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For the drag vs airspeed, indentify the items in the figure below:

Most of the difficulties of transonic flight are associated with shock wave induced flow separation.

At low Reynolds numbers, flows tend to be dominated by laminar flow while at high Reynolds numbers, flows tend to be turbulent

The purpose of the compressor of a jet engine is to 

What wing design is the most efficient planform because the uniformity of the lift coefficient and downwash causes the least induced drag for a given aspect ratio

The static stability of an aircraft is the initial tendency to return to equilibrium, this is called 

Identify the items in the figure below:

In a turbofan engine, the fan makes much of the net thrust from the engine, the remainder from the jet thrust developed through the engine’s core and exit nozzle.

Determine the stall speed in feet/sec for an airplane at 10,000-ft  in steady level flight with the following properties: Weight = 2,900-lbs Wing span = 36.08-ft Aspect ratio = 7.44 CL max  = 1.306 The airplane is flown in steady, level flight at 10,000 (is 17.56×10-4 slugs/ft3)

The region in front of a shock wave generates high lift.