Air, Aerodynamics and Flight Word Search

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Layer of air around the Earth (10)
  2. 5. A hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course (6)
  3. 7. The airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend (8)
  4. 9. An airfoil that controls lateral motion (plural) (8)
  5. 11. The branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases and their effects on bodies in the flow (12)
  6. 12. Any vehicle self-propelled by a ___ engine (6)
  7. 13. The force used in pushing (6)
  8. 14. Force that pulls objects toward the Earth (7)

Down

  1. 1. The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity (4)
  2. 2. An increase in the density of something (11)
  3. 3. Swiss physicist who contributed to hydrodynamics and mathematical physics (9)
  4. 4. An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets (8)
  5. 6. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid (4)
  6. 8. A craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines (10)
  7. 10. An erratic deflection from an intended course (3)