Across
- 2. 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.
- 4. the rotation of the aircraft around a side-to-side axis.
- 5. a flat piece hinged vertically near the front or back of a plane for steering.
- 8. Light but durable wood.
- 10. Af, at, toward, or from the side or sides.
- 12. They way to control the angle of attack
- 14. The power to influence the direction of an object.
- 15. The way the controlled the Wright Flyer
- 19. the twisting, or warping, of plane wings to control the roll of the plane.
- 20. a colored substance which is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective coating.
Down
- 1. Boy siblings.
- 3. raises to a higher position or level.
- 5. move or cause to move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis.
- 6. stays in the air for a prolonged period of time.
- 7. a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
- 9. provides electric or kinetic energy to a device.
- 11. a rigid structure that surrounds or encloses something.
- 13. The brothers that built the flyer.
- 16. the chemical element of atomic number 13, a light silvery-gray metal.
- 17. running lengthwise rather than across.
- 18. The moving of an aircraft twists about on a vertical axis.
