Intro to Aviation Exam Pt.2 Complete And Verified Answers Graded A+.

Sir George Cayley is best known as the - correct answer Father of Aerial Navigation Sir George Cayley was one of the first early aviation pioneers to use a ___ to test various wing shapes. - correct answer whirling arm In early attempts of flying, the steam engine was used. What was one of the major problems with using the steam engine to power an aircraft? - correct answer heavy and low power The first wind tunnel was developed by ___ - correct answer Francis Wenham Otto Lilienthal experimented with orinthopters - correct answer true Hiram Maxim's 1894 machine was in reality a test bed for aeronautical research. Maxim used it to test propeller performance, lift production, and control - correct answer true The prize-winning flight around the Eiffel Tower on Oct. 19, 1901 in a dirigible was performed by ___ - correct answer Albert Santos-Dumont Why did Samuel Langley choose to launch his flying machines over water? - correct answer less damage to the flying machine if it crashed ___ had probably the most comprehensive database on aeronautical knowledge - correct answer Octave Chanute Who believed that the future of aviation was in balloons and dirigibles? - correct answer The US War Department William Boeing was born in Detroit in ___ - correct answer 1881 In what year did William Boeing take his first airplane ride? - correct answer 1914 In What year was the Boeing Aircraft Company incorporated? - correct answer 1916 How many Boeing Model C training aircraft did the Navy order from Boeing? - correct answer 50 In the first few months after the war ____ % of the American Aviation Companies went out of business. - correct answer 90 What year was the first international mail flight made? - correct answer 1919 Who made the first transatlantic flight in 1927? - correct answer Charles A. Linborg How many passengers did the Boeing 80A carry? - correct answer 18 Which Boeing aircraft was considered to be the first modern airliner? - correct answer b 247 In what year was donald douglas born - correct answer 1892 What year was Douglas appointed to the Naval Academy? - correct answer 1909 When the United States entered WWI the government-appointed Douglas as the chief engineer for the Army Air Corp. What was he tasked to do? - correct answer To coordinate America's scattered airplane builders in the effort to speed production By the 1930's DC-3's carried nearly ____% of the U.S. Air Traffic - correct answer 90 When did the stock market craft - correct answer 1929 After the Senate hearings, what did William Boeing do when he arrived back in Seattle? - correct answer Sold all his stock and left the industry The President of the United States called for the production of ___ airplanes a year - correct answer 50,000 What year did the United States enter WWII? - correct answer 1941 In March of ____ the aircraft war production counsel was formed? - correct answer 1942 The aircraft war production counsel was formed by - correct answer Donald Douglas and other aircraft companies By ___, Santos Dumont began work on his first airship - correct answer 1897 Development of the ___ bullet is what brought down the airship - correct answer incendiary The USS Los Angeles was used for training and flew more than ___ hours. - correct answer 4000 The USS Akron, the most innovated airship of her time, was a ___ of the sky - correct answer battleship At the helm was Dr. Hugo Eckener, to see an ____ airship service. - correct answer intercontinental Eckener was an ___ critic of the Nazi Party. - correct answer critic The ___, the largest airship was 804 feet long. - correct answer Hindenburg The Hindenburg crashed marking the end of the airship ____ air service - correct answer passenger What aviation mechanism led to the development of the jet engine? - correct answer Turbo supercharger What British officer was instrumental in the development of the jet engine? - correct answer Frank Whittle What was the first jet aircraft to fly and in what year> - correct answer Heinkel He 178 in 1939 Who was the manufacturer and what was the designation of the first jet fighter (Germany, 1940)/ - correct answer Designation ME-262 Who was the Lockheed engineer who undertook the design of jet aircraft? - correct answer Kelly Johnson Owned Willis Hawkens What was the first American Jet fighter? - correct answer P-80 to F-80 What is the difference between a jet engine and a rocket engine - correct answer Jet uses oxygen in air Rocket carry's oxygen in it When was the sound barrier broken? - correct answer 1947 What type engine does the SR-71 utilize? - correct answer J-57 For what country did Eugene Bullard fly? - correct answer France