The Journey of Flight.pdf - Valkyrie Cadet

MATCHING
19. Air is accelerated and compressed by stator and rotor
blades, then mixed with fuel and ignited in the
combustion section, resulting in high-velocity gas or
thrust.
20. Aircraft propellers turned by a turbine.
21. Crankshaft and pistons working together to convert
straight-line motion to rotary motion in order to turn
an aircraft propeller.
22. Have to be traveling through the air very fast in order
to work.
23. Takes in air, accelerates it, pushes it out the exhaust
nozzle to produce thrust that pushes the aircraft
forward.
24. Combines the air-moving efficiency of the turbofan
engine with the thrusting efficiency of a propeller.
25. Produce greater thrust and are more fuel efficient
than standard turbojet engines.
MATCHING
26. Uses internal braces to help the skin carry the
stresses generated in flight.
27. Utilizes longerons and struts welded together at
various angles to form its basic shape.
28. Its covering provides the required strength to resist
the stresses of flight.
SHORT ANSWER
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a. reciprocating engine
b. turbine engine
c. turbojet engine
d. turbofan engine
e. turboprop engine
f. propfan system
g. ramjet/scramjet engine
a. truss
b. monocoque
c. semimonocoque
29. What name is given to the landing-gear arrangement that has two main front wheels and a
small tailwheel?
30. If a plane has a nosewheel and two main wheels, what kind of landing gear does it have?
31. What type of landing gear has two sets of main wheels, one behind the other, located in tandem
along the fuselage?
32. What is the purpose of anti-skid brakes?
33. Why do most small aircraft not have retractable landing gear?
34. What are the functions of these fuel system components: fuel pump, vent pipe, fuel tank drain, fuel
strainer and cockpit fuel selector.