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1st U.S. space station - ✔✔Skylab
What does the aileron do? - ✔✔moves plane along longitudinal axis
Coanda effect - ✔✔air is a fluid like water and the flow tends to stick to the
wing
cause of relative winds - ✔✔as an airplane moves forward on takeoff, it
creates a "wind" that goes in the opposite direction
__________ can have enough energy to provide lift for an aircraft -
✔✔rising air
name of the angle on a prop - ✔✔angle of incidence
control surfaces - ✔✔axes
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,fog - ✔✔tiny droplets of liquid water at or near the surface of the land or
water
thin shell of the suns outer layer - ✔✔photosphere
2 types of cyberattacks - ✔✔aimed at disabling computer
aimed at gaining access to data
what UAV has been nicknamed big bird - ✔✔Global hawk
runway heading - ✔✔# labeling a runway based on corresponding degrees
from true N.
flaps induce - ✔✔Lift and drag
rotation around the vertical axis is called - ✔✔yaw
What did Bernoulli discover? - ✔✔relationship between pressure and
fluids in motion became the cornerstone of the theory of airfoil lift
rotation around the longitudinal axis - ✔✔roll
which axis goes from prop to tail - ✔✔longitudinal
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, In later wars, the glider was replaced by troop-carrying ______ and this
proved far more effective in the combat environment - ✔✔helicopters
Around 1299 A.D., it was written that the great explorer,
Marco Polo, saw Chinese sailors attached to kites being used as military
observers. This could be considered the _____ - ✔✔1st manned aircraft
Once airborne, a glider is lifted by rising column of air, known as a -
✔✔thermal
UAV - ✔✔Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
what are the 4 cycles of an airplanes engine - ✔✔intake
compression
power
exhaust
WAC - ✔✔World Aeronautical Chart
a term which applies to the airplane engine and accessories -
✔✔powerplant
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