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The Wright brothers made their first flight in this year.
What is 1903?
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The busiest airport, which transports more than 50 million passengers per year is
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL)
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This device on the wing increases lift during takeoff in landing.
What is a flap?
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She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
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The reason weather changes is due to
Uneven heating of the Earth's surface
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This organization was founded in 1958 to regulate US air travel.
What is the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)?
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Name this airport
LaGuardia
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this control surface on the trailing edge of the wing helps control roll.
what is the aileron?
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this World War II flying Ace was the first person to break the sound barrier.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
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The three stages of a thunderstorm are
Cumulus, Mature, Dissipating
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The first supersonic commercial airliner.
What is the Concorde?
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a person who directs aircraft on the ground with glowing sticks.
what is a ground marshal?
300
The horizontal part of the tail section used to control pitch.
What is the elevator?
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this Apollo 11 astronaut is honored by the second milestone award for cadets.
who is Neil Armstrong?
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What type of cloud is this?
Cirrus
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The name of the first space shuttle to go into orbit.
What is Columbia?
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Name this airport
Los Angeles (LAX)
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The angle between the wing cord line and the relative wind.
What is angle of attack?
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known as the father of the US Air Force.
who is General Billy Mitchell?
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What conditions are associated with warm, moist air?
High humidity, cumulus type clouds, unstable air, thunderstorms
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This 1937 air disaster involved, a giant German airship.
What is the Hindenburg?
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The first airport these three letter codes, identify airports.
What is an IATA code?
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The curved upper and flatter lower shape of a wing is known as this.
what is an airfoil?
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first chief of staff of the US Air Force.
Who is General Carl A. Spaatz?
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This weather phenomenon caused the crash of Delta 191
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