Airports
This airport area is where passengers check in, go through security, and board flights
What is the terminal?
This force pushes an aircraft forward through air
What is thrust?
This is the most commonly used trainer aircraft in the world
What is the Cessna 172?
What is TSA (Transportation Security Administration)?
These two brothers are credited with making the first successful powered airplane flight near Kitty Hawk, NC in 1903
What are the Wright brothers?
The airport identifier for Orlando International is this
What is MCO?
Flight control surface of the aircraft that controls yaw
What is the rudder?
What is the largest airliner aircraft in the world
What is the Airbus A380?
This airline is headquartered in Atlanta and is currently the largest airline in the world by revenue
What is Delta Air Lines?
This national administration was founded in 1958 amidst the heat of the Cold War and led space missions to the moon
What is NASA?
Runways are numbered based on what?
What is magnetic heading?
The speed at which an aircraft's wing can no longer produce enough lift to maintain flight is called
What is stall speed?
This supersonic airliner was famous for traveling across the Atlantic at record times until retired in 2003
What is the Concorde?
Airlines like Southwest and Spirit follow this business model focused on low fares and fewer amenities
What is a low cost carrier?
This famous female aviator disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world
Who is Amelia Earhart?
The paved area where aircraft park, refuel, and load passengers is called this
What is the apron (or ramp)?
This axis runs from wingtip to wingtip and controls the aircraft's pitch.
What is lateral axis?
What aircraft is known as the, "Queen of the Skies"
What is the Boeing 747?
When an airline deliberately sells more tickets than available seats to account for passenger no-shows, it is practicing this:
What is overbooking?
This 1937 aviation disaster that involving a German airship occurred while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey
What is the Hindenburg disaster?
What is Denver International Airport (DEN)?
This principle explains how faster-moving air over a wing creates a lower pressure area, contributing to lift
What is Bernoulli's Principle?
This United States stealth aircraft was often called the first operational stealth fighter. It was involved in an incident being shot down over Serbia in 1999.
What is the F-117 Nighthawk?
This United Nations aviation body sets global standards for airline operation, safety, and international air travel (makes rules for proper radio etiquette/jargon)
What is ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)?
This Boeing aircraft introduced in 1958 became the first successful American commercial jet airliner
What is the Boeing 707?