Aviation
The four forces of flight
What are lift, weight, thust, and drag?
These two countries were a part of the "Space Race" to land a human on the moon
What are the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia)?
The name of the government agency that oversees aviation
What is the Federal Aviation Administration?
What the acronym "sUAS" stands for
What is Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems?
Instructor Theresa's favorite snack
Bacon
The modern navigation system that uses a constellation of satellites to transmit time signals for 3-D positioning
What is GPS?
The name of our galaxy
What is the Milky Way?
The word air traffic controllers and pilots say that means "I understand"
What is "Roger?"
Lithium and LiPo batteries that are bulging or damaged can cause these hazards
What is exploding, catching fire, and/or having a thermal runaway?
Instructor Dazha's favorite hobby.
What is roller skating?
The most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
The name of the science lab 250 miles above Earth that was built by many different countries
International Space Station (ISS)
The hazardous attitude where someone believes "It won't happen to me"
What is invulnerability?
The part (or number) of the regulation that covers UAS / drone regulations
What is Part 107?
Instructor Quin'Shay's branch of the military
What is the United States Air Force?
The tube on an an airplane that measures the speed of the airplane as it passes through the air
What is a pitot tube?
The acronym NASA stands for this
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
The person at an airline who creates flight plans
What is a dispatcher?
The name of the test that all UAS / drone pilots must take before flying recreationally (NOT commercially)
What is the TRUST test? (The Recreational UAS Safety Test)
Sport Instructor Tron played in college
What is football?
The class of airspace that surrounds the nation’s busiest airports
What is Class B?
The unit of measuring that is equivalent to the distance between the Earth and Sun
What is an Astronomical unit (au)?
The name of the basic license an aviation maintenance technician (aircraft mechanic) should get
What is the A & P (Airframe and Powerplant) license?
The highest altitude a sUAS may fly in most areas without a waiver
What is 400 feet above ground level?
Airplane type the 717 is built upon
DC-9