Introduction to Flight
(Mod 1)
(Mod 1)
The natural force pulling everything to the earth
What is gravity?
Intake, compression, power, and exhaust
What are the 4 strokes in an airplane cycle?
The sun and the bodies that orbit around it
What is a solar system?
The first man to walk on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
A ________ can be elliptical, spiral, and irregular
What is a galaxy?
Longitudinal, Veritcal, and Lateral
What are the three axes of an aeroplane?
The chemical process of burning
What is combustion?
The two motions of the earth
What is rotation and revolution?
First man in space and the first man to orbit the Earth
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
A _____ is considered a body of hot gases
What is a star?
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's 3rd law?
An airplane cockpit that features electronic instrument displays.
What is a glass cockpit?
This cloud is a fair weather cloud indicating good weather
What is a cumulus cloud?
What is a payload?
_____ is the unit of measurement based on absolute zero and commonly used by scientists to measure temperature
What is Kelvin?
The curved part of an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
What is camber?
A nautical mile, often referred to as a "naut," or "knot," is _____ feet.
(A ground mile is 5,280 feet)
What is 6,076 feet?
*Will accept anywhere from 6,000-6,100*
The apparent deflection of a freely-moving object to the right in the Northern Hemisphere
What is the Coriolis Effect (Force)?
The first US space station
What is Skylab?
The distance equal to 3.26 light years
What is a parsec?
The two brothers that made the first successful hot air balloon
Who are the Montgolfier brothers?
Research has found that 50% of all of the atmosphere's air is located below _____ feet above sea level
What is 18,000 ft?
Usually crosses the US at 30,000-35,000 ft.
What is a jet stream?
In 1926, Goddard achieved the first successful flight with a liquid-propellant rocket. It was fueled by _____.
What is liquid oxygen and gasoline?
The most prominent gas on Jupiter