AVSC 1010 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Barnstormers - Answers - Showcased war-surplus aircraft in flying circuses
Air Mail Act of 1925 - Answers - -Post office air mail service in 1918-1927
-Used pilots from the army
-34 pilots lost their lives
Douglas DC-3 - Answers - The first successful large transport aircraft
Boeing 727 (737) - Answers - The most successful large transport aircraft
Battle of Midway - Answers - Turning point in the Pacific Theater of WWII
Doolittle Raid - Answers - The first attack on Japan during WWII by U.S.
DeHavilland Comet - Answers - Was the first jet airliner
USS Madox - Answers -
Me-262 - Answers - Was the first Jet Fighter
George Cayley - Answers - -First Pioneer of Instrument flight and made first blind flight
-Studied flight of birds
-identified forces of lift, drag, and thrust
Leonardo de Vinci - Answers - Made the first scientific experiments in the aviation field
"Ornithopters"
Samuel P. Langley - Answers - -Attempted to add power to glider
-built a man carrying steam powered aircraft
The Wright Brothers - Answers - -First to reach, controlled, sustained, and powered
flight
-December 17, 1903
-Wing Warping technique
-Flew for 12 seconds at a height of 10ft
John Stringfellow - Answers - -First successful powered flight of heavier than aircraft
-Monoplane powered by a steam engine which drove two six bladed propellers
Louis Bleriot - Answers - -Built first powered monoplane
, -First man to fly across English Channel
Charles Lindbergh - Answers - First to fly across the Atlantic solo. Flying in his plane
called the Spirit of St. Louis
Harriet Quimby - Answers - -first licensed female pilot
-first woman to fly across English Channel
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. - Answers - Was a leader of the Tuskegee Airman
WWI - Answers - Treaty of Versailles ended what in 1919?
WWII - Answers - Started in 1939
Island Hopping - Answers - Tactic used by the allies where they would hop from one
island to another cutting off supply to the other islands
Aerospace Definition - Answers - Compound term used to describe that atmosphere as
one medium
Otto Praeger - Answers - Vision: Transcontinental Airmail Route
Legends of Aviation - Answers - Wan Hoo, Emperor Shun, Icarus & Daedlus, Kai
Kawus (Persian King)
Laurienco de Gusmao - Answers - Who created Hot Air Balloon
Dirigibles - Answers - Lighter than aircraft that can be propelled and steered
Ferdinand von Zeppelin - Answers - Flew the worlds first rigid dirigible
Alphonse Penaud - Answers - 1871 used twisted rubber band for power
Otto Lilienthal - Answers - Father of Modern Aviation
USS Langley - Answers - First U.S. aircraft carrier
Glen Curtis - Answers - -Built first aircraft equipped with ailerons
-Built engine for the first powered Dirigible
Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Answers - Flew across the U.S. in 49 days
Igor Sikorsky - Answers - -Designed and flew first 4 engine aircraft named Legrand
-Later built and mass produced the helicopter Sikorsky R4
St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line (1914) - Answers - Worlds first airline
ANSWERS
Barnstormers - Answers - Showcased war-surplus aircraft in flying circuses
Air Mail Act of 1925 - Answers - -Post office air mail service in 1918-1927
-Used pilots from the army
-34 pilots lost their lives
Douglas DC-3 - Answers - The first successful large transport aircraft
Boeing 727 (737) - Answers - The most successful large transport aircraft
Battle of Midway - Answers - Turning point in the Pacific Theater of WWII
Doolittle Raid - Answers - The first attack on Japan during WWII by U.S.
DeHavilland Comet - Answers - Was the first jet airliner
USS Madox - Answers -
Me-262 - Answers - Was the first Jet Fighter
George Cayley - Answers - -First Pioneer of Instrument flight and made first blind flight
-Studied flight of birds
-identified forces of lift, drag, and thrust
Leonardo de Vinci - Answers - Made the first scientific experiments in the aviation field
"Ornithopters"
Samuel P. Langley - Answers - -Attempted to add power to glider
-built a man carrying steam powered aircraft
The Wright Brothers - Answers - -First to reach, controlled, sustained, and powered
flight
-December 17, 1903
-Wing Warping technique
-Flew for 12 seconds at a height of 10ft
John Stringfellow - Answers - -First successful powered flight of heavier than aircraft
-Monoplane powered by a steam engine which drove two six bladed propellers
Louis Bleriot - Answers - -Built first powered monoplane
, -First man to fly across English Channel
Charles Lindbergh - Answers - First to fly across the Atlantic solo. Flying in his plane
called the Spirit of St. Louis
Harriet Quimby - Answers - -first licensed female pilot
-first woman to fly across English Channel
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. - Answers - Was a leader of the Tuskegee Airman
WWI - Answers - Treaty of Versailles ended what in 1919?
WWII - Answers - Started in 1939
Island Hopping - Answers - Tactic used by the allies where they would hop from one
island to another cutting off supply to the other islands
Aerospace Definition - Answers - Compound term used to describe that atmosphere as
one medium
Otto Praeger - Answers - Vision: Transcontinental Airmail Route
Legends of Aviation - Answers - Wan Hoo, Emperor Shun, Icarus & Daedlus, Kai
Kawus (Persian King)
Laurienco de Gusmao - Answers - Who created Hot Air Balloon
Dirigibles - Answers - Lighter than aircraft that can be propelled and steered
Ferdinand von Zeppelin - Answers - Flew the worlds first rigid dirigible
Alphonse Penaud - Answers - 1871 used twisted rubber band for power
Otto Lilienthal - Answers - Father of Modern Aviation
USS Langley - Answers - First U.S. aircraft carrier
Glen Curtis - Answers - -Built first aircraft equipped with ailerons
-Built engine for the first powered Dirigible
Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Answers - Flew across the U.S. in 49 days
Igor Sikorsky - Answers - -Designed and flew first 4 engine aircraft named Legrand
-Later built and mass produced the helicopter Sikorsky R4
St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line (1914) - Answers - Worlds first airline
