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Spaatz Aerospace Questions and Answers Latest Version Already Passed
What kind of technology allows a pilot to read instruments without looking down?✔✔ Heads-up display
What is the key difference between helicopters and airplanes?✔✔ Helicopters use rotating blades for lift
What is used to steer a hot air balloon?✔✔ Wind direction at different altitudes
What is the term for a continuous path through which electricity flows in an aircraft system?✔✔ Circuit
What is the main purpose of an aircraft transponder?✔✔ To transmit identification to radar
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What altitude does low Earth orbit (LEO) typically range up to?✔✔ About 2,000 kilometers
What does a barometer measure in aviation and meteorology?✔✔ Atmospheric pressure
What part of the space shuttle returns to Earth and lands like an airplane?✔✔ Orbiter
What term refers to the difference between true north and magnetic north?✔✔ Magnetic variation
What is a ramjet engine designed to do?✔✔ Operate efficiently at high supersonic speeds
What effect explains why a spinning gyroscope resists changes to its axis?✔✔ Rigidity in space
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What is the purpose of a pressurized cabin in high-altitude aircraft?✔✔ To maintain safe oxygen levels for passengers and crew
What is the term for the path a missile or rocket follows after its engines shut off?✔✔ Ballistic trajectory
What phenomenon can cause loss of radio communication during reentry?✔✔ Plasma blackout
What force allows an aircraft to stay in the air by counteracting gravity?✔✔ Lift
What is the name of the force that resists the forward motion of an aircraft through the air?✔✔ Drag
What is the main purpose of an aircraft’s rudder?✔✔ To control yaw
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What is the movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis called?✔✔ Roll
What part of the aircraft controls pitch?✔✔ Elevator
What is the term for the curved upper surface of an airfoil that helps generate lift?✔✔ Camber
What is the invisible boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space commonly referred to as?✔✔ Kármán line
What is the name of the first artificial satellite ever launched into Earth orbit?✔✔ Sputnik
What was the first successful powered flight by the Wright brothers?
✔✔ 1903
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