Fixed vs Rotary Wing Aircraft
The type of aircraft relies on wings that do not move to generate lift?
What is a fixed-wing aircraft?
The system that alerts pilots to potential terrain collisions.
What is the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS)?
The role of an Aircraft Maintenance Technician.
What is to perform inspections and maintenance on aircraft?
Name the four main forces acting on an aircraft during flight.
What are lift, weight, thrust, and drag?
The two brothers credited with the first successful powered flight.
Who are the Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur?
This type of aircraft can hover and take off vertically?
What is a rotary-wing aircraft?
The most common maintenance checks performed on aircraft.
What is the A, B, C, D and Flight checks?
The educational requirement that is typically needed to become a pilot.
What is a commercial pilot’s license?
The wings shape that creates a pressure difference that generates lift.
What is Bernoulli’s Principle?
The significant event in aviation that occurred in 1903.
What is the first successful controlled airplane flight?
Name one example of a fixed-wing aircraft.
What is a Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, Airbus A320, A310, A330, Embraer
Name a safety feature designed to protect pilots during impacts.
What is a reinforced cockpit?
The kind of technician that specializes in aircraft electrical systems.
What is an Aircraft Electrician (Wire chaser)?
The part of an aircraft that controls its yaw movement.
What is the rudder?
The major aircraft introduced in 1970.
What major aircraft was introduced in 1970?
The primary function of the rotor blades in a helicopter.
What is to generate lift?
The function of the crumple zones in aircraft safety?
What is how they absorb energy during an impact to protect passengers?
The primary focus of an Avionics Technician.
What are the aircraft's electronic systems (Radar, navigation, Flight controls, etc.)?
The role of flaps during takeoff and landing.
What increases the lift and drag to facilitate safe takeoffs and landings?
The importance of the Giffard Dirigible in aviation history.
What is one of the first successful airships, demonstrating controlled flight?
Compare the speed and range of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.
What are the Fixed-wing aircraft typically fly faster and cover longer distances than rotary-wing aircraft?
The role of avionics maintenance in aircraft operation.
What is to ensure the functionality and compliance of electronic systems?
The primary responsibilities of a Maintenance Manager in aviation.
Who is the oversite for all maintenance operations and ensure regulatory compliance?
The fixed-wing aircraft generates lift through these three parts of the plane.
What does the engine create with the elevators, and the wing shape?
The DC-4 (C-54) is considered innovative for its time compared to its predecessor DC-3 (C-47)?
Why the introduction of features like cabin pressurization (first aircraft to fly above clouds) and tricycle landing gear were major improvements?