Flight Technology Cross Word Project

7. a vertical airfoil pivoted from the horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft, for controlling movement around the vertical axis.
9. the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
11. the main body of an aircraft.
12. raise to a higher position or level.
13. the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
15. a direction or bearing.

1. a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.
2. the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
3. push (something or someone) suddenly or violently in the specified direction.
4. a structure with curved surfaces designed to give the most favorable ratio of lift to drag in flight, used as the basic form of the wings, fins, and horizontal stabilizer of most aircraft.
5. shear variation in wind velocity occurring along a direction at right angles to the wind's direction and tending to exert a turning force.
6. a hinged flap on the horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft, typically one of a pair, used to control the motion of the aircraft about its lateral axis.
8. pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.
10. a person's way of standing or moving.
14. a hinged surface in the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control lateral balance.