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Flight
Gliders
Balloons
Famous People
Laws and Science
100
Air in Motion
Wind
100
Sailplane cadets use at Air Force Academy
What is Schweizer TG-4
100
A form of wooden construction used in the baskets.
What is Wicker
100
Father and son who flew towards the sun
What is Daedalus and Icarus
100
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water, one degree celcius.
Calorie
200
Any machine that is capable of flying through the air.
Aircraft
200
Disrupts airflow over upper camber of the wing.
What is Divebreaks or spoilers
200
Another name for a basket
What is Gondola
200
Discovered relationship between pressure and fluids in motion.
Who is Daniel Bernoulli
200
An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by some outside force
Newton’s First Law of Motion.
300
The force which retards the forward movement of an aircraft in flight.
Drag
300
Average rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
What is Lapse rate
300
Container that holds the hot air.
What is Envelope
300
Discovered gravity
Sir Isaac Newton
300
CL X R X 1/2V2 X A
Lift
400
Point where three axes come together
What is Center of Gravity
400
The art of staying aloft by exploiting the energy of the atmosphere
What is Soaring
400
A measure of heat
What is British Thermal Unit or BTU
400
Two French brothers who created the first successful, manned hot air balloon
Mongolfier Brothers
400
Also known as Bernoullian Lift
Induced lift
500
The flow of air which moves opposite the flight path of an airplane.
What is Relative Wind
500
A column of air that moves upward
What is Thermal
500
Material that covers the vent
What is Parachute
500
Made a flight over Paris on November 21, 1783.
Pilatre d’Rozier and Francois d’Arlandes
500
Dynamic lift is example of this Newton Law
Third Law of Motion