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