Space
This manmade object orbits the Earth.
What is a satellite?
He predicted the bombing of Pearl Harbor and paved the way for the US Air Force.
Who is Carl Spatz?
This is the date that the Civil Air Patrol began.
December 1st 1941?
These the control surfaces control the airplanes motion of flight.
What are the ailerons, elevators and rudder?
This tells you your airspeed.
What is an Airspeed indicator?
These are the levels of the atmosphere.
What are the Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere?
This pilot disappeared on July 2,1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
The CAP sank this many U-boats.
What is 2?
The physics of lift are commonly excepted to be based off of this mans scientific findings.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
indicates if the aircraft is in a slip or skid.
What is a Turn Indicator?
This was the first object launched into space.
What was Sputnik?
He was a Lt Gen. in the US Air Force and successfully bombed Japan.
Who is Jimmy Doolittle?
This was the date of the first heavier then air powered flight.
When was December 17, 1903?
These are the four forces of flight.
What is lift, thrust, drag and gravity?
This is a non-magnetic compass.
What is a Heading Indicator?
This is the year man landed on the moon.
What is 1969?
He was the first one to brake the speed of sound.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
He invented the idea of a helicopter.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This is how a helicopter "glides" to the Earth when the engine dies.
What is auto-rotation?
This indicates how fast the aircraft is rising or falling.
This is the difference between a meteor and an asteroid.
What is a meteor is smaller and vaporizes in the earths atmosphere?
She was the first woman to fly an aircraft.
Who is Katherine Wright?
This was when the first rotary flight took place. (helicopter)
When was September 13, 1939?
These are the two theory's of physics of lift.
What is the Venturi Principle and Newtons Laws.
These four instruments are required on all aircraft.
What are the Airspeed Indicator, Artificial Horizon, Altimeter and Heading Indicator?