Familiarization

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Across
  1. 1. movement around the lateral axis is called
  2. 5. Who flew faster than the speed of sound first?
  3. 10. What word would be a clue that it is a piston engine?
  4. 12. These spoilers activate while in the air
  5. 14. name of flight control where the whole horizontal stabilizer moves up or down
  6. 15. first man to pilot solo transatlantic flight
  7. 17. First African American woman with a pilot license
  8. 20. what type of landing gear configuration has a tail wheel and two mains
  9. 21. These spoilers only activate when there is weight on the wheels
  10. 24. Stability where you get worse and worse after disturbance
  11. 25. movement around the longitudinal axis is called
  12. 27. Stability where you return to straight and level flight after disturbance
  13. 31. What part of an airplane is the rudder attached to
  14. 33. flight control that combines elevators and rudders
  15. 36. What causes plane incidents and accidents according to most human factors training
  16. 38. Stability where you will stay on the same disturbed path after disturbance
  17. 40. What type of horizontal stabilizer does not require a separate elevator?
  18. 42. first woman to pilot solo transatlantic flight
Down
  1. 2. what type of landing gear configuration has a nose wheel and two mains
  2. 3. what part of an airplane is the aileron attached to
  3. 4. What spoils air and creates drag in flight (lift decreasing device)
  4. 6. If this force is greater than drag, the aircraft will accelerate
  5. 7. first powered flight in 1903
  6. 8. What axis is directional stability around
  7. 9. What increases the lift of all the main rotor blades at one time to increase lift
  8. 11. When you turn the yoke, what moves?
  9. 13. The arrangement of stabilizing surfaces at the tail of an aircraft
  10. 16. An airplane will pitch around which axis
  11. 17. what plane was built at Willow Run Airport during World War II?
  12. 18. What would a plane be called that has more than one engine
  13. 19. Houses the engine
  14. 22. movement around the vertical axis is called
  15. 23. What causes the helicopter to move forward in flight
  16. 26. What axis is lateral stability around
  17. 28. How do ailerons move in relation to each other?
  18. 29. Rotor usually on the tail that overcomes torque of the main rotor
  19. 30. during takeoff and landing, these increase lift & drag
  20. 32. When you push or pull on the yoke, what moves?
  21. 34. First to fly the jet aircraft in 1939 (country)
  22. 35. Who do we attribute the attribute of lift to
  23. 37. If this force is greater than weight, the aircraft will climb
  24. 39. What axis is longitudinal stability around
  25. 41. These assist pilots in moving heavy control surfaces (for the most part)