?
Women Airforce Service pilots. A civil aviation unit that was started during World War II to assist in the war effort.