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1906
What year was the wright brothers flight?
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An airfoil
What is the shape of a wing called?
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Helicopters
What was tonight's class about?
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The angle an airfoil is tilted relative to the ground
What is angle of attack?
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Yuri Gagarin
Who was the first man in space?
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A cosmonaut
What is a Russian astronaut called?
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The main body of the aircraft
What does the fuselage of an aircraft refer to?
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Yes
Does a Helicopter use airfoils?
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Rotation around the vertical axis of an aircraft
What does Yaw define?
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Billy Mitchell
This person was court-martialed for his insistence on military airpower
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The International space station
What was the most expensive thing launched into space?
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They control the pitch of a plane
What do the elevators do on an aircraft
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NA
What is an advantage of a helicopter?
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The altitude line where space is considered to begin
What is the Karman line?
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Robert H. Goddard.
This person was the first to make a liquid-propelled rocket
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Salyut 1
What was the first space station to be launched?
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It controls rotation around the vertical axis
What does the rudder do?
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A tail rotor
What is employed to stop a helicopter from spinning to oppose the force of the rotors?
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The line that extends from the leading edge to the tailing edge of an airfoil
What is a chord
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Charles Lindbergh
This person made the first non-stop flight from New York City to Paris
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The shuttle program
What was the most expensive space program?
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It produces the high voltage required for the spark plugs
What does a magneto do on an aircraft engine?
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Overhead rotors
What characteristic defines a helicopter?
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The altitude line where water boils at regular human body temperature
(Double) What is the Armstrong line?
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Alan Eustice
This person has the world record for the highest altitude to jump to the earth's surface from
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