Hatchet Vocabulary Ch 1-3

Front

bushplane

Back

a small aircraft that serves undeveloped areas of a country

Front

rudder

Back

a movable control at the rear of a plane used to turn

Front

hatchet

Back

a small ax with a short handle

Front

audible

Back

able to be heard

Front

cowling

Back

a metal covering for an engine

Front

turbulence

Back

unstable motion

Front

compass

Back

an instrument for determining direction

Front

heart attack

Back

sudden damage to the heart muscles that can cause death

Front

altimeter

Back

a sensitive barometer used in aircrafts to find the distance above sea level or terrain by comparing air pressure

Front

glide

Back

to travel in the air at a downward angle by the action of air currents and gravity