Aircraft
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This type of aircraft can take off and land vertically
What is a VTOL aircraft?
The three-letter code for Los Angeles International Airport is this.
What is LAX?
The four forces of flight are lift, weight, thrust, and this
What is drag?
This woman was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This device measures an aircraft’s altitude
What is an altimeter?
This large aircraft is known as the “Jumbo Jet.”
What is the Boeing 747?
This area is where passengers go through security checks.
What is the security screening area?
This principle explains how an airplane’s wing generates lift.
What is Bernoulli’s principle?
This WWII bomber is known as “The Flying Fortress.”
What is the B-17?
This device is used by pilots to communicate with air traffic control.
What is a radio?
This type of aircraft has no engines and glides through the air.
What is a glider?
This is where passengers wait to board their flights
What is the boarding gate?
This force keeps the airplane up in the sky.
What is lift?
This famous aviator was known as the "Red Baron."
Who is Manfred von Richthofen?
This is the procedure of exiting an aircraft in an emergency situation
What is an evacuation?
This type of aircraft has two wings, one above the other.
What is a biplane?
This is the first area you go to when you enter the airport to check in.
What is the check-in desk?
This force moves the airplane forward.
What is thrust?
This aviator was the first woman to fly solo around the world.
Who is Jerrie Mock?
This piece of safety equipment is used to slow down an aircraft during landing.
What is a thrust reverser?
This small aircraft is often used for personal travel and can carry just a few passengers.
What is a private plane?
This three-letter code represents the airport in Dubai.
What is DXB?
This force slows the airplane down in the air.
What is drag?
This famous aviator flew across the English Channel in 1909.
Who is Louis Blériot?
This light on the aircraft indicates that the landing gear is properly deployed.
What is the landing gear indicator light?