Flight & Space Key Terms 1

The part of an airship in which passengers or instruments are carried.

A powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator.

A vertically oriented airfoil at the back of an airplane that resists left and right movements

The controlling surface that regulates an aircraft's roll

High-lift device usually mounted on the wing trailing edges of a fixed-wing aircraft.

The study or practice of travel through air.

Rotation around the front-to-back axis of an airplane is called what?

Resistance of the air against the forward movement of an airplane

The art and science of designing, building, and operating manned or unmanned space objects.

Formulation that demonstrates "As the speed of a fluid increases, its pressure decreases".

A nearly vertical airfoil at an airplane's wingtip that reduces drag by inhibiting turbulence

A controlling surface on an aircraft's tail that regulates yaw.

A force applied to a body to propel it in a desired direction. Moves aircraft through the air

The controlling surface that regulates an aircraft's pitch

Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.

An airfoil, usually at the back of an airplane, that resists up and down changes in motion.

Rotation around the side-to-side axis of an airplane is called what?

What type of aircraft is this?

A side-to-side motion of the nose of the aircraft.

The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.