PHYSICS
TERM WHICH MEANS "3 TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND
WHAT IS MACH-3?
THE FIRST JUMBO JET, BUILT BY DOUGLAS
WHAT WAS THE DC-10?
IN 1911, SHE BECAME THE FIRST LICENSED FEMALE PILOT
WHO IS HARRIET QUIMBY?
THE PART OF THE PROPELLER WITH THE HIGHEST ROTATIONAL SPEED
WHAT IS THE TIP?
MOTION ABOUT THE LATERAL AXIS
WHAT IS PITCH?
PRINCIPLE WHICH STATES AS THE VELOCITY OF A FLUID INCREASES ITS PRESSURE DECREASES
WHAT IS BERNOULLI'S PRINCIPLES?
BOEING PLANE WHICH BECAME STANDARD COMMERCIAL LONG-RANGE PLANE OF THE 1960'S
WHAT IS THE BOEING 707?
HE DESIGNED AND FLEW THE FIRST 4 ENGINE AIRCRAFT
WHO WAS IGOR SIKORSKY?
HIS THREE LAWS OF MOTION CONTROLS THE FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT
WHO WAS SIR ISAAC NEWTON?
MOTION ABOUT THE VERTICAL AXIS
WHAT IS YAW?
RUNNING YOUR HAND OVER A PIECE OF SANDPAPER WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF DRAG
WHAT IS FRICTION DRAG?
HE DESIGNED THE FIRST TURBOJET ENGINE FOR USE IN AN AIRPLANE
WHO WAS FRANK WHITTLE?
HE WON THE 1908 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TROPHY AND THE 1909 GORDON BENNETT TROPHY
WHO IS GLENN CURTIS?
MARQUIS FRANCOIS D'ARLANDES AND PILATRE D'ROZIER PERFORMED THE FIRST ASCENT IN THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT
WHAT IS A HOT AIR BALLOON?
MOTION ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS
WHAT IS ROLL?
THE FOUR FORCES OF FLIGHT
WHAT ARE LIFT, DRAG, WEIGHT AND THRUST?
BRISTOL AIRPLANE AND SUD-AVIATION TOGETHER BUILT THIS AIRCRAFT WHICH RETIRED IN 2003
WHAT WAS THE CONCORDE?
BUILT THE FIRST MONOPLANE, ALSO BUILT 11 PLANES BEFORE BUILDING ONE THAT COULD CROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
WHO WAS LOUIS BLEROT?
SIMPLE NAME FOR AIR IN MOTION
WHAT IS WIND?
MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DISTANCE AN AIRCRAFT WILL GLIDE FORWARD TO THE ALTITUDE LOSS
WHAT IS GLIDE RATIO?
THE FIRST TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT
WHAT WAS THE BEECH CRAFT TWIN BONANZA?
ALCOHOL CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF MENTAL POWERS (DEMENTIA)
WHAT IS TRUE? ALCOHOL IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEMENTIA. THE LEADING CAUSE IS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE GROUP WERE AMERICANS WHO FLEW FOR THIS COUNTRY IN THIS WAR
WHAT IS FRANCE IN WWI?
PRINCIPLE WHICH STATES THAT THE PRESSURE OF A FLUID, WHEN ACCELERATED, DECREASES
WHAT IS BERNOULLI'S PRINCIPLE?
THE RATIO OF THE WINGSPAN TO THE WING CHORD
WHAT IS ASPECT RATIO?