| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| A place where civil aircraft land to let passengers on and off. | Airport | 78%
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| A device that can maintain the plane's course while the crew have a cup of tea (2 words). | Automatic pilot | 61%
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| Nausea caused by the motion of an aircraft. | Airsickness | 48%
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| A system where fuel is ignited in the exhaust section of a jet engine, to give more thrust. | Afterburner | 43%
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| Hinged flap on the trailing edge of an aircraft wing. | Aileron | 37%
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| A company that runs a public service of aircraft flying between certain places. | Airline | 37%
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| The electrical and electronic equipment in an aircraft that helps it fly. | Avionics | 33%
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| This word is used both for being on a ship or a plane. | Aboard | 30%
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| A small airfield, especially a private or military one. | Aerodrome | 20%
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| Transportation by plane of troops, equipment or supplies, maybe in emergency. | Airlift | 20%
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| Sadly, we won't see Concorde fly again as no example is - . | Airworthy | 20%
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| An attack by aircraft, especially one in which bombs are dropped (2 words). | Air raid | 17%
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| A gyroscopic instrument that indicates a plane's altitude (2 words). | Artificial horizon | 17%
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| A localised region of descending air, that causes an aircraft to lose height suddenly (2 words). | Air pocket | 4%
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| The height of an aircraft above the land or sea over which it's flying (2 words). | Absolute altitude | 2%
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