EFAV2 FS2013 Vocabulary II

A carefully planned and performed investigation, searching for previously unknown facts.

In aviation, to fly over and look closely at an area below to gather information about it. In the military scouts are used to get it.

The point or area farthest from the front.

protective housing for a radar antenna

To use force to bring something closer. + the oppsing direction

the study of how to design an engine that will prived the thrust that is needed for a plane to take off and fly through the air.

A device that consists of blades that spin around a central hub, like a fan.

A force being exerted on part of a surface.

A rotational motion in which an airplane turns around its lateral axis.

The load carried by an aircraft that includes passengers and cargo.

The part is the exhaust duct of the engine.

That agency with the space shuttles.

American commision for aeronautic advisory.

An airplane with only one set of wings.

The operation of aricraft that belong to the armed forces.

This part of the engine combines the high temperature air coming from the engine core with the lower temperature air that was bypassed in the fan.

Faster than the speed of sound

The axis extending through the center of the fuselage from the nose to the tail.

A force that is perpendicular to the airflow around an aircraft. The force which pulls the airplane up.

The front edge of an airfoil.

The axis extending through the center of gravity of an aircraft and parallel to a line connecting the tips of the wings.

Another word for undercarriage.

An engine used on most large commercial planes today.

Tools used to observe, measure and controls.

Internationale Zivilluftfahrt Organisation

A prediction which needs to be tested to tell if it is correct.

Plural form????

Velocity greater than five times the speed of sound.

The horizontal part of the tail.

The natural force that pulls an object toward the earth.

The operation of aircraft that belong to the public.

The part of the airplane to which the empennage and wings are attached.

A wing that is swept toward the frond of the airplane.

A push or pull in a certain direction that can be measured.

A tool of aeronautics in which a real aircraft is flown to gather data which will accurately describe the capabilities of that aircraft.

A tool of aeronautics in which a flight is simulated on a computer.

Moveable parts of the trailing edge of a wing that are used to increase lift at slower air speeds.

Another word for the vertical portion of the tail.

Someone who designs and builds mechanical  or electrical devices.

The first component of the turbofan engine. Sucks in the air and compresses it slightly for the first time.

Chuck lives for it ;) Till he dies.