The flight vocabulary

Planes sometimes fall into it.

• rudder

• air pocket

• sky

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

It lands on water.

• rocket

• Boeing 747

• sea plane

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

A rocket has got a strong one.

• engine

• nose

• tail

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

This force pulls the plane downward.

• gravity

• lift

• thrust

This person controls the plane.

• passenger

• air hostess

• pilot

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.4.6

It travels to the moon.

• helicopter

• rocket

• sea plane

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The opposite of 'take off'.

• land

• fly

• swim

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The Wright brothers invented it.

• hot-air balloon

• helicopter

• airplane

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

This part of the plane carries passengers.

• fuselage

• wings

• engine

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

You can find the pilot in this part of the plane.

• rudder

• cockpit

• wings

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A