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| A cargo compartment or commonly referred to as a cargo bin, is that part of the aircraft where passengers baggage and cargo is stored |
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| the body, a ridged structure on which the aircraft compartments, wings, tail, engine are mounted |
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| The forward section of an aircraft. Includes flight deck where you can find the captain and 1st officer. This area also includes flight instruments and navigational aids |
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| hinged portion of wings located on trailing edges. Cover the section of the wing from the fuselage to aileron. They provide additional lift to compensate for slower air speeds associated with landing |
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| A hinged portion on the trailing edge of the wing. It raises and lowers to control the rolling motion of the aircraft. |
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| The protective covering surrounding the aircraft engine |
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| Made up of the nose and main gears. The nose gear is located directly under the nose of the aircraft |
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| Front portion of the wing |
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| placed in the nose and main gear of aircraft that require maintenance or are being towed. A safety measure to prevent a landing gear from collapsing while the aircraft is being towed. |
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| The empennage or more commonly referred to as tail section, consists of the rudder, various tabs, vertical and horizontal stabilizer, and elevator |
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| Located on the vertical stabilizer of aircraft. The left to right movement of aircraft is controlled by this. |
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| Control tabs are located on the elevator and rudder. They aid the pilot in flight by decreasing control forces ie air stream resistance that resists control tab movement |
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| Horizontal and vertical stabilizers |
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| Contribute to aircraft's stability |
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| Located Horizontal stabilizer of aircraft. The raising and lowering of the nose is controlled by this |
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| Lift, gravity, thrust, drag |
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| Created by wing moving through air |
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| Total weight log aircraft |
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| Created by the engine rotating the propeller/fan blades and overcomes drag |
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| The friction and turbulence of the air passing around and over the aircraft |
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| Aircraft wings. There is a higher curve over top of wing than below the wing |
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| The power moves the plane forward faster and faster until at the proper speed, there is enough airflow over the wings to generate enough lift to overcome the weight |
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| Pilot reduces power, the drag slows airplane, with less airflow over the wings, there is less lift generated and the weight overcomes lift |
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