DIVE | | DESCRIBES THE PRESSURE ABOBE A WING |
SPITFIRE | | FAMOUS AMERICAN AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER |
POLYHEDRAL | | PRODUCES EXTRA THRUST |
DRAG | | WATER DUMPED FROM A GLIDER TO REDUCE WEIGHT AND GIVE LIFT |
CANARD | | REUSABLE SPACE VEHICLE |
ENGINE | | PRODUCES THRUST IN MODERN COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT |
ANTONOV | | MATERIAL USED TO COVER THE WINGS AND AIRFRAMES OF EARLY AIRCRAFT |
KITE | | AREA OF RISING AIR SOUGHT BY GLIDER PILOTS |
THERMAL | | RUSSIAN SST |
BALSA | | FUEL FOR JET ENGINES |
LIFT | | NON MOTORISED AIRCRAFT |
SANDPAPER | | FRONT OF AN AIRCRAFT |
KINGSFORDSMITH | | SHAPE WHICH REDUCES DRAG |
AEROBATIC | | FLAMMABLE GAS USED IN EARLY AIRSHIPS |
TIP | | STUDY OF FLIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE ATMOSPHERE |
FUSELAGE | | PREVENTS CUTS TO FINGERS |
RUDDER | | REMOVES SMALL AMOUNTS OF BALSA |
BALANCE | | AN AIRCRAFT CLIMBS TOO STEEPLY AND STOPS |
TAIL | | NOSE OF THE PLANE DIPS DOWN |
AIR | | END OF A WING |
SPACESHUTTLE | | A SPINNING AIROFOIL WHICH PRODUCES THRUST |
BALLAST | | FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN AVIATOR |
HYDROGEN | | USED TO STUDY AERODYNAMICS BEFORE POWERED FLIGHT |
AIRBUS | | SITE OF FIRST POWERED FLIGHT |
SAFETY RULE | | PRODUCED WHEN THE SOUND BARRIER IS BROKEN |
PROPELLOR | | CONTROL SURFACE ON THE TAIL |
AEROSPACE | | WITHOUT THIS SUBSTANCE NO AIRCRAFT CAN FLY |
AIROFOIL | | A VERY LIGHT AND STRONG METAL USED IN MODERN AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION |
BALLOON | | LIGHT AND STRONG METAL |
BIPLANE | | SLOWS A PLANE DOWN |
FLAPS | | A LIGHTER THAN AIR CRAFT |
YAW | | SIDE TO SIDE MOTION |
AERODYNAMICS | | A CLOTH AND TIMBER WW11 AIRCRAFT WHICH FLEW WITH THE SPITFIRE |
GRAVITY | | WINGS PRODUCE THIS |
BOEING | | PROVIDES THRUST |
NOSE | | WE ADD BALAST TO THE NOSE TO ACHIEVE THIS |
CORD | | FORCE WHICH PULLS AIRCRAFT DOWN |
MOSQUITO | | FAMOUS AMERICAN WW11 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT |
KEROSINE | | HAS TWO SETS OF WINGS |
AERODYNAMIC | | STUDY OF DRAG REDUCTION |
JET | | UP AND DOWN MOTION OF THE NOSE |
DELTA | | TERM USED FOR SPEED IN EXCESS OF THE SOUND BARRIER |
RIVETS | | FAMOUS JAPANESE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT |
GLIDER | | WING SHAPE ON HIGH SPEED MILITARY JETS |
TUPOLEV | | TWO OR MORE ANGLE CHANGES IN A WING |
TITANIUM | | FAMOUS BRITISH W.W.11 FIGHTER |
HELIUM | | CONNECTS WINGS WITH THE TAIL |
STALL | | PRODUCES THE LARGEST PASSENGER AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD |
CLOTH | | ASSIST IN CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT FLIGHT |
HURRICANE | | NAME GIVEN TO A TAIL STRUCTURE PLACED IN FRONT OF THE WING |
THUNDERBOLT | | STRUCTURE AT THE REAR OF AN AIRCRAFT |
ALUMINIUM | | CONTROL CENTER OF AN AIRCRAFT |
SONICBOOM | | AIRCRAFT DESIGNED TO PERFORM EXTREME AERIAL MANEUVERS |
ZERO | | NON FLAMMABLE GAS USED IN AIRSHIPS AFTER THE CRASH AND BURNING OF THE HINDENBERG |
AFTERBURNER | | A WW11 FIGHTER BOMBER MADE FROM PLYWOOD |
KITTYHAWK | | LIGHT AND STRONG TIMBER |
MACH | | THESE METAL FASTENERS HELD THE AIRFRAME OF THE SPITFIRE TOGETHER |
COCKPIT | | SHAPE WHICH PRODUCES LIFT |
PITCH | | NAME OF THE LARGEST HEAVY LIFT TRANSPORT PLANE IN THE WORLD |
LOW | | WIDTH OF WING |