Aerospace Basics
This is the force that opposes gravity and allows an aircraft to rise into the air.
What is lift?
This control surface on the tail helps move the aircraft nose up or down.
What is the elevator?
These two brothers are credited with the first powered, controlled airplane flight in 1903.
Who are the Wright brothers?
Parker Hannifin is known globally as a leader in this broad technology area.
What are motion and control technologies?
Parker Aerospace supports aircraft with technologies used in flight controls, fuel systems, hydraulics, and this essential aircraft function used to slow or stop the aircraft.
What is braking?
This branch of engineering focuses on aircraft and spacecraft.
What is aerospace engineering?
These wing control surfaces help an aircraft roll left or right.
What are ailerons?
This famous aircraft was flown by Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
What is the Spirit of St. Louis?
Parker Hannifin was founded in this year.
What is 1917?
This Parker technology area uses fluid power to transmit force and motion in aircraft systems.
What are hydraulics?
These are the four major forces acting on an aircraft in flight.
What are lift, weight, thrust, and drag?
This system often uses pressurized fluid to move aircraft components such as landing gear, brakes, and flight controls.
What is a hydraulic system?
This agency was created in 1958 and leads the United States’ civilian space program.
What is NASA?
Parker Hannifin was founded by this person.
Who is Arthur L. Parker?
Parker Aerospace products can support both commercial aircraft and this defense-related aviation market.
What is military aerospace or defense aviation?
This part of an aircraft provides thrust by accelerating air or exhaust backward.
What is an engine or propulsion system?
This measurement describes how high an aircraft is above sea level.
What is altitude?
This aircraft broke the sound barrier in 1947, piloted by Chuck Yeager.
What is the Bell X-1?
Parker Hannifin’s corporate headquarters are located in this Ohio city.
What is Cleveland?
These systems manage the storage, movement, and delivery of fuel within an aircraft.
What are fuel systems?
This term refers to the outer shape of an aircraft and how air flows around it.
What is aerodynamics?
This condition occurs when airflow separates from the wing and lift is greatly reduced.
What is a stall?
This reusable spacecraft program launched astronauts into orbit from 1981 to 2011.
What is the Space Shuttle Program?
Parker Hannifin serves many markets, including aerospace, industrial, transportation, energy, and this broad category involving health and life sciences.
What is life sciences or healthcare?
Parker Aerospace contributes to aircraft reliability by providing engineered systems and components that help control motion, manage fluids, and support this key aviation priority.
What is safety?