abcs of airplanes
DESCRIPTION
An ABC book that has all airplane termsTRANSCRIPT
The A B Cs
of
A is for Airplane (a flying vehicle with wings)
Airline (a company that owns a number of airplanes)
Airport (the place where airplanes take off and land)
B is for Baggage (a suitcase/bag that you take with you on the
airplane)
Boarding (getting on the airplane at the airport)
Bogie (aircraft that is not identified)
C is for Carrier (short for aircraft carrier – a large ship that can
carry and launch military airplanes)
Cockpit (the front of the plane where the pilot sits)
Crew (airline employees that work onboard an airplane
including pilots, stewards/stewardesses)
D is for Douglas (one of most famous aircraft ever built)
Disk Area (the imaginary circular area that a helicopter’s
blades create when they are turning)
De-Icer (a device that takes the ice off an airplane’s wings
and body)
E is for Engine (the device that provides power to fly the plane)
Elevator (located on the tail of an airplane and controls the
pitch of the plane)
Elevons (located on the wings of an airplane and works as a
both an elevator and aileron)
F is for
Combustion Chamber
Air
Intake
Exhaust
nozzle
Fuel injectors/ignition grid
Flaps (hinged section on the wings used for controlling the
airplane’s speed
Flying Boat (aircraft has fuselage has the lower portion
shaped like a power boat and the plane lands on water directly
onto the fuselage.)
Fuselage (The body of an airplane)
G is for
Glider (an airplane that does not have an engine and uses
the power of the wind to glide to ground after being towed into
the air)
Gyroplanes (type of small helicopter that has a propeller
and an engine)
Gun Ship (an armed helicopter)
H is for Helicopter (an aircraft that is lifted and propelled by
rotors)
Hover (to hang in the air without moving in any direction)
Huey (a type of Army helicopter)
I is for InFlight Meals (meals provided during a flight)
Instrument Landing (a landing made entirely with the use
of the airplane’s instruments and towers on the ground)
Itinerary (A list of flights that a passenger is scheduled to
take)
J is for Jet Airplane (an airplane that is powered by a jet engine)
Jet Engine (this is the type of engine that powers a jet
airplane, it works by ejecting a jet of burning fuel and that
creates the power to move the airplane)
Jet Fuel (a special type of kerosene make especially for jet
airplanes)
K is for
Kerosene (a type of fuel that is used to power airplanes)
Knot (one nautical mile per hour)
L is for
Landing (when an airplane lands on the ground)
Landing Gear (the wheels on the airplane)
Luggage (a suitcase/bag that you take on an airplane)
M is for
Monoplane (an airplane with one fixed wing)
Military Aircraft (an airplane that is used by the Army or
Navy)
Model Airplane (a small replica of an airplane that usually
can fly under its own power)
N is for
Nose (the front of the airplane)
Nose Gear (the landing gear or wheels that is under the
nose of the airplane)
Navy Aircraft (airplanes that are used by the US Navy)
O is for Osprey (a type of aircraft that has features of both airplanes
and helicopters)
Officer (a pilot in the military is also an officer)
O’Hare International Airport (airport located in
Chicago)
P is for
Pilot (man or woman who guides the airplane in flight)
Propeller (spinning blades located on the nose of the
airplane that moves the airplane forward)
Pontoons (used in place of landing gear and allows the plane
to float on land on water)
Q is for
Queen of the Air (Amelia Earhart was a famous women
pilot in the 1930s)
Queen Air –Beechcraft (a type of small twin engine
airplane)
Queen of the Skies (a Boeing 747)
R is for Rudder (a hinged piece on the tail of the airplane used for
changing direction in the air)
Rocket powered aircraft (aircraft that is powered by
some type of rocket)
Bell X-1A X-15 Bell X-1
Radio (this is what pilots use to talk to other pilots and to the
control tower on the ground)
S is for
Sail Plane (an airplane that does not have an engine and
uses the power of the wind to glide to ground after being
towed into the air)
Sea Plane (An airplane that has floats, or pontoons,
attached to allow it to land on water)
Solo (To fly an airplane without a companion or an
instructor)
T is for
Tailplane (a small horizontal wing at the back of the
airplane)
Takeoff (when an airplane takes off into the air)
Turboprop (an airplane that use a turbo jet engine)
U is for
Ultra light aircraft (A small, powered aircraft which is
extremely light and usually seats only person)
UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)
U-2 (is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude surveillance
(spy) aircraft flown by the USAF - also called the Dragon
Lady)
V is for
V-22 Osprey (a tiltrotor vertical/short takeoff and landing
aircraft)
V-tail (a type of tail fin that has 2 sections in the shape of a
V)
V-jet (a small low cost personal jet)
W is for
Wing (the lifting surface of an airplane)
Wheels (landing gear (wheels) allow airplanes to take off
and land)
Wright – Wilbur & Orville (the Wright brothers
built and flew the first motorized airplane in 1903 at
Kittyhawk NC.
X is for X-wing airplane (a combination helicopter and fixed
wing aircraft)
X-plane (a type of flight simulator for use on a computer)
X-1 – Bell (airplane that was the 1st to fly faster than the speed of
sound)
Y is for
Yoke – this is used to control the airplane – like a steering wheel in
a car
Yaw - A plane that yaws is one in which the tail or nose (or both)
will make undesirable side-to-side
Z is for Z-blend A type of airplane wire connection shaped like the letter
Z.
Zulu Time – A time zonealso know as Greenwich Mean Time