Flight
The son in the Greek story about an escape from prison by mounting bird feathers to make wings and fly away.
Who was Icarus
What is the tear-drop
First true powered flight was in this.
What is a hot air balloon
What is : pertaining to air
He discovered that the pressure of a fluid in motion drops when the fluid accelerates.
Who is Daniel Bernoulli
Chinese sailors attached to kites for military observation was the first "manned aircraft" seen by this man.
Who was Marco Polo
Name all five parts of the wing.
What is the Leading Edge, Trailing Edge, Upper Camber, Lower Camber and the Chord
The three things on the hot air balloon cockpit instrument panel that tells the vertical speed, the temperature inside and outside the balloon, and the height the balloon is flying.
What is variometer, temperature gauge or thermistor, and altimeter
Votex
What is: a spinning column of air that is created behind the wingtip as a result of air moving from an area of high pressure to low pressure
Sir Isaac Newton's three laws of motion. And as a bonus: which one relates to airplane's lift?
What is:
1. object at rest will stay at rest
2. an object moves in the direction of the applied force
3. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
Increasing the angle of attack also increases this.
What is lift
This type of air is more dense. (warm or cold)
What is cold air
These panels made of nylon and dacron are sewn together and can withstand high temperatures and are coated with additives to make them resistant to ultraviolet sunlight damage.
What are gores
Envelope
What is the main body of the balloon
This is where we get the energy for our atmosphere to move horizontally and vertically.
What is the Sun
Four forces that act on an airplane in flight.
What is lift, gravity, thrust, and drag....
For bonus points: which two are natural forces and which two are artificial?
Air flow on top of an airplane wing moves in this way as compared to the air flow below the airplane wing.
Hot air balloons operate on this principle.
What is buoyancy
What is: a column of air that moves upward
What are the ailerons
Name the three axes of an airplane.
What is vertical, lateral, and longitudinal.
For bonus points: Name the movement (roll, pitch, yaw) associated with each axis.
What are flaps
Who are Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier
Dynamic
What is: forces in motion
The force that an engine propeller creates.
What is thrust