Flying Words by Milt Charlton
Across
- 1. A key on the keyboard.
- 2. This family had lots of cubs.
- 3. Volts X Amps = .
- 4. Could be a Ford or a horse.
- 5. For FPV you need one.
- 7. A gyro that digests itself.
- 10. Weighted end of gas pickup.
- 11. A special plug
- 15. A crosswind landing manoeuver.
- 16. Item of clothing on a pole (2 words).
- 17. It makes landing tricky (2 words).
- 18. A type of electric motor which has an external rotor.
- 19. Every flyer’s greatest enemy.
- 24. It restores energy.
- 26. Don’t do these half-baked.
- 27. How the plane presents itself.
- 28. Used to roll.
- 29. Instead of losing a finger, use this (2 words).
- 31. Connects pushrod to horn.
- 33. This plane should not sink.
- 36. A crosswind landing manoeuver.
- 38. Another aeronautical family.
- 39. Often the front most part of a plane
- 43. BEC (3 words).
- 46. A horse might be kept here.
- 48. A Greek dish made in pita bread.
- 50. This keeps the plane off the ground.(2 words)
- 52. Like the udder it is at the rear.
- 53. Sometimes a road safety item.
- 54. Unsatisfactory end of a flight (2 words)
- 55. A plane with the centre of gravity behind the main gear (2 words).
- 57. Makes a breeze.
- 60. A plane with the centre of gravity ahead of the main gear.
- 62. The Hudson’s Bay Company grew rich from this animal.
- 63. Model airplane association of Canada.
Down
- 1. A two-part glue.
- 2. A baseball term.
- 3. A slight twist in the wing.
- 4. This plane has one wing.
- 6. This could be a football player.
- 8. Force generated by the propeller.
- 9. You must lose this to land.
- 12. This could have fallen from a tree (2 words).
- 13. Found at the end of a control rod.
- 14. It ignites the charge.
- 16. The difficulty of flying a plane is related to this (2 words).
- 17. A rotating part in an engine.
- 20. Making it fly straight and level.
- 21. Used to measure air speed.
- 22. Medical condition with attitude.
- 23. This strong light-weight material conducts electricity (2 words).
- 25. The body of a plane.
- 29. Superglue.
- 30. Those on planes are not made by Otis.
- 32. Found on fish.
- 34. Supplies extra oxygen in fuel
- 35. When planes collide in flight it is a.
- 37. Do this before every flight (2 words).
- 40. All movement of a plane is around this point (3 words)
- 41. This plane has two wings stacked one above the other.
- 42. In 1909 J.A.D. McCurdy made first powered flight in Canada in this plane (2 words).
- 44. If this is increased the plane climbs. (3 words)
- 45. Sends signals.
- 47. Caused by differences in atmospheric pressure, this can make flying hard.
- 49. For desk flying you need one.
- 50. Where the wing meets the air (2 words).
- 51. Controls fuel mixture (2 words).
- 56. This makes the wing appear bent.
- 58. Rhymes with hippo.
- 59. Most balsa wood comes from this country.
- 61. It does what you tell it without getting paid.
- 62. A light type of wood.