INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE - AERO-1010-004
FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
What are some contributions from Leonardo Da Vinici - Answers - Center of Gravity,
Center of pressure, streamlining, parachute, flying machines
Icarus and Daedalus - Answers - escaped from prison
Montgolfier Brothers - Answers - First flying passengers were a chicken, Duck, and
sheep
in 1783 they were the first men to fly in a hot air balloon
Sir George Cayley - Answers - father of aviation
first airplane pioneer in 19th century
4 forces of flight
Samuel Pierpont Langley - Answers - Astronomer
attempted to add power to gliders
Charles Taylor - Answers -
Wright Brothers Mechanic - Answers - Charles Taylor
Wright Brothers are accredited with... and know exact date - Answers - first powered
flight on December 17 1903
Otto Lilienthal - Answers - German
Father of modern aviation
powered flight engines linked to wingtips for flapping
"sacrifices must be made"
Glen H. Curtiss contributions to aviation in the us - Answers - focused on patents on
flight control
developed motorcycle engines
Curtiss-Wright patent fued - Answers - a patent war between the Wright Brothers and
Curtiss over the method of flight controls
Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Answers - First person to fly coast to coast in an airplane
name of his plane was the Vinfiz
Harriet Quimby - Answers - First licensed female pilot
first women to fly solo across the English channel
, Ferdinand von Zeppelin - Answers - designed the dirigible
Billy Mitchell - Answers - American general who supported the development of air power
in the military
father of the US Air Force
Believed the airplane was an offensive weapon
believed in complete air superiority
"if you control the air you cannot be beaten, if you lose the air, you cannot win"
First Airline - Answers - St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line
carried 2 people in January of 1914
Golden Age of Aviation - Answers - 1919-1939
barn stormers - Answers - ex military aviators that flew around the country giving rides
and doing dangerous stunts
Bessie Coleman - Answers - stunt pilot
first black female pilot
Contributions of Jimmy Doolittle - Answers - First takeoff and landing in IFR
Air Commerce Act of 1926 - Answers - First attempt to standardize and regulate
commercial aviation.
Airmail Act of 1925 - Answers - -Authorized the Post Office to contract with private
airlines to transport mail.
Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 - Answers - Allowed the CAB to structure the interstate
airline industry by regulating price and intercarrier agreements
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 - Answers - Created the Airport
Development Aid Program (ADAP) and the Planning Grant Program (PGP), expanded
the list of eligible projects, created the Part 139 Certification of Airports, created the
Aviation Trust Fund.
Airline Deregulation - Answers - a United States federal law signed into law on October
24, 1978. The main purpose of the act was to remove government control over fares,
routes and market entry (of new airlines) from commercial aviation.
Charles Lindbergh - Answers - First nonstop flight from New York to Paris
Amelia Earhart - Answers - first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic
(1928)
FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
What are some contributions from Leonardo Da Vinici - Answers - Center of Gravity,
Center of pressure, streamlining, parachute, flying machines
Icarus and Daedalus - Answers - escaped from prison
Montgolfier Brothers - Answers - First flying passengers were a chicken, Duck, and
sheep
in 1783 they were the first men to fly in a hot air balloon
Sir George Cayley - Answers - father of aviation
first airplane pioneer in 19th century
4 forces of flight
Samuel Pierpont Langley - Answers - Astronomer
attempted to add power to gliders
Charles Taylor - Answers -
Wright Brothers Mechanic - Answers - Charles Taylor
Wright Brothers are accredited with... and know exact date - Answers - first powered
flight on December 17 1903
Otto Lilienthal - Answers - German
Father of modern aviation
powered flight engines linked to wingtips for flapping
"sacrifices must be made"
Glen H. Curtiss contributions to aviation in the us - Answers - focused on patents on
flight control
developed motorcycle engines
Curtiss-Wright patent fued - Answers - a patent war between the Wright Brothers and
Curtiss over the method of flight controls
Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Answers - First person to fly coast to coast in an airplane
name of his plane was the Vinfiz
Harriet Quimby - Answers - First licensed female pilot
first women to fly solo across the English channel
, Ferdinand von Zeppelin - Answers - designed the dirigible
Billy Mitchell - Answers - American general who supported the development of air power
in the military
father of the US Air Force
Believed the airplane was an offensive weapon
believed in complete air superiority
"if you control the air you cannot be beaten, if you lose the air, you cannot win"
First Airline - Answers - St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line
carried 2 people in January of 1914
Golden Age of Aviation - Answers - 1919-1939
barn stormers - Answers - ex military aviators that flew around the country giving rides
and doing dangerous stunts
Bessie Coleman - Answers - stunt pilot
first black female pilot
Contributions of Jimmy Doolittle - Answers - First takeoff and landing in IFR
Air Commerce Act of 1926 - Answers - First attempt to standardize and regulate
commercial aviation.
Airmail Act of 1925 - Answers - -Authorized the Post Office to contract with private
airlines to transport mail.
Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 - Answers - Allowed the CAB to structure the interstate
airline industry by regulating price and intercarrier agreements
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 - Answers - Created the Airport
Development Aid Program (ADAP) and the Planning Grant Program (PGP), expanded
the list of eligible projects, created the Part 139 Certification of Airports, created the
Aviation Trust Fund.
Airline Deregulation - Answers - a United States federal law signed into law on October
24, 1978. The main purpose of the act was to remove government control over fares,
routes and market entry (of new airlines) from commercial aviation.
Charles Lindbergh - Answers - First nonstop flight from New York to Paris
Amelia Earhart - Answers - first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic
(1928)
