_________________ was the first female pilot to obtain her pilots certificate. (in the world) -
Answers Baroness Raymode De La Roche
was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean - Answers Amelia Earhart
In 1911, she was awarded a U.S. pilot's certificate by the Aero Club of America, becoming the
first woman to gain a pilot's license in the United States. - Answers Harriet Quimby
She was the first African-American woman, and also the first Native-American, to hold a pilot
license. - Answers Bessie Coleman
is the imaginary line from the leading edge of the airfoil to the trailiing edge. - Answers Chord
line
typically taught their customers to fly during the early days of aviation. - Answers Manufacturers
Most early Airfields were actually just ___. - Answers Field
Esnault-Pelterie devised his own glider, that utilized ______ instead of wing warping, and it flew in
October 1904. - Answers Ailerons
The first international airshow took place in ____________ - Answers France
Who were the first to have controlled powered flight and in what year? - Answers Wrights
brothers 1903
Who was the first Naval Aviator to land and take off from a ship? - Answers Eugene Ely
was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry.
He invented the aileron. - Answers Glenn Curtiss
is the tendency for an airplance to return to equilibriumin in flight once it is disturbed; and
inherently stable plane once disturbed would return to its orignal attitude. - Answers Stability
A dirigible is another name for a ballon. They are essentially the same. - Answers False - A
dirigible is rigid and steerable, and a hot air balloon is not.
Aviation began in 1883 with the Montgolfiere brothers as well as J.A.C. Charles building both
the hot air ballon and the hydrogen ballon. - Answers False 1783
Who was the first Naval aviator to die? How did he die and what safety mandate came from his
MISHAP? - Answers William Billingsley, he fell out of a plane, buckled seat
In 1927 the young American pilot ____________flew alone across the Atlantic Ocean to France
and fame. - Answers Charles Lindbergh