Theory of Flight
This happens when an airfoil exceeds the critical angle of attack.
What is a stall?
This control in the cockpit is used by the pilot to control the roll and pitch attitudes of the aircraft.
What is the yoke?
This term is used to describe the assembly that supports the aircraft on the ground and during takeoff/landings.
What is the landing gear?
These two bicycle mechanics from Dayton, OH, became the first to successfully create controlled, powered flight in 1903.
Who are the Wright brothers?
What is an initial contact?
Thrust, lift, weight and drag--these basic principles of flight are called these.
What are the four forces of flight?
This control surface rests on the vertical stabilizer and controls the aircraft's yaw.
What is the rudder?
This part of an aircraft covers around the engine (we saw an RV taxi without this!)
What is an engine cowling?
This pilot became the first man to solo fly an uninterrupted course over the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
This method of navigation relies on reference to visual landmarks--look Mom, I can see the Eiffel Tower!
What is pilotage?
When thrust is greater than drag, the aircraft will do this.
What is accelerate forwards?
These controls are used by the pilot to taxi the aircraft on the ground and to move the rudder.
What are the rudder pedals?
These four strokes describe how a piston engine operates--they can also describe how a turboprop, turbofan, and turbojet engine manipulate air.
What is intake, compression, power, and exhaust?
This aviator to was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean by herself.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
When a fuel/air mixture has more fuel than air, it is called this kind of mixture.
What is a rich mixture?
This principle describes why there is low pressure on top of the wing and higher pressure on the bottom
What is Bernoulli's principle?
This main category of control surfaces are used by the pilot to maneuver the aircraft and to change its attitude
What are primary control surfaces?
This French word describes the arrow-like tail of the aircraft.
What is the empennage?
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This airport is notorious for being the most busy and air traffic-heavy airport in the entire world.
What is Atlanta Airport (KATL)?
This reference number defines what altitude the plane feels like its flying at.
What is density altitude?
An aircraft will yaw, pitch, and roll around this imaginary point.
What is the center of gravity (CG)?
This aircraft component mixes fuel and air before it enters the engine--we don't have it on fuel injected planes.
What is the carburetor?
This U.S. Army Air Forces (later Air Force) pilot became the first to break the sound barrier over the California desert in 1947.
Who was Chuck Yeager?
The names of these two counselors had a blast this week teaching you all about aviation.