Miscellaneous
This organization is responsible for regulating civil aviation safety in the United States and oversees the certification of pilots and aircraft.
What is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)?
These control surfaces are located on the wings and are used to roll the aircraft left or right during a turn.
What are ailerons?
This primary instrument displays the aircraft's speed relative to the surrounding air.
What is the airspeed indicator?
This is the primary structure of an aircraft, designed to hold all other components, including wings, tail, and engines.
What is the fuselage?
This force acts downward due to gravity, pulling the aircraft toward the Earth and is dependent on the aircraft's mass.
What is weight?
This term describes the practice of pilots using multiple checkpoints, including navigational aids and terrain features, to plot their flight path.
What is pilotage?
This control surface on the tail of the aircraft is responsible for controlling pitch, allowing the aircraft to climb or descend.
What is the elevator?
This instrument shows the aircraft's altitude above sea level and is crucial for maintaining a safe flight level.
What is the altimeter?
These structural components are essential for providing lift and are mounted on either side of the fuselage.
What are wings?
This aerodynamic force is created by the motion of the aircraft through the air, which pushes it upwards against gravity.
What is lift?
This type of weather phenomena includes thunderstorms, which pose serious risks to flight operations due to turbulence and lightning.
What is convective weather?
This control surface is found on the vertical stabilizer and is used to control the yaw movement of the aircraft.
What is the rudder?
This device indicates the aircraft's orientation relative to the horizon and is critical for maintaining level flight.
What is the artificial horizon (or attitude indicator)?
This term refers to the material commonly used in modern aircraft construction for its light weight and strength, often found in the fuselage and wings.
What is aluminum?
This principle states that the angle of the wing relative to the oncoming air affects lift, especially as the angle increases.
What is angle of attack?
This is a common unit of measurement for aircraft altitude, representing the distance above sea level.
What is feet?
This maneuver is performed using the flight controls to change the aircraft's orientation in three-dimensional space.
What is a bank or turn?
This instrument measures the aircraft's vertical speed, indicating whether it is climbing or descending.
What is the vertical speed indicator (VSI)?
This part of the aircraft provides stability and control, located at the rear and includes surfaces like the elevator and rudder.
What is the empennage?
The shape of the wing, which is designed to create lift, is known as the aircraft’s _________
What is an airfoil?
This term refers to a significant feature on an airport that allows aircraft to land and take off and can be paved or unpaved.
What is a runway?
This system electronically enhances the pilot's control over the aircraft and includes features like autopilot and fly-by-wire technology.
What is an advanced flight control system?
This device helps pilots navigate by displaying directions, including magnetic heading and navigational aids.
What is the heading indicator (or directional gyro)?
This construction technique uses thin layers of material bonded together, providing strength and flexibility in aircraft components like wings
What is composite construction?
This principle explains that an increase in the speed of airflow over the wings results in a decrease in pressure, contributing to lift generation.
What is Bernoulli's Principle?