Airplane Vocabulary

Pulls the plane down

• Gravity
• Drag
• Thrust
• Lift

Holds the plane back

• Gravity
• Drag
• Thrust
• Lift

Pushes the plane forward

• Gravity
• Drag
• Thrust
• Lift

Pushes the plane up

• Gravity
• Drag
• Thrust
• Lift

Hinged main wing surfaces that help control banking for a turn

• Aileron
• Airfoil
• Camber
• Dihedral

A surface part (wing, tail or rudder) that is flat or curved creating air movement in a specific direction, designed to keep plane up and control movement through the air which it passes through

• Aviation
• Airfoil
• Camber
• Elevator

The slight arching curve of an airfoil from the leading edge to the trailing edge. This helps create lift. 

• Camber
• Flap
• Laws of Motion
• Airfoil

A moveable airfoil hinged at the trailing edge of the wing closer to the fuselage, used for increasing lift or drag

• Elevator
• Flap
• Rudder
• Thermal

An incline wing angle from the center of the wing where the fuselage meet. This angle helps to stabilize the plane and create lift

• Dihedral
• Elevator
• Rudder
• Stabilizer

A moveable hinged tail control airfoil that causes the planes's nose to go up or down

• Elevator
• Laws of Motion
• Rudder
• Camber