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Vocabulary Activity 4


Aeronautical Vocabulary Crossword
Countdown to Flight! Chapters 4-6

Directions: Use the clues below to complete the crossword puzzle found on the next page. Remember these are aeronautical vocabulary words only.

ACROSS

1. a control surface which enables the roll motion

2. an uncontrollable spin

3. to launch an airplane into the air is called take-

4. the shape of a wing that helps to create lift

5. another aeronautical word for drag

6. ski-type landing gear

DOWN

7. one of the four forces that act on an airplane

8. occurs when the angle of attack is too steep to generate lift

9. a tunnel or tube through which air is blown around a model to test its design is called a line tunnel

10. to roll an airplane slightly in order to turn

11. Samuel Langley's name for an airplane

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Answer Key

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