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The _____ began in America when Ralph Pulitzer offered a trophy to promote high-speed flight. - ☑️☑️Pulitzer
Trophy Race
The National Air Races were a result of the _____. - ☑️☑️Pulitzer Trophy Race
The _____ was a transcontinental speed race. - ☑️☑️Bendix Race
The Woman's Air Derby led the formation of an association of women fliers called the ______. - ☑️☑️Ninety-
Nines
In 1915, ______ formed an organization called the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. -
☑️☑️Woodrow Wilson
More efficient wing shapes were developed by ______ scientists. - ☑️☑️School of Aeronautics at New York
______ developed the first practical helicopter. - ☑️☑️Igor Sikorsky
______ was the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo. - ☑️☑️Charles Lindbergh
One decline in the use of dirigibles during the 1930s can be traced to _____. - ☑️☑️many disasters
The _____ allowed the Germans to build Zeppelins again after their defeat in WWI. - ☑️☑️Treaty of Versailles
First attempt to standardize and regulate commercial aviation. - ☑️☑️Air Commerce Act of 1926
, Authorized a thorough study of commercial aviation. - ☑️☑️Air Mail Act of 1934
Unified the economic and safety regulations of the entire field of aviation. - ☑️☑️Air Mail Act of 1938
Allowed the contractor to be paid 80% of the air mail revenue. - ☑️☑️Air Mail Act of 1925
Three Navy Curtiss flying boats successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean on May 30th, 1919. - ☑️☑️False, NC-4
On June 15, 1919, Henry Hawer and Kenneth McKenzie Grieve completed the first nonstop Atlantic Crossing.
- ☑️☑️False, Lindbergh
The US built 15,000 airplanes during the 21 months it was involved in WWI. - ☑️☑️True
At the end of WWI, airplane production dropped by 85%. - ☑️☑️True
Aviation in America might have died down again after WWI except for two groups of people- the
barnstormers and the Army aviators. - ☑️☑️True
Barnstormers put on flying exhibitions at county fairs, carnivals and anywhere else crowds gathered. -
☑️☑️True
The main contribution barnstormers made to aviation was that they publicized aviation. - ☑️☑️True
After General Mitchell's sinking of the Ostfriesland, both the Army and Congress were impressed with the
military power of the airplane over the battleship. - ☑️☑️False
2025
The _____ began in America when Ralph Pulitzer offered a trophy to promote high-speed flight. - ☑️☑️Pulitzer
Trophy Race
The National Air Races were a result of the _____. - ☑️☑️Pulitzer Trophy Race
The _____ was a transcontinental speed race. - ☑️☑️Bendix Race
The Woman's Air Derby led the formation of an association of women fliers called the ______. - ☑️☑️Ninety-
Nines
In 1915, ______ formed an organization called the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. -
☑️☑️Woodrow Wilson
More efficient wing shapes were developed by ______ scientists. - ☑️☑️School of Aeronautics at New York
______ developed the first practical helicopter. - ☑️☑️Igor Sikorsky
______ was the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo. - ☑️☑️Charles Lindbergh
One decline in the use of dirigibles during the 1930s can be traced to _____. - ☑️☑️many disasters
The _____ allowed the Germans to build Zeppelins again after their defeat in WWI. - ☑️☑️Treaty of Versailles
First attempt to standardize and regulate commercial aviation. - ☑️☑️Air Commerce Act of 1926
, Authorized a thorough study of commercial aviation. - ☑️☑️Air Mail Act of 1934
Unified the economic and safety regulations of the entire field of aviation. - ☑️☑️Air Mail Act of 1938
Allowed the contractor to be paid 80% of the air mail revenue. - ☑️☑️Air Mail Act of 1925
Three Navy Curtiss flying boats successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean on May 30th, 1919. - ☑️☑️False, NC-4
On June 15, 1919, Henry Hawer and Kenneth McKenzie Grieve completed the first nonstop Atlantic Crossing.
- ☑️☑️False, Lindbergh
The US built 15,000 airplanes during the 21 months it was involved in WWI. - ☑️☑️True
At the end of WWI, airplane production dropped by 85%. - ☑️☑️True
Aviation in America might have died down again after WWI except for two groups of people- the
barnstormers and the Army aviators. - ☑️☑️True
Barnstormers put on flying exhibitions at county fairs, carnivals and anywhere else crowds gathered. -
☑️☑️True
The main contribution barnstormers made to aviation was that they publicized aviation. - ☑️☑️True
After General Mitchell's sinking of the Ostfriesland, both the Army and Congress were impressed with the
military power of the airplane over the battleship. - ☑️☑️False
