Physics
Lift, Drag, Thrust, and Gravity (weight)
What are the four forces of flight?
The device that measures a plane's speed as it flies through the air.
What is a speedometer?
The three basic types of clouds.
What are Cumulus, Stratus, and Cirrus?
The bomber named after Billy Mitchell after he flew one in his demonstration of the power of aircraft to the Army and Navy.
What is the B-25 Mitchell?
They developed gunpowder and rockets?
What did the Chinese do?
"For every action, there is an equal, but opposite, reaction."
What is Newton's Third Law of Physics?
What a tachometer measures.
What is engine speed?
The scale used to estimate wind speed.
What is the Beaufort Scale?
The Naval aircraft used in the Blue Angles.
What is the F-18 Hornet
The Greek scientist who developed the first rocket engine.
Who was Hero?
The Coreolis Effect
What is the discovery that air (or water) passing over a curved surface will follow go down off the other side, creating extra lift?
A system in which all the instruments are put onto one or two bigger screens.
What is a glass cockpit?
A global area of calm winds.
What is a doldrum?
The aircraft originally called "Goblin" during Operation Desert Storm.
What is the F-117 Nighthawk?
The number of satellites used in the Global Positioning System.
What is 24?
Hot air rising in a column.
What is a thermal?
Cylinder arrangements for reciprocating aircraft engines. (four types)
What are "in-line," "horizontally opposed in-line," "'v' in-line,' and "radial."
The four layers of the atmosphere. (in order of distance from the surface)
What are the Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere?
The incident in 1982 where four of six Thunderbirds (in T-6 Texans) crashed, killing all four pilots.
What is the "Diamond Crash of 1982?"
The first man in space, a Soviet.
Who was Major Yuri Gagarin?
Newton's counterpart; discovered the air pressure/air velocity differential.
Who was Daniel Bernoulli?
The four strokes of the four-stroke reciprocating engine.
What are Intake, Compression, Ignition, and Exhaust?
The five gases that make up about 99.5% of the air in the atmosphere.
(4/5 will get the points)
What are Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Carbon Dioxide, and water vapor?
Number of variations of the F-15.
BONUS: Name them.
What is 9?
(F-15 A/B/C/D Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-15 I Israeli, F-15J Japanese, F-15SE Silent Eagle, and F-15X)
They were all advancements accredited to the space program.
(give at least 4)
What do {any four from the list in AE Module 6, pp. 39-41} have in common?