Husky Aviation & History
Located on the UW campus, this historic building was constructed in 1917 and remains HFC's longstanding "base."
What is Guggenheim Hall?
The 4 fundamental forces acting on an airplane in straight-and-level flight are Lift, Weight, Thrust, and this resisting force.
What is drag?
Known as the most produced general aviation aircraft in human history, this high-wing tricycle-gear trainer is affectionately nicknamed the "Skyhawk."
What is the Cessna 172?
Pilots flying near Seattle often use this prominent 14,411-foot volcanic peak as a primary visual landmark when flying in the Puget Sound area.
What is Mount Rainier?
This iconic aviation pop-culture film featuring Tom Cruise as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell boosted US Navy pilot recruitment by over 500% after its 1986 release.
What is Top Gun?
This major aerospace company, headquartered nearby with deep historic ties to UW, proudly serves as an official industry sponsor for the Husky Flying Club.
What is Boeing?
This mandatory aviation emergency word – repeated three times over the radio – signals that an aircraft is in grave and imminent danger.
What is Mayday?
This iconic supersonic passenger airliner, operated jointly by British Airways and Air France until 2003, could cruise at Mach 2.04 with a drooping needle nose.
What is the Concorde?
Located on the south end of Lake Washington, this airport (KRNT) is where Boeing builds the 737 and is a popular base for local flight training.
What is Renton Municipal Airport?
In 2012, Felix Baumgartner set a world record by free-falling from a helium balloon in the stratosphere from an altitude of over 128,000 feet as part of a mission backed by this energy drink company.
What is Red Bull?
Completed on campus in 1936, this iconic testing facility – named after a UW professor – helped test WWII military aircraft and Boeing prototypes like the 707 and 737.
What is the Kirsten Wind Tunnel (UWAL)?
This dangerous flight condition occurs when air separates over the wing because the critical angle of attack has been exceeded, resulting in a rapid loss of lift.
What is Stall?
Known worldwide as the "Queen of the Skies," this iconic Boeing wide-body airliner featured a distinctive upper-deck hump.
What is the Boeing 747?
Located right next to Boeing Field, this world-renowned air and space museum features an iconic collection including a Concorde, Air Force One, and an SR-71.
What is the Museum of Flight?
This NASA rover landed on Mars in 2021 carrying Ingenuity, the small robotic helicopter that performed the first powered flight on another planet.
What is Perseverance?
Located inside Clark Hall on campus, this is the official name of the Husky Flying Club’s dedicated flight simulator room.
What is Hangar 51?
Swirling currents of air left behind by an aircraft generating lift during takeoff and landing are known as this hazard.
What is Wake Turbulence / Wingtip Vortices?
Made famous by Top Gun, this twin-engine carrier-capable fighter jet featured variable-sweep "swing wings."
What is the F-14 Tomcat?
Located near Bremerton and Tacoma, flying across this iconic body of water is a classic milestone route for local student pilots doing cross-country training.
What is Puget Sound?
In 1947, test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in history flying this rocket-powered Bell aircraft.
What is the Bell X-1?
Known as the "Father of the Boeing 747," this legendary chief engineer graduated from the University of Washington in 1943 with a degree in aeronautical engineering.
Who is Joe Sutter?
Per FAR 91.17, a crewmember cannot act as a required flight crewmember within this many hours after consuming alcohol.
What is 8 hours?
Designed by Kelly Johnson at Lockheed's Skunk Works, this legendary strategic reconnaissance aircraft could fly at speeds above Mach 3.2 at altitudes over 85,000 feet.
What is the SR-71 Blackbird?
The primary airport for Boeing testing, located just 10 miles south of the UW Seattle campus, is known by the ICAO identifier KBFI.
What is Boeing Field (King County International Airport)?
In the opening sequence of Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Maverick pushes an experimental hypersonic stealth aircraft past Mach 10 before it disintegrates in mid-air.
What is the Darkstar?