The Science of Flight

What is Aeronautics ?

• A glider designed for sustained flight

• A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors

• The study or practice of travel through air

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What is an Airplane?

• The study or practice of travel through air

• A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of it's lift

• A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, with a basket for passengers hanging from it

What does an Aerospace Engineer do?

• Design machines that fly

• To set or thrust into motion

• A glider designed for sustained flight

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What is a Helicopter?

• A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors

• A rocket-launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft, used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the Earth

• A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of it's lift

What is a Hot Air Balloon?

• A glider designed for sustained flight

• A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, with a basket for passengers hanging from it

• A rocket-launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft, used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the Earth

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What does it mean to Launch?

• To set or thrust into motion

• The study or practice of travel through air

• A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors

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What was the name of Charles Lindbergh’s single winged airplane for his solo flight across the Atlantic?

• The Spirit of Kitty Hawk

• The Spirit of New Orleans

• The Spirit of Saint Louis

• The Wright Flyer

What was Charles Lindbergh’s biggest problem in his solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

• He began to run out of fuel.

• He had engine trouble.

• He encountered bad weather.

• He was unable to sleep and he was tired.

In this type of engine, air is sucked into the front of a compressor, where fuel in injected into the high pressure air, is ignited, and is pushed out the back of the compressor, moving the plane forward.

• hypersonic engine

• propeller engine

• jet propulsion engine

• turboprop engine

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Which of the following is NOT one of the three “phases” of space shuttle flight?

• Hypersonic Flight

• Orbiting Satellite

• Glider

• Super Sonic Rocket