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