What part of a plane keeps it lined up with the direction of motion, preventing side-to side yawing motion?
Vertical stabilizer
horizontal stabilizer
Alirons
Elevator
What is the purpose of the engines on an airplane?
to create thrust
What was the fastest commercial plane ever?
Gulfstream G700
The Concorde (Mach 2)
Dassault Falcon 7x
Boeing 747
How far in advance can you book a flight ticket?
2 months
2 years
6 months
11 months
What's the largest plane ever created?
Stratolauncher
The Antonov An-225 Mriya
Boeing 747
Airbus A380
What is the angle between the chord line of an wing and the relative wind called?
angle of attack
What is the upward force generated by the movement of air over and under the wing, creating a pressure difference that pushes the wing upwards
lift
How many airlines are there?
Over 5000
800
1250
47
What happens if you cross Mach 1?
It creates a sonic boom
Which aircraft was used on the first cross Atlantic solo flight?
The Heart of Sussie
The Thunderbird
Dream Weaver
Spirit of St. Louis
When did the Wright brother's first successfully fly a airplane?
1899
1920
1903
1907
What principle states that as the speed of a fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases.
Bernoulli's principle
What's the biggest commercial plane?
Stratolaunch
AirBus A380
Antonaov An-225
What color are the black boxes? These are the flight recorder that collect cockpit data.
Black
Orange
Yellow
Blue
What part of a plane helps control the pitch (up and down movement of the nose) during flight?
Alierons
Fuselage
Vertical Stabilizers
Horizontal stabilizers
How many airplanes are in the air right now?
Between 8,000 to 20, 000
Between 5,000- 8,000
Between 20,000 to 40,000
Under 5,000
What are the four forces that effect a plane?
lift, thrust, drag, weight
What "Mach" means?
It's the speed of sound (343m/s or 1236km/h)