Vocabulary
A vehicle used to push an aircraft backwards while on the tarmac
What is a push back vehicle?
An airline with a triangle as its logo
What is Delta Airlines?
A manufacturing company that is headquartered in Seattle, WA
What is Boeing?
The most manufactured commercial aircraft
What is the 737?
Used to power the entire aircraft
What is the engine?
Shaking of an aircraft due to bad weather conditions
What is turbulence?
The oldest airline in the United States
TWA
An aircraft manufacturer that is located in France
What is Airbus?
The first flight of the Airbus A300 took place in what year
What is 1972?
Used to land on runways and help an airplane slow down after flight
What are wheels?
The aerodynamic force that opposes an aircraft's motion while in the air
What is drag?
An airline that has a logo that is light blue and red in the shape of an airplane tail
What is American Airlines?
A company that manufactures small airplanes for use on short runways
What is Bombardier?
the Super Guppy transporter was succeeded by
What is the Beluga?
To help balance the aircraft while it is in the air
What are wings?
A long strip of land used for airplanes to speed up before taking off
What is a runway?
A US airline that has a blue and gold logo
What is United Airlines?
An airplane manufacturer that is based in Brazil
Embraer Aerospace
This facility joins existing final assembly lines in Hamburg; Toulouse; and Tianjin, China
What is Mobile?
Used to slow down and create drag while the aircraft is still in the air
What are the flaps?
A part that is attached to the engine and is used to slow airplanes down while flying in intense winds
What is reverse thrust?
A German airline with blue and yellow in its logo
What is Luftansa Airlines?
A Ukranian manufacturer that built airplanes during the Soviet Era
What is Antonov?
Founded in 1957 with the fundamental business idea of trading surplus parts from old aircraft
What is Satair?
External part used to steer an aircraft while in the air and during cross-winds
What is a rudder?