Statistics for Flying and Aviation - A

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A place where civil aircraft land to let passengers on and off.	Airport	78%
A device that can maintain the plane's course while the crew have a cup of tea (2 words).	Automatic pilot	62%
Nausea caused by the motion of an aircraft.	Airsickness	49%
A system where fuel is ignited in the exhaust section of a jet engine, to give more thrust.	Afterburner	43%
A company that runs a public service of aircraft flying between certain places.	Airline	41%
The electrical and electronic equipment in an aircraft that helps it fly.	Avionics	38%
Hinged flap on the trailing edge of an aircraft wing.	Aileron	35%
This word is used both for being on a ship or a plane.	Aboard	30%
Transportation by plane of troops, equipment or supplies, maybe in emergency.	Airlift	24%
Sadly, we won't see Concorde fly again as no example is - .	Airworthy	22%
A gyroscopic instrument that indicates a plane's altitude (2 words).	Artificial horizon	22%
A small airfield, especially a private or military one.	Aerodrome	19%
An attack by aircraft, especially one in which bombs are dropped (2 words).	Air raid	19%
The height of an aircraft above the land or sea over which it's flying (2 words).	Absolute altitude	3%
A localised region of descending air, that causes an aircraft to lose height suddenly (2 words).	Air pocket	3%