Aircraft History
Aerodynamics
Aircraft Identification
Parts of an Aircraft
Misc
100
In what year did the Wright brothers make their first powered flight.
1903
100
What force must the engine of a plane overcome to pull the plane forwards?
Drag
100
Name one British or American WWII fighter plane?
Hawker hurricane, spitfire, P-51, P-47, P-39 Airacobra, P-63 Kingcobra, etc.
100
What are the three control surfaces on a plane that control it's movement?
The rudder, the ailerons, and the elevator. There are additional control surfaces such as flaps, airbrakes, and spoilers on gliders but these are not always used.
100
Name one of the two biggest commercial aviation aircraft producers.
Airbus or Boeing.
200
Who pushed for the creation of the air force as a separate branch of the armed services?
Billy Mitchell.
200
What is a fluid dynamics simulator?
A fluid dynamics simulator simulates the water or airflow around an object. This can be used like a digital wind tunnel for aircraft.
200
What aircraft is this?
That is the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
200
What does a tachometer measure?
A tachometer measure RPMs of the engine.
200
What major aircraft company build both the F-35 Lightening ii and the F-22 Raptor?
Lockheed Martin
300
What German WWII dive bomber was notorious for its terrifying dive sirens?
The Ju-87 Stuka.
300
Name 3 different types of aircraft engine.
Piston engine, Turbofan engine, Turboprop engine, Turbojet engine, Ramjet engine, Scramjetengine, Turbo-ramjet engine, and turboshaft engine.
300
What US arial demonstration team has a blue and yellow paint scheme and flies F-18s?
The Naval aviator demonstration team named the blue angels.
300
What are the six mandatory flight instruments?
Airspeed indicator, altimeter, Vertical speed indicator, attitude indicator, heading indicator, and turn coordinator.
300
What plane set the world speed record for an aircraft powered by air breathing jet enigines? (This excludes rocket engines)?
The record is held by the SR-71 Blackbird at 2,193.2 MPH.
400
In what year did the F-35 take its first test flight?
2006
400
How do gliders stay in the air with no engine?
Glider pilots attempt to catch warm columns of air called thermals. When they catch a thermal the rising hot air will allow their glider to gain altitude.
400
What plane was affectionately nicknamed the "thud"?
The "Thud" was a nickname for the F-105 thunderchief.
400
What are canards?
Canards are small wings that are forward of the main wing of an aircraft. They are often used on forward swept wing designs and on tailless aircraft.
The orange outlined wing is a canard.
400
What was the first jet passenger aircraft?
The DeHavilland Comet.
500
DAILY DOUBLE:
Who was the first person to break the sound barrier?What year did he break the sound barrier? And what plane carried him through the barrier?
Chuck yaegar was the first person to break the sound barrier in 1947 flying the Bell X-1.
500
How does a ramjet produce thrust?
Heating air makes it expand, because of this a ramjet has to be at very high speeds to operate as it has no fan to suck the air into the engine. The air is rammed into the engine as it travels through the air at very high speeds, is heated, and then expands and comes out the rear of the engine at VERY high speeds. Because of this Ramjets are one of the simplest and most efficient jet engines.
500
What planes is this?
This plane is the U-2 spy plane also known as the U-2 Dragon Lady.
500
In the aviation world what is a blackbox?
A blackbox is a highly protected recording device the records all the flight instruments, radio messages, cockpit chatter, and GPS locations of an aircraft. It records this so that if the plane crashes, investigators will know why it crashed.