Famous Aircraft
This Boeing “Jumbo Jet” revolutionized long-distance air travel in the 1970s.
What is the Boeing 747?
He was the first human to step on the Moon in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in this year.
What is 1903?
The airport code “JFK” belongs to this city.
What is New York City?
The upward force that opposes gravity is called this.
What is lift?
This stealth bomber, nicknamed the “Spirit,” has a distinctive flying wing design.
What is the B-2 Spirit?
This planet is nicknamed the “Red Planet.”
What is Mars?
Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic in this aircraft.
What is the Spirit of St. Louis?
This airline uses a red maple leaf as its logo.
What is Air Canada?
The four main forces of flight are lift, weight, thrust, and this one.
What is drag?
This supersonic jet, operated by British Airways and Air France, was retired in 2003.
What is the Concorde?
The first space station launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 was called this.
What is Salyut 1?
This pioneering woman disappeared while attempting to fly around the world in 1937.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
Dubai International Airport is the home base of this airline.
What is Emirates?
The rear part of an airplane that helps control yaw is called this.
What is the rudder?
The Lockheed SR-71, known as this, was capable of speeds over Mach 3.
What is the Blackbird?
This NASA rover landed on Mars in 2012 and was named for determination.
What is Curiosity?
This World War II bomber dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
What is the Enola Gay?
The world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic is located in this U.S. city.
What is Atlanta?
Airflow separation over a wing at high angles of attack causes this dangerous loss of lift.
What is a stall?
This massive Soviet cargo aircraft remains the heaviest airplane ever built.
What is the Antonov An-225 Mriya?
This space probe, launched in 1977, is now the farthest human-made object from Earth.
What is Voyager 1?
The first jet airliner, introduced in 1952, was this British aircraft.
What is the de Havilland Comet?
The airport code “SYD” stands for this major Australian airport.
What is Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport?
This mathematical principle, discovered by a Swiss physicist, explains how pressure differences create lift.
What is Bernoulli’s Principle?