Forces of Flight
What is the force that is pulling an aircraft down?
A: Lift
B:Drag
C: Thrust
D: Weight
D-Weight
What is the only planet in the solar system to contain complex life?
Earth
Which of the following are NOT hazardous weather forms?
A: Tornados
B: Hurricanes
C: Blizzards
D: Cirrus clouds
D-Cirrus Clouds
What WWI Officer is considered the father of the Air Force?
Billy Mitchell
What is currently the only planet with Rovers on it?
Mars
What is the force of flight that propels an aircraft forward?
Thrust
What planet has lost its title of planet and now uses the title of “Dwarf Planet”?
Pluto- forever a planet in our hearts!
Which are the dangers of a thunderstorm to flying?
A: Hail
B: Microbursts
C: Lightning
D: All of the Above
D-All of the Above
Who was the first female fighter pilot?
A: Amelia Earhart
B: Jeannie M. Leavitt
C: Amy Johnson
B: Jeannie Leavitt
What is the calmest part of a hurricane called?
Eye
What is the force that opposes Thrust? (Backwards motion)
Drag
What Gas Giant contains the most moons?
A: Jupiter
B: Saturn
C: Uranus
What is worse, a weather watch or a weather warning?
Weather Warning
Who is the pilot that embodied the code of conduct after being captured when he ejected from his aircraft during the Vietnam War?
Lance P. Sijan
It is very dangerous to fly through storms, but what is the name of the Air Force Unit that regularly flies through hurricanes?
53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, AKA the Hurricane Hunters
What is the force that opposes weight and enables an aircraft to go up?
What planet contains a large, red, anticyclone ?
Jupiter
What kind of shelter should you go to if there’s a tornado imminent? Bonus points for the position to take to protect one’s head
Basement or inside room with no windows
Brig. Gen. Robin Olds
What planet does it take longer to rotate on its axis than it does to go around the sun?
A:Venus
B:Neptune
C: Jupiter
D: Mars
A-Venus
Which of the following forces of flight are opposites (Pick 2):
A: Lift and Weight
B: Drag and Weight
C: Thrust and Drag
D: Thrust and Lift
A-Lift and Weight
C-Thrust and Drag
Neptune
What is the difference between a hurricane, typhoon, and a cyclone?
Where the disturbance formed.
What is the first conflict the Air Force served in as their own separate branch, no longer connected to the Army?
World War II
What was the Wright Brothers’ jobs before they created the Wright flyer?
They owned the Wright Cycle Co, a bike shop