Airplane Stuff
Weather
Space
Famous People
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
F 117
100
The Sun
What is the fundamental cause of our weather?
100
Mercury
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
100
Neil Armstrong
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
200
Roll, Pitch Yaw
What are the 3 axis of a plane?
200
Wind
What is a body of air in motion?
200
A constellation
A group of stars is called what?
200
Alan Shepard
Who was the first American in space?
300
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
What does "UAV" stand for?
300
an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation.
What is the Coriolis force effect?
300
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Who was the second man to walk on the moon?
300
Dr. Robert Goddard
Who is known as "the Father of Modern Rocketry"?
400
Lift, Thrust, Gravity, Drag
What are the four forces acting upon an airplane in flight?
400
A Thermal
A column of air that moves vertically is known as what?
400
Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, Artemis
What is order of the space programs?
400
Sir Isaac Newton
Who laid the scientific foundation for modern rocketry with his laws of motion?
500
Knots
Airspeed is commonly described in what unit of measurement?
500
How many tornadoes are reported annually in the US?
700
500
It was the theory that suggested that the sun was at the center and all the planets revolved around it
What is the Heliocentric Theory?
500
Amelia Earhart
Who is the famous aviatrix that disappeared while attempting to circumnavigate the globe?