| A | B |
|---|
| Amelia Earhart | disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an around the world flight |
| Charles Lindbergh | first pilot to fly solo, non-stop over the Atlantic Ocean |
| Chuck Yeagar | first pilot to break the sound barrier |
| Wiley Post | first pilot to fly solo around the world |
| yaw | sideways movement of plane |
| roll | spin or turn of plane |
| pitch | upward or downward movement of plane |
| rudder | controls yaw |
| elevators | controls pitch |
| ailerons | controls roll |
| WWI planes | cloth/wooden bodies, 130 mph, carry 1-2 men, no standard weapons,biplanes/triplanes, fixed landing gear |
| WWII planes | metal bodies, 300 mph,, can carry crew of up to 7 men, standard weapons, radar, and radio,monoplanes, retractable landing gear |
| air on top of wing | faster, travels longer distance, less dense |
| air on bottom of wing | slower, travels shorter distance, denser |
| fuselage | body of plane from nose to tail |
| landing gear | wheels or floats |
| lift | force that pushes a plane upward |
| gravity | force that pushes a plane down |
| thrust | force that pushes plane forward |
| drag | force that slows plane down |
