Module 1
The first true powered flight with humans on board.
What is a hot air balloon?
Two kinds of control towers.
What are uncontrolled and controlled towers?
The three main types of clouds.
What are cumulus, stratus, cirrus?
Considered the "Father of Modern Rocketry"
What/who is Robert Goddard?
The Sun and the bodies that orbit around it.
What is the solar system?
The three axes of an airplane.
What is/are longitudinal, lateral and vertical axes?
Designed to transmit a distress signal and then lead rescuers to the site.
What is an ELT? (Emergency Locator Transmitter)
One nautical mile.
What is 6,076 feet?
This private spaceflight company won the Ansari X-prize in 2004.
What is Scaled Composites?
The first human in space.
What/who is Yuri Gagarin?
The four forces affecting aircraft in flight.
What are lift, thrust, drag and gravity?
The four stroke (5 event) operating cycle of a reciprocating engine.
What are Intake, Compression, Ignition, Power, and Exhaust.
The four types of weather fronts.
What are cold, warm, occluded and stationary fronts?
The four main systems of a rocket.
What is the airframe, guidance, control, and propulsion systems?
Considered the "Fastest Man Alive"
Who is Andy Green?
Cooling with an increase in latitude.
What is lapse rate?
Used to stop ice buildup in carburetors.
What is carburetor heat control?
Comes from cumulonimbus clouds.
What are thunderstorms?
A chamber enclosing a gas under pressure.
What is a rocket?
Took first pictures of Mercury.
What is Mariner 10?
UAV used for fighting wildfires in California.
What is Ikhana?
Most airplanes are equipped with a _____ volt electrical system.
What is 14-28?
This scale tells the severity of tornado damage.
What is the Fujita Damage Scale?
How many sponsors does the Bloodhound SSC currently have?
What is 166?
What is Venus?