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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Aerospace
Aspect Ratio
Aeronautics
Lift
2. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Storyboard
Boundary Layer
Lateral Axis...
Jingle
3. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Airship
Angle of Attack
Aeronautics
Glider
4. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Pitch
Aerospace Engineer
Jingle
Yaw
5. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Controllability
Leading Edge
Stall
Angle of Attack
6. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Rudder
Cockpit
Boundary Layer
Aerospace
7. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Flaps
Hot Air Balloon
Keel Effect
Maneuverability
8. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Hot Air Balloon
M
Longitudinal Axis...
Reynolds Number
9. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Supersonic
Airfoil
Hypersonic
M
10. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Glider
Roll
Lateral Axis...
Lapse Rate
11. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Vertical Axis...
Aeronautics
Drag
Aerospace
12. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Weight
Taper
Angle of Attack
Keel Effect
13. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Trailing Edge
Hot Air Balloon
Jingle
M
14. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Aileron
Script
Wing Span
Fuselage
15. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Drag
Infomercial
Supersonic
Fuselage
16. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Maneuverability
Dihedral
Center of Gravity
Jingle
17. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Empennage
Lateral Axis...
High hypersonic
18. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Aerospace Engineer
Dihedral
Sailplane
Wing Span
19. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
M
Drag
Wing Planform
Airfoil
20. Aircraft stability is the characteristic of an airplane in flight that causes it to return to a condition of equilibrium - or steady flight - after it is disturbed.
Slogan
M
Space Shuttle
Stability
21. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Helicopter
Seaplane
Wing Planform
Roll
22. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Center of Gravity
M
Pitch
Empennage
23. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Angle of Attack
Cockpit
Thrust
Seaplane
24. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Taper
Yaw
Lift
Subsonic
25. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Space Shuttle
Aileron
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Thrust
26. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Glider
Sailplane
Aeronautics
Longitudinal Axis...
27. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Aerospace
Wing
Fuselage
Space Shuttle
28. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Wing Span
Launch
Yaw
Storyboard
29. A structure that creates up and down forces at the tail to keep the fuselage aligned in pitch with the relative wind. The structure itself is horizontal while the forces it creates are vertical.
Aerospace
Hypersonic
Horizontal Stabilizer
Seaplane
30. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Longitudinal Axis...
Subsonic
Elevator
Boundary Layer
31. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Rudder
Airplane
Wing
Angle of Attack
32. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Vertical Axis...
Storyboard
Rudder
Stall
33. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Maneuverability
Aerospace Engineer
Leading Edge
Rudder
34. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Stability
Drones
Leading Edge
Stall
35. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Aerodynamics
Powerplant
Aerospace
Maneuverability
36. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Supersonic
Boundary Layer
M
Aerodynamics
37. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Helicopter
Aeronautics
Boundary Layer
Empennage
38. Control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of the wing extending outward from the fuselage to the midpoint of each wing. Flaps can increase the lifting efficiency of the wing and decrease stall speed.
Storyboard
Taper
Flaps
Reynolds Number
39. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Lift
Aerospace Engineer
Slogan
M
40. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Rocket
Thrust
Script
Wing Span
41. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Airfoil
Wing
Vertical Axis...
Lift
42. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Seaplane
Lapse Rate
Elevator
Roll
43. A built in twist in the wing so that the trailing edge at the wingtip is raised (Wash out) or lowered (Wash in). This significantly affects the slow flight and stall characteristics of the wing.
Sailplane
Wash In/Wash Out
Rudder
Rocket
44. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Vertical Axis...
Lateral Axis...
Stall
45. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Glider
Jingle
Wing Planform
Seaplane
46. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Powerplant
Aeronautics
Sailplane
47. Design machines that fly.
Hypersonic
Aileron
Wing
Aerospace Engineer
48. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Dynamic Stability
Rocket
Hypersonic
Aerospace
49. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Pitch
High hypersonic
Elevator
Reynolds Number
50. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airfoil
Hypersonic
Slogan
High hypersonic
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