Freeport Flight Club 3/2023

What allows an air plane to fly

• Magic fairy dust

• Thrust, drag, weight, and lift

• witchcraft

• All above are true

Air planes are more dangerous than vehicles

• True

• False

How do airplanes deal with turbulence

• It doesn't effect the air plane

• Small changes on the controls

• The pilots hope the turbulence doesn't make the airplane fall out of the air

What is the longest time an airplane has been in the air without landing

• 23 hours

• 100 hours

• 56 hours

• 64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes

The world needs more pilots

• True

• False

Food tastes more saltier the higher the altitude

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The higher the altitude the less salty food tastes, so the food you get served has more salt in it than it would on the ground

How do airports deal with overbooked flights?

• Shove the remaining passengers in the suitcase cabin

• Strap them to the outside of the plane

• Make you leave and deny you a flight

• Compensate you

Can a commercial passenger flight break the sound barrier?

• No, they are too slow

• Yes, but pilots are not allowed too

• Depends on how much you pay the pilot

• "That explains the loud bang I heard"

Is the airplane checked before every flight?

• Of course it is checked

• I hope

• No, that would take to long

• Every 100-250 hours

I (Insert name here) am going to win the paper airplane contest

• Yes

• I don't know how to fold a paper airplane

• No