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| when is it written that Marco Polo saw chinese sailors attached to kites? |
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| A bird can move forward by doing what? |
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| what type of lift is created by a pressure difference between the upper and lower areas of a wing? |
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| induced or bernoullian lift |
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| what are the two phases of bird flight |
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| ground phase and lift phase |
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| what aircrat can carry passengers across the Atlantic Ocean at twice the speed of sound |
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| what is any machine that is capable of flying through the air |
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| for what was Sir Isacc Newton "knighted" for |
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| the point at which a wing will stall is call what |
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| at what angle of attack will a wing stall occur on most genreal aviation wings |
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| what is the force which moves an aircraft foward in flight |
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| what is an upward force that opposes gravity that supports the weight of an aircraft |
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| how does pilot get an airplane to move in the three dimensions of flight |
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| by using the dynamic forces of the air as they rush over the control surfaces of the airplane |
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| during what years did Sir Isacc Newton live |
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| what are the three axis of an airplane |
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| virtical axis, lateral axis, and longitudinal axis |
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| what is the front part of an airfoil |
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| what is the point where the three axis of an aircraft come together called |
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| what is a force which retards the foward movement of an aircraft in flight |
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| what is the roatation arond the lateral axis called |
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| what is the rotaion around the longitudinal axis called |
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| what is the rotation around the vertical axis called |
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| who gave the world a mathematical theroy of gravity |
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| aproxxinaly what percentage of air is made up of oxygen |
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| during what years did Daniel bernoulli live |
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| what is a place on either land or water where aircraft can land and take off for flight |
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| in what direction do the flight feathers of a bird push |
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| who created the first manned hot air balloon |
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| Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier |
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| What is the flow of air which moves opposite the flight path of an airplane? |
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| Who wrote the book "The Fantasy and Mechanics of Flight?' |
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| What involves using some kind of force to lift a machine upward away from the Earth, thus opposing gravity? |
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| In the mathematical formula used to calculate the amount of lift produce by a wind what does R stand for? |
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| What type of tube causes air to accelerate when it passes through the middle? |
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| Who discovered that the pressure of a fluid drops when it is accelerated? |
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| What must occur for a bird to be lifted by its wings? |
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| The bird must be moving fast enough to make air pass over its wings |
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| What is defined as mass per unit of volume? |
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| Are lift and air density directly or indirectly proportional? |
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| What part of he mathematical formula used to calculate the amount of lift produced by a wing relates to the velocity of the air over & under the wing? |
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| What means pertaining to air? |
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| What part of a bird pushes downward and backward, thereby driving the air backward and moving the bird forward? |
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| What force opposes thrust? |
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| How long did the first flight in a manned hot air balloon last? |
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| What is directly proportional to the force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body being accelerated? |
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| What figure does a bird's wing tips trace as they move through the air? |
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| What phase of bird flight allows the bird to get started moving forward in order for the wings to provide necessary lift? |
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| What part of a bird works like the propeller of a plane? |
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| On what date was Public Law 476 signed? |
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| What is the mathematical formula used to calculate the amount of lift produced by a wing? |
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| What is the Bernoulli's Principal? |
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| As the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure decreases. |
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| What does the abbreviation AGL stand for? |
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| What is the abbreviation for Above Ground Level? |
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| What is the science of flight within the atmosphere? |
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| What is a combination of aetonautics and space? |
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| The feathers of a bird are arranged like what? |
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| Which were the first aircraft that actually had directional control? |
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| On what date did the first true powered flight, with humans on board, occur? |
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| What is the terms for below the speed of sound? |
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| What is the term for faster than the speed of sound? |
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| In the myth Daedalus and Icarus what happened to Icarus after he disregarded his father's warning? |
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| After flying too close to the sun the was on his wings melted and Icarus plunged to his death in the Aegean Sea. |
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| What are the four ways of creating more lift? |
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| A force acting upon a body causes it to accelerate in the direction of force. |
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| What type of engines provide high speed and great reliability? |
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| What force opposes gravity? |
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| What are the 4 forces acting upon an airline in flight? |
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| Lift, gravity, thrust, drag |
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| What is defined as that branch of general education concerned with communicating knowledge, skills and attitudes about aetospace activities and the total impact of air and space vehicles upon society? |
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| What myth describes one of the earliest accounts of manned flight? |
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| What term means relating to the forces of air in motion? |
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| What is the curved part of an airfoil that goes from the leading to the trailing edge? |
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| The authority for CAP's education and training mission is derived from what? |
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| Public Law 476 of the 79th Congress 2nd Session. |
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| What is a mixtures of gases that contain approximately 79% nitrogen, 19% oxygen and 2% other gases? |
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| What is the art, science and technology of flight within the atmosphere? |
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| What is an aircraft that is kept aloft by the aerodynamic forces upon its wings and is thrust forward by a propeller or other means of propulsion? |
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| What part of the bird does most of the flapping? |
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| Who were the first men to fly in a manned hot air balloon? |
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| Pilatre d'Rozier and Francois d'Arlandes |
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| In 1299 A.D. Marco Polo saw Chinese sailors attached to kites. What were the sailors being used for? |
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| What term means forces in motion? |
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| What is the term for a person who operates an aircraft during flight? |
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| What is a component that is specifically designed to produce lift, thrust or directional stability? |
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| What is the definition of density? |
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| What is height expressed in units above sea level or ground level? |
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| Which featers does a bird use to steer, break and produce drag? |
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| What direction does the nose pitch when the elevator moves up? |
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| In what direction does the nose pitch when the elevator pitches down? |
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| What is a line drawn through an airfoil from its leading edge to its trailing edge? |
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| What control surface affects pitch? |
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| what type of lift is created whena bird changes its body angle slightly upward to its flight path |
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| where did the first flight of a manned hot air balloon take place |
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| what is a control surface which combines the horizontal stabilizer and the elevator into one |
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| what is created when a pilot pulls back on the control yoke causing the stabilator to go down |
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| a negitive angle of attack |
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| what is the back part of an airfoil |
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| what is newtons 3rd law of motion |
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| for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction |
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| what are the control surfaces of an aircraft |
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| elevator, stabilator, rudder, silerons, and flaps |
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| aproximatley, what percentage of air is made up of nitrogen |
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| what is it cakked when airflow breakaway from the surface of the wing creates less lift |
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| what is the angle between the chord line and the relative wind |
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| what are the two natural forces |
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| what are the two artificial froces |
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| what means standing still or without motion |
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