Forces of Flight
Force of flight that pushes the aircraft forward
What is thrust?
Surface that rotates the aircraft around the vertical axis
What is rudder (vertical stabilizer)?
Axis that runs from nose to tail?
What is longitudinal axis?
The year that the first ever airplane took flight
What/when is 1903?
How many parts is a 747 made of?
What is/how much is six million parts?
Force of flight that helps ____ the aircraft off the ground
What is lift
Surface that rolls the aircraft around the longitudinal axis
What is ailerons?
The three axes of flight
What are roll, pitch, and yaw?
The international language of flight, according to the ICAO
What is English?
True/False: The name for Apple was created when Steve Jobs was in court, needed a name, and happened to be eating an apple.
False (He was on a fruitarian diet and came back from an apple farm and thought the name sounded “fun, spirited and not intimidating.”)
Force of flight that slows the aircraft or keeps it from moving forward
What is drag?
Surface that rotates the aircraft around the lateral axis
What is elevator (horizontal stabilizer)?
The rotation around the longitudinal Axis
What is Roll?
Why are flight crew not allowed to eat the same meal, or they must eat it 30 minutes after another crew member?
What is (the potential for) food poisoning?
What country is Airbus's headquarters located?
What/where is France? (bonus 200 if you can name the city)
Force of flight that is also what pulls objects toward the center of the earth
What is gravity?
Surface that creates lift
What is wings?
The rotation around the lateral axis
What is Pitch?
How far did the Wright Brother's first flight fly?
What is 120 feet?
True/False/Other: Humpty Dumpty was an egg
Never specified
Four Forces of Flight
What is/are thrust, lift, drag, weight/gravity?
Surface (mostly on large aircraft) that increases lift performance and reduces drag
What is winglet/sharklet/wingtip fence?
The rotation about the vertical axis is _______
What is yaw?
The most critical portions of flight and the portion most likely for something to go wrong
What is takeoff/landing
What was the name of Boeing's first plane?
What is the Boeing Model 1 (aka, B & W Seaplane)?