AIRCRAFT
This part of the airplane provides lift.
A wing
The force that pushes rockets upward follows this famous law: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
One of CAP’s three main missions besides Aerospace Education.
Emergency Services
The Wright brothers made their first powered flight in this year.
1903
Clouds that are tall, towering, and associated with thunderstorms.
cumulonimbus clouds
The four forces of flight are lift, weight, thrust, and this.
drag
This layer of Earth’s atmosphere contains most weather and where planes typically fly.
What is the troposphere
This CAP program allows cadets to experience powered flight in small aircraft.
orientation flight (O-flight)
The first man to walk on the Moon.
Neil Armstrong
This weather hazard forms when supercooled water freezes on aircraft wings.
ICE
This control surface controls roll.
ailerons
The first artificial satellite launched into space in 1957.
Sputnik
The CAP achievement where cadets earn their first promotion.
Curry Achievement
This aircraft became the first operational stealth bomber in the U.S. Air Force.
B2
The boundary between two different air masses.
Front
The imaginary line from nose to tail an aircraft rotates around when yawing.
What is the vertical axis
The U.S. space agency responsible for human spaceflight and exploration.
NASA
This aerospace activity involves launching small rockets for education.
model rocketry
This war saw the first large-scale use of jet aircraft.
World War II
Pilots use this weather report that provides hourly surface observations.
METAR
This instrument measures an aircraft’s altitude.
altimeter
This term describes the speed needed to break free from Earth’s gravity without further propulsion.
escape velocity
This major award marks the completion of Phase IV of the Cadet Program.
General Carl A. Spaatz Award
This aircraft was the first to break the sound barrier.
Bell X-1
This phenomenon causes sudden changes in wind speed or direction and can be dangerous during landing.
What is wind shear?