JROTC Terms
Discovering Flight and The Early Days of Flight
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- thrust
- the forward force driving an aircraft
- rudder
- a moveable flap or blade attached to the rear of a craft
- aerial reconnaissance
- looking over battlefields from the sky
- keel
- a structure that extends along the center of a craft
- lift
- the upward force on an aircraft against gravity
- flight
- the act of passing through the air on wings
- patent
- a legal document protecting the rights of an inventor
- biplane
- an aircraft with two main supporting surfaces, usually placed one above the other
- rocket
- a large, cylindrical object that moves very fast by forcing burning gases out one end of the tube
- internal-combustion engine
- an engine in which the fuel is burned inside, rather than in an external furnace
- gunpowder
- an explosive powder made of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur, used to shoot projectiles from guns
- streamlining
- designing an aircraft to reduce resistance to motion through the air
- kite
- a light framework covered with paper or cloth, provided with a balancing tail, designed to be flown in the air
- drag
- the pull, ot slowing effect, of air on an aircraft
- aeronaut
- people who travel in airships or balloons
- parachute
- a device intended to slow free fall from an aircraft or another high point
- helicopter
- an aircraft that gets its lift from spinning blades
- glider
- a light aircraft without an engine, designed to glide after being towed aloft or launched from a catapult
- legend
- an unverified story handed down from earlier times
- ornithopter
- an aircraft designed to get its support and forward motion from flapping wings
- dirigible
- a steerable airship
- monoplane
- an airplane with one set of wings