FCAS final exam 2023 with complete solution
Who is credited for the principle of Buoyancy?
Archimedes
Balloons, what year, who?
- 1783, Montgolfier Brothers (Joseph and Etienne)
-- released first, manned, free ascent hot air balloon
- 1783, J.A.C. Charles
-- first manned flight of a hydrogen filled balloon
Cayley, what were his contributions?
1804, first model airplane flown
1809, built full scale airplane
Penaud, what were his contributions?
- first airplane with inherent lateral and longitudinal stability
- 1871, 20" rubber band powered model; with dihedral, tail surface, and pusher propeller
Lilienthal, what book did he write, what were his other contributions?
- wrote "Bird Flight as a Basis of Aviation"
- built and flew a series of gliders beginning in 1891
Chanute, Pratt Truss, assisted others (Wright Brothers)
- civil engineer
- built and tested gliders based on Otto Lilienthal's designs
- wrote "progress in flying machine"
Langley, steam powered model, Smithsonian curator
may 6, 1896, flew a steam powered model 3,300 ft
Wright brothers, first names, profession, home city, where did they make their 1st
flights?
- Wilbur Wright
- Orville Wright
- Orville started a printing press while in high school
- they owned a bike shop in Dayton, Ohio
- Made their first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Date of Wright Brothers first flight?
December 17, 1903
Length and distance of Wright Brothers first flight?
12 seconds, 120 feet
other contributions from the Wright Brothers?
- built wind tunnel in 1901
- 1900 began working with gliders
Glenn Curtiss, what were his contributions?
- July 25, 1909, first to fly across the English channel
- first to build a monoplane and fly across the English Channel
Louis Bleriot, what were his contributions?
- July 25, 1909, first to fly across the English channel
- first to build a monoplane and fly across the English channel
1st trans-americas flight, when, who?
, - Calbraith Perry Rogers
- September 17-November 5, 1911
Sikorsky, what were his contributions?
- September 14, 1939: first helicopter flight in the U.S.
-- first practical single rotor helicopter
NACA, what was this and when was it founded?
- National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915
WW1, dates, aviation advancements?
- July 28, 1914-November 11, 1918
- Advancements:
-- airplane development
-- airplanes:
--- stronger
--- faster
--- more powerful engines
-- fighters are faster and armed better
-- multi-engine bombers are able to deliver ordinance from hundreds of miles away
Golden Age of Aviation, when was this
1918-1939, between World War 1 and World War 2
Air-Mail, when, what cities?
- May 15, 1918
-- New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.
- September 8-11, 1920
-- New York to San Francisco
Trans-atlantic flights, what year (NC-4, Lindbergh)
- NC-4
-- May 8-31, 1919
- Lindbergh
-- May 20, 1927
Air Commerce Act of 1926, what was this, what did it accomplish?
- development of civil aviation
- navaids
- licensed pilots
- airworthiness certificates
- accident investigation
Richard Byrd, what were his contributions?
- flew over the north and south poles
- North Pole
-- May 9, 1926
- South Pole
-- November 28-29, 1929
Charles Lindbergh, when did he make the flight, what was the start and
destination, when, who built the airplane, what was the name of the airplane and
why was it named that way?
Who is credited for the principle of Buoyancy?
Archimedes
Balloons, what year, who?
- 1783, Montgolfier Brothers (Joseph and Etienne)
-- released first, manned, free ascent hot air balloon
- 1783, J.A.C. Charles
-- first manned flight of a hydrogen filled balloon
Cayley, what were his contributions?
1804, first model airplane flown
1809, built full scale airplane
Penaud, what were his contributions?
- first airplane with inherent lateral and longitudinal stability
- 1871, 20" rubber band powered model; with dihedral, tail surface, and pusher propeller
Lilienthal, what book did he write, what were his other contributions?
- wrote "Bird Flight as a Basis of Aviation"
- built and flew a series of gliders beginning in 1891
Chanute, Pratt Truss, assisted others (Wright Brothers)
- civil engineer
- built and tested gliders based on Otto Lilienthal's designs
- wrote "progress in flying machine"
Langley, steam powered model, Smithsonian curator
may 6, 1896, flew a steam powered model 3,300 ft
Wright brothers, first names, profession, home city, where did they make their 1st
flights?
- Wilbur Wright
- Orville Wright
- Orville started a printing press while in high school
- they owned a bike shop in Dayton, Ohio
- Made their first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Date of Wright Brothers first flight?
December 17, 1903
Length and distance of Wright Brothers first flight?
12 seconds, 120 feet
other contributions from the Wright Brothers?
- built wind tunnel in 1901
- 1900 began working with gliders
Glenn Curtiss, what were his contributions?
- July 25, 1909, first to fly across the English channel
- first to build a monoplane and fly across the English Channel
Louis Bleriot, what were his contributions?
- July 25, 1909, first to fly across the English channel
- first to build a monoplane and fly across the English channel
1st trans-americas flight, when, who?
, - Calbraith Perry Rogers
- September 17-November 5, 1911
Sikorsky, what were his contributions?
- September 14, 1939: first helicopter flight in the U.S.
-- first practical single rotor helicopter
NACA, what was this and when was it founded?
- National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915
WW1, dates, aviation advancements?
- July 28, 1914-November 11, 1918
- Advancements:
-- airplane development
-- airplanes:
--- stronger
--- faster
--- more powerful engines
-- fighters are faster and armed better
-- multi-engine bombers are able to deliver ordinance from hundreds of miles away
Golden Age of Aviation, when was this
1918-1939, between World War 1 and World War 2
Air-Mail, when, what cities?
- May 15, 1918
-- New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.
- September 8-11, 1920
-- New York to San Francisco
Trans-atlantic flights, what year (NC-4, Lindbergh)
- NC-4
-- May 8-31, 1919
- Lindbergh
-- May 20, 1927
Air Commerce Act of 1926, what was this, what did it accomplish?
- development of civil aviation
- navaids
- licensed pilots
- airworthiness certificates
- accident investigation
Richard Byrd, what were his contributions?
- flew over the north and south poles
- North Pole
-- May 9, 1926
- South Pole
-- November 28-29, 1929
Charles Lindbergh, when did he make the flight, what was the start and
destination, when, who built the airplane, what was the name of the airplane and
why was it named that way?
