Theory Of Flight Prelim

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He was the one to first to experiment with the science of flying.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Make important contribution to the technical advancement of flight

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Leonardo da Vinci

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What is ornithopters?

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Is a machine design to fly by flapping wings and uses legs, arms and body movement

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What is the contribution of Leonardo da Vinci?

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He was the one to first to experinent with the science of flying. But his writings and sketches werent discovered until 300 years after his death. He made a great contribution to the technical advancement of flight. He designed ornithopters

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What question sparked Montglofiers curiosity?

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What forces cause smoke to rise in a fireplace?

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They designed the first successful flying craft

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Montgolfier brothers

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When was the first flight with human passenger?

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November 21, 1783 at 1:54 pm and lasted for 25 minutes

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Who was the first aviators of the first flight without human

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Rooster, duck and sheep and lasted for 8 minutes

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What was the contribution of Montgolfier brothers?

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They designed the first successful flying craft. Their observations led them to believe that burning created a gas which they called Montgolfiers gas causing a craft to rise. They constructed a ballon made of cloth and paper

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The first flight with human carries

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Pilatre de Rozier and Marquiz D Arlandez

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He designed a round oval shaped balloon called blimp and combined it with a steam engine to make it steerable

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Henri Giffard

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What disaster caused the end of large airships

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The Hindenburg Zeppelin disaster in 1937

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What was the contribution of Henri Giffard?

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He designed a round oval shaped balloon called blimp and combined it with a steam engine to make it steerable

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He is the 1st person to propose separate mechanism for the generation of lift and propulsion

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George Cayley

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He is the grandparent of the concept of the modern airplane and the first true aeronautical engineer

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George Cayley

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What was the contribution of George Cayley?

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He is the 1st person to propose separate mechanism for the generation of lift and propulsion. He is the grandparent of the concept of the modern airplane and the first true aeronautical engineer

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He built and flew the first glider

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Otto Lilienthal

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On 1891-1896 Otto Liliental achieved

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2500 successful gliders

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At what year did Otto Lilental died

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1896 due to glider crash

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What was the contribution of the Wright Brothers

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They achieved the first heavier-than-air, powered, manned flight.

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Any machine that is capable of flying through the air

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Aircraft

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Aircraft classification

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Lighter than air

Heavier than air

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Airplane categories

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Transport

Commuters

Restricted

Limited

Experimental

Provisional

Aerobatic

Normal/utility

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Refers to airline and other large aircraft that exceed certain limits

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Transport

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Aircraft that designed to carry passenger

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Commuters

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For special purpose only

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Restricted

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Refers to military aircraft that are new allowed to be used only for limited purpose in civil aviation

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Limited

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Refers to military aircraft thay are new allowed to be used only for limited purpose in civil aviation

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Limited

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Refers to military aircraft that are new allowed to be used only for limited purpose in civil aviation

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Limited

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Aircraft used for new design concept

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Experimental

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An intern measure which has not met all requirement for initial certification but still can be operated for special purpose

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Provisional

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Aircraft have fewest operating limitation demand more strength than those of the normal/utility category

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Aerobatic

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Common to most small airplanes both of those category depending on how they are loaded

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Normal/utility

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Major components of an airplane

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Fuselage

Wing

Empennage

Landing gear

Powerplant or engine

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Is an airplane's main body section. It holds crew, passengers and cargo

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Fuselage

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It provide lifts for the airplane

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Wings

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The entire tail group consisting of vertical stabilizers and horizontal stabilizers

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Empennage

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What are the movable surface of empennage?

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Rudder

Elevator

Trim tabs

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Has one wheel located on the nose

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Tricycle gear

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Airplane with a wheel at the back

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Conventional landing gear

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Sometimes conventional gear airplane are called

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Tailwheel airplane or tail draggers

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A nosewheel airplane

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Cessna 172

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It includes engine and propeller and is covered by the cowling or nacelle

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Powerplant

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It generates the thrust needed to get you moving

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Propeller

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Greek word means air

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Aero

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Means pertaining to air, aviation or aeronautics

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Aero

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Greek word means power

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Dynamic

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Branch of physics which consider motion

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Dynamics

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Is the whole mass of air extending upward with a hundred of miles

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Atmosphere

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Gases in the atmosphere

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78% nitrogen

21% oxygen

1% other gases

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Force acting per unit

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Pressure

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Less drag means ____ speed

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High

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More drag means ____ speed

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Less

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-greater density

-more volume of air

-more drag

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Cold

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- low density

- less volume of air

-less drag

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Hot

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Forces that act on flight

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Lift

Weight

Drag

Thrust

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Upward force created by wings or airfoil

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Lift

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Forward force generated by an aircraft engine

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Thrust

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Force that resists thrust

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Drag

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Downward force due to the weight of an aircraft

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Gravity

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Are movement of the air with respect to the earth

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Air current

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Air upward from the earth

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Vertical current or convection current

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Sandy places, desert, beaches in other places where the air is unstable

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Vertical current or convection current

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Also called as bumps

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Air pocket

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Movement of air (rising/falling)

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Air pocket

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Is a part of an airplane which is designed to produce lift

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Airfoil

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Pertaining to air

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Aero

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Relating to the forces of air in motion

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Aerodynamics

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The science of flight within the atmosphere

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Aeronautics

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Combination of aeronautics and space

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Aerospace

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Above ground level

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AGL

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A mixture of gases that contain approximately 79% nitrogen, 19% nitrogen

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Air

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Any machine that is capable of flying through the air

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Aircraft

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An aircraft that is kept aloft by the aerodynamic forces upon its wings and is thrust forward by a propeller or other means of propulsion such as jet

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Airplane

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Component such as wings, that is specifically designed to produce lift thrust or directional stability

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Airfoil

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Height expressed in units above sea level or ground level

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Altitude

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The art, science and technology of flight within the atmosphere

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Aviation

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A person who operates an aircraft during flight

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Aviator

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The curved part of an airfoil that goes from the leading to the trailing edge

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Camber

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A line drawn through an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge

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Chord

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A force which retards the forward movement of an aircraft in flight

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Drag

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Forces in motion

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Dynamics

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The front part of an airfoil

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Leading edge

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The upward force, which opposes gravity that supports the weight of the aircraft

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Lift

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Standing still or without motion

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Static

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Faster than the speed of sound

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Supersonic

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Is below the speed of sound

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Subsonic

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The force which moves an aircraft forward in flight

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Thrust

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The back part of an airfoil

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Trailing edge

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Air in motion

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Wind

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Achieve the first controlled sustained powered, heavier than air manned flight

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Wright brothers

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Contribution of wright brothers

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Achieve the first controlled sustained powered, heavier than air manned flight

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When was the first powered flight

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December 17, 1903

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Wright brothers public demonstration in europe and united states

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September 1908

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Achieved the first successful heavier than air

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Samuel Pierpont Langley

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When was the powered flight in history

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1896

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Langley attempt manned flight but unsuccessful

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December 3, 1908

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The flow of air which moves opposite the flight path of an airplane

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Relative wind