From Wrights to Flights Flashcards
Airfield
An aerodrome
Airframe
The body of the aircraft without the engines, instruments and internal fittings
Airship
A powered, gasfilled balloon which can be steered (lighter than air)
Aerobatic (adj)
Referring to aerobatics
Biplane
Old aeroplane design with two pairs of wings, one above the other
Cabin
A passenger compartment in an aircraft
Commercial aviation
Referring to a business activity
Confine (v)
To limit to a particular area
Fighter
Noun small, single-seat or two-seat aircraft for use in military conflict
Flying boat
Plane that has hollow structures attached underneath its wings and sometimes its fuselage on which it floats so that the main body of the plane is not in contact with the water.
Freighter
An aircraft designed to carry freight. Freight holds are usually located beneath the passenger cabins.
Glider
A fixed wing aeroplane, normally with no power plant propulsion
Landplane
An airplane designed to land on and take off from land
Monoplane
An aircraft that has only one pair of wings
Ornithoper
A device that flies by flapping wings
Refinement
Removing impurities
Reconnaissance
Military observation of a region to locate an enemy
Rotorcraft
Rotary wing aircraft
Seaplane
An airplane designed to land on and take off from water
Spacecraft
A vehicle that flies in space
Stealth (adj)
Attempt to minimize all radar reflections
Streamline
The contouring of an aircraft to reduce its drag
Suborbital (adj)
Situated beneath the eye or the orbit of the eye; being or involving less than one orbit
Subsonic (adj)
Speeds below the speed of sound
Supersonic (adj)
Speed that exceeds the speed of sound (Mach 1).
Tanker
Aircraft built to carry liquids or gases
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UCAV
Unmanned combat aerial vehicle
VTOL
Vertical take-off and landing
Zeppelin
Lighter than air dirigible
