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He made the first powered, controlled flight on December 17, 1903.
Who is Orville Wright?
100
This aircraft, introduced by Boeing in 2007, is known for its carbon-fiber composite construction and fuel efficiency.
What is the Boeing 787 Dreamliner?
100
This aircraft made the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903.
What is the Wright Flyer?
100
This part of the airplane provides lift.
What is the wing?
100
This puffy, cotton-like cloud type is often seen on fair-weather days.
What is cumulus?
200
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
200
This Airbus model is the world's largest passenger airliner.
What is an airbus A380?
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This supersonic airliner flew passengers across the Atlantic in under 4 hours until it was retired in 2003.
What is the Concorde?
200
Flaps primarily increase this aerodynamic force.
What is lift and drag?
200
This thin, wispy high-level cloud is made of ice crystals and signals fair weather or a change coming.
What is cirrus?
300
This Brazilian aviation pioneer claimed to have made the first public flight in Europe in 1906.
Who is Alberto Santos-Dumont?
300
This 5th-generation stealth fighter became operational in the U.S. Air Force in 2015.
What is the F-35 Lightning II?
300
This stealth bomber, known for its distinctive flying wing shape, is nearly invisible to radar.
What is a B-2 Spirit?
300
This speed is best rate of climb.
What is VY?
300
These gray, sheet-like clouds cover the whole sky and often bring steady rain.
What is nimbostratus?
400
He broke the sound barrier in 1947 flying the Bell X-1.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
400
In 2019, this aircraft set the record for the fastest subsonic commercial flight from New York to London, completing the trip in under 5 hours.
What is the Boeing 747?
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Known for its role in WWII, this American bomber dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What is the B-29 Superfortress?
400
This occurs when the critical angle of attack is exceeded.
What is stall?
400
This high-altitude cloud type often creates a halo around the sun or moon.
What is cirrostratus?
500
Known as “The Father of the Jet Engine,” this British engineer revolutionized high-speed aviation.
Who is Sir Frank Whittle?
500
This cutting-edge vertical takeoff and landing aircraft is being developed by Joby Aviation for urban air mobility.
What is an eVTOL(electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing vehicle)?
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Nicknamed "Blackbird," this high-altitude reconnaissance jet still holds the record for fastest air-breathing manned aircraft.
What is the SR-71?
500
A pilot departs a high-elevation airport on a hot summer afternoon. The aircraft’s indicated altitude is 5,000 feet, but it performs as though it’s at 8,500 feet. This performance loss is due to this condition.
What is high density altitude?
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These clouds resemble cotton balls scattered across the sky at mid-level altitude.
What is Altocumulus?