Aviation vocabulary

What is lift?

• twisting of a plane around a vertical axis

• raise to a higher position

• pull something forcefully

• turning over and over on an axis

What is yaw?

• twisting of a plane around a vertical axis

• raise to a higher position

• pull something forcefully

• move or cause to move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis

What is drag?

• twisting of a plane around a vertical axis

• raise to a higher position

• pull something forcefully

• turning over and over on an axis

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What is weight?

• twisting of a plane around a vertical axis

• raise to a higher position

• pull something forcefully

• the heaviness of a person or thing

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What is engineering?

• using math and science to solve problems or create something

• make the best of something

• pull something forcefully

• the heaviness of a person or thing

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What is roll?

• motion of an aircraft rocking back and forth

• make the best of something

• pull something forcefully

• the heaviness of a person or thing

What is pitch?

• motion of an aircraft rocking back and forth

• rotation of an aircraft around a side-to-side axis or the up and down movement

• pull something forcefully

• the heaviness of a person or thing

What is optimize?

• motion of an aircraft rocking back and forth

• rotation of an aircraft around a side-to-side axis or the up and down movement

• a way to make a design the most effective it can be

• the heaviness of a person or thing

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What is horizontal?

• motion of an aircraft rocking back and forth

• rotation of an aircraft around a side-to-side axis or the up and down movement

• a way to make a design the most effective it can be

• parallel to the horizon

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What is a wing?

• motion of an aircraft rocking back and forth

• rotation of an aircraft around a side-to-side axis or the up and down movement

• a horizontal structure on either side of a plane that provides support for an aircraft

• parallel to the horizon