Definitions

Question 1

Airfoil

Answer 1

The shape of an object (such as an airplane wing) which when moved to the air produces left

Question 2

AFT

Answer 2

Back part of the aircraft

Question 3

Bulkhead

Answer 3

A wall or partition of the aircraft

Question 4

Commissary

Answer 4

All service equipment and supplies boarded in the passenger cabin

Question 5

Cabin

Answer 5

Passenger seating section

Question 6

Deadhead

Answer 6

Crew travelling either on airline or ground transportation at the companies request or direction

Question 7

Deplane or disembark

Answer 7

Term used to denote passengers leaving aircraft

Question 8

Enplane

Answer 8

Term used to denote passengers boarding on aircraft

Question 9

Enroute

Answer 9

A portion of the trip after takeoff and prior to landing

Question 10

Ferry

Answer 10

A flight to transfer an aircraft from one station to another usually no passengers are carried on the crew

Question 11

Flight alternate

Answer 11

An alternate airport in event the weather at the station is on favourable or mechanical

Question 12

Headwind

Answer 12

Wind blowing against the forward movement of the aircraft slows it’s groundspeed

Question 13

Inboard

Answer 13

Direction towards the centre of the aircraft fuselage

Question 14

Intermediate stop

Answer 14

Any city where the flight stops between it’s origination and termination point

Question 15

Layover

Answer 15

Time spent between flights at another city other than homebase

Question 16

Locator number

Answer 16

A combination of letters and numbers given to passengers by reservation agent when booking reservation is in locating passengers flight number reservation date etc. in the computer

Question 17

Ramp

Answer 17

Area on which the aircraft is parked at the terminal for the loading and unloading

Question 18

Tailwind

Answer 18

Wind blowing with the forward movement of the aircraft increases its groundspeed

Question 19

Turn around

Answer 19

The scheduled parings of two flights that return flight attendants to home base on the same date of departure

Question 20

Aileron

Answer 20

Thin flat metal devices located on the outbound trailing edge of each wing. They move up or down to cause the aircraft willing to go up or down

Question 21

Anti-collision lights

Answer 21

Revolving red light. This light rotates 90 times per minute giving a rapidly flashing signal to alert ground personnel that the engines are being started in the aircraft is preparing to move.

Question 22

Fuselage

Answer 22

The main streamlined body of the aircraft within which passengers and crew are carried.

Question 23

Rudder

Answer 23

I thin flat metal device attached to the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer. The rudder moves to the left and to the right to make the nose of the airplane go left or right.

Question 24

Aileron

Answer 24

Thin flat metal devices located on the outbound trailing edge of each wing. The ailerons move up or down to cause the aircraft wing to go up or down.

Question 25

Anti-collision lights

Answer 25

Revolving red light. This light rotates 90 times per minute giving a rapidly flashing signal to alert ground personnel that the engines are being started in the aircraft is preparing to move.

Question 26

Anti-skid breaks

Answer 26

Wheel brakes, including devices that sense the sudden decrease in wheel rotation which precedes a skid and releases the brakes momentarily to prevent skidding.

Question 27

Elevators

Answer 27

Thin moveable or hinged flat metal devices on the trailing edge of the horizontal stabilizer used to control climb or descent

Question 28

Fuselage

Answer 28

The main streamlined body of the aircraft within which passengers and crew are carried

Question 29

Galley

Answer 29

The kitchen/buffet area of the aircraft

Question 30

Ground spoilers

Answer 30

Devices on the upper inboard wing surface which when raised after landing spoil the lift on the wings

Question 31

Horizontal stabilizer

Answer 31

Fixed appendage located either side of the fuselage on the top of the tail to stabilize the aircraft [looks like small wings] the elevators are on the trailing edge of the horizontal stabilizer

Question 32

Nacelle

Answer 32

The cone shaped metal covering the houses the engines. Main covering of engine.

Question 33

Leading edge

Answer 33

The forward edge of a wing or tail surface

Question 34

Rudder

Answer 34

A thin flat metal device attached to the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer. The rudder moves to the left and to the right to make the nose of the airplane go left or right.

Question 35

Roll spoilers

Answer 35

Sections that rise with the respective aileron [Right or left] on the upper outboard wing surface to increased lateral control by spoiling the lift of the wing.

Question 36

Trailing edge

Answer 36

The rear edge of a wing or tail surface

Question 37

Undercarriage

Answer 37

Landing gear

Question 38

Vertical stabilizer

Answer 38

Fixed appendage in a vertical position on tail of the plane to stabilize the aircraft [the rudder is the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer]

Question 39

UPK

Answer 39

Universal precaution kit

Question 40

Stacking

Answer 40

A/C circling waiting for it’s turn to come in for a landing