Age of aerospace
Who were the two first people to fly a plane?
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Name the 4 forces of flight
thrust, lift, drag, weight
What are the two major branches of aerospace engineering?
Astronautical branch and the Aeronautical branch.
What percent of people have been on a plane?
A: 5%
When was the first plane flown?
December 17, 1903
How far back does the engineering of aerospace go back to?
Late 19th century to the early 20th century
____ is the Shape of a planes wing
airfoil
What does the engineering of aerospace deal with? Name 2
Constructing planes, spacecraft, missiles, and satellites
What percent of people are afraid of flying?
A: 80%
Where is the aerospace capital of the World?
LA
When did the government fund multiple facilities for making planes?
During major wars
What are the 3 axes of flight
Yaw - left and right, Pitch - up and down, Roll - rolling
How much do workers get paid today for working in aerospace?
113,000 a year
How much money does NASA receive in 2019?
A: 19.9 billion dollars
Weather and clouds are in the ____
Traposphere
How many people were employed in aerospace then vs now
2,000,000 then 90,000 now
How many parts are in a Boeing 747?
6 million parts
How much does each engine weight from a Boeing 747?
A: 9,500
The ______________________________ runs lengthwise down the rocket. The rockets tends to twist about this axis.
longitudinal (roll) axis
How are aeronautics and aerospace different?
evaluate answer
Who founded the first aerospace company and what was it called
William Boeing, Boeing company
What are the main 3 control surfaces of a plane?
Flaps/Ailerons, Rudder, Elevators
When was the first plane made?
December 17, 1903,
Name the 4 main systems of a rocket.
the structural system, the payload system, the guidance system, and the propulsion system
Name the 2 primary Physicists surrounding the principles of flight and what they came up with.
Daniel Bernoulli - Bernoulli's principle
Isaac Newton - Law's of Motion