History
This pair of siblings are generally regarded as having invented the Airplane.
Who are The Wright Brothers?
This part of an aircraft gives it the lift to fly.
What is the Wing?
This Force of flight slows the aircraft while in the air. The opposing force to it is Thrust.
What is Drag?
The acronym "ATC" stands for this.
What is Air Traffic Control?
This is the name of a structure usually used to house aircraft.
What is a Hangar?
The first Moon Landing occurred in this year.
This part of an aircraft is what it rests on while sitting on the ground.
This Physicist wrote 3 laws of motion.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The acronym "NASA" stands for this.
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
This is the actual color of the infamous "Black Box", a box that records audio from the cockpit of a plane in case of a crash.
What is the colour Orange?
This person was the first pilot to break the speed of sound.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
This is the main part of an airplane that contains most of the components, especially any cargo and passengers.
What is the Fuselage?
These are the four main forces of flight.
What are Thrust, Drag, Lift, and Weight?
The acronym "GPS" stands for this.
What is Global Positioning System?
This famous mission was the first to land on the moon.
What is the Apollo 11?
This person is regarded as the "Father of Rocketry"
Who is Robert Goddard?
This part of a plane controls the pitch of the aircraft.
What are the Elevators?
This is the name of the type of energy that an object has when in motion.
What is Kinetic Energy?
The acronym "FAA" stands for this.
What is Federal Aviation Administration?
This satellite was the first artificial satellite to be in orbit and started the space race between the USA and USSR.
What is the Sputnik?
The first Jet and Rocket powered aircraft were built by this country.
What is Germany?
This part of an aircraft, not included on every plane, increases the lift by lowering a section of the trailing edge of the wing.
What are the flaps?
This principle of physics explains how changes between speed and pressure are correlated, and is the principle that explains how planes fly.
What is Bernoulli's Principle?
The acronym "VFR" stands for this.
What is Visual Flight Rules?
This famous aircraft was the main aircraft flown in the hit movie "Top Gun".
What is the F-14 Tomcat?