Airplanes
What are airplanes mainly designed to do?
Fly through the air.
What is the main body of an airplane called?
The fuselage
What are the four forces of flight?
Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag.
What does a pilot use to communicate with Air Traffic Control?
A radio
What famous brothers are credited with making the first successful powered airplane flight?
Orville and Wilbur Wright or the Wright brother.
What part of an airplane provides the most lift?
The wings.
(or Airfoil)
The ailerons
Which force pushes an airplane upward?
Lift
What is the name of the area where airplanes take off and land?
A runway
If an airplane is flying north, what general direction is it heading?
North
What type of plane is designed to to carry lots of passengers?
An airliner or commercial plane.
What control surface makes the airplane's nose move up or down?
The elevator
Which force pulls an airplane toward the earth?
Weight
What do pilots call the person or facility that helps organize and separate aircraft?
Air Traffic Control (ATC)
Name one career in aviation besides being a pilot.
Ex. ATC, aircraft mechanic, flight attendant, etc.
True or False: Every airplane has a propeller.
False
What control surface helps move the airplane's nose left or right?
The rudder
Which force moves an airplane forward?
Thrust
Before flying an airplane, what is one important thing a pilot must do to make sure the aircraft is safe?
Perform a preflight inspection
What do pilots call the movement of an airplane around its vertical axis, causing the nose to move left or right?
Yaw
What is a name for an aircraft that does not use a propeller called?
A jet
What is the name of the part of the airplane that helps keep it stable in flight and includes the horizontal and vertical stabilizers?
The empennage, or tail section
What force works against an airplane as it moves through the air?
Drag
What is the name of the pilot sitting in command of the airplane and responsible for the flight?
The Pilot In Command (PIC)
Your airplane is ready to takeoff, but you notice something doesn't look right during the preflight inspection. What should you do?
Do not take off. Tell an instructor, mechanic, or appropriate person and have the problem checked.