Aerodynamics of Flight

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Across
  1. 1. What comes off the back of aircraft’s wings is like an invisible, mini tornado?
  2. 4. What type of adjustments can be used to maintain balance?
  3. 5. What must be greater than drag for aircraft to move forward?
  4. 9. What is the disturbance of air that forms behind an aircraft called?
  5. 10. What force of gravity is exerted on an aircraft?
  6. 11. What bounces off the ground, reducing drag and increasing lift?
  7. 13. What aerodynamic phenomenon occurs near the ground just before touchdown?
  8. 14. What are the upward-facing tips at the ends of wings called?
  9. 15. What has to be greater than weight for flight to be achieved?
Down
  1. 2. What is a sudden change in airflow caused by eddies and currents called?
  2. 3. What is directly proportional to weight and AOA?
  3. 6. What force produces forward motion from the engine or propeller?
  4. 7. What reduces vortex formation?
  5. 8. What turns water into a visible gas in humid weather
  6. 11. What is the fourth force of flight? (not lift trust of weight)
  7. 12. What force counteracts the aircraft’s weight?