AVMG 2050 - Test #1 Study
John Stringfellow - correct answer ✔✔He demonstrated the importance and utility of adding propulsion
to aircraft (1848)
1848 - correct answer ✔✔Year when John Stringfellow made major contribution to aircraft development
Alphonse Penaud - correct answer ✔✔Successfully harnessed the power of rubber bands to power an
early flying invention, shown off in Paris (1871)
1871 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Alphonse Penaud showcased his rubber band powered flying
machine in Paris
Nikola Tesla - correct answer ✔✔Developed electronic components essential to the creation of modern
radio (1882?)
1882 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Nikola Tesla invented electronic components essential to modern
radio's development
Guglielmo Marconi - correct answer ✔✔Developed means of transmitting messages wirelessly
1896 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Marconi set up a wireless station that could transmit wireless
messages to ships ~10 miles away
Octave Chaunte - correct answer ✔✔Mentored the Wright Brothers
1899 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Chanute began mentoring the Wright Brothers
1891 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Samuel Langley began to work with steam engines for use with
aircraft.
, Archibald Low - correct answer ✔✔the "Father of Radio Guided Systems"
1917 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Archibald Low began trying to put a gyro in an unmanned aircraft
to stabilize it
December 17, 1903 - correct answer ✔✔Date of the Wright Brothers' first powered, controlled, stable
flight
Wright Brothers - correct answer ✔✔Worked with more control of the aircraft, invented the predecessor
to today's propellors, designed a gas engine, etc.
1901-1903 - correct answer ✔✔Years when the Wright Brothers were takling the problems related to
flight (ex. control)
Elmer Sperry - correct answer ✔✔Worked extensively with gyroscopes, which would be essential for
aerial navigation systems and their stability
1907 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Elmer Sperry became interested in the use of gyroscopes to
stabilize vehicles
1915 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Low began work on a radio-controlled, unmanned aircraft to use
for defense against German attacks
RAE Larynx - correct answer ✔✔"Cruise Missle" created by the British navy to launch at targets from
land or sea.
Late 1920s - correct answer ✔✔Time period whent the British invented the RAE Larynx
Fairey Queen - correct answer ✔✔Unmanned aircraft developed for gunnery training
Fairey Queen - correct answer ✔✔First unmanned system envisoned to be reusable
John Stringfellow - correct answer ✔✔He demonstrated the importance and utility of adding propulsion
to aircraft (1848)
1848 - correct answer ✔✔Year when John Stringfellow made major contribution to aircraft development
Alphonse Penaud - correct answer ✔✔Successfully harnessed the power of rubber bands to power an
early flying invention, shown off in Paris (1871)
1871 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Alphonse Penaud showcased his rubber band powered flying
machine in Paris
Nikola Tesla - correct answer ✔✔Developed electronic components essential to the creation of modern
radio (1882?)
1882 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Nikola Tesla invented electronic components essential to modern
radio's development
Guglielmo Marconi - correct answer ✔✔Developed means of transmitting messages wirelessly
1896 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Marconi set up a wireless station that could transmit wireless
messages to ships ~10 miles away
Octave Chaunte - correct answer ✔✔Mentored the Wright Brothers
1899 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Chanute began mentoring the Wright Brothers
1891 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Samuel Langley began to work with steam engines for use with
aircraft.
, Archibald Low - correct answer ✔✔the "Father of Radio Guided Systems"
1917 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Archibald Low began trying to put a gyro in an unmanned aircraft
to stabilize it
December 17, 1903 - correct answer ✔✔Date of the Wright Brothers' first powered, controlled, stable
flight
Wright Brothers - correct answer ✔✔Worked with more control of the aircraft, invented the predecessor
to today's propellors, designed a gas engine, etc.
1901-1903 - correct answer ✔✔Years when the Wright Brothers were takling the problems related to
flight (ex. control)
Elmer Sperry - correct answer ✔✔Worked extensively with gyroscopes, which would be essential for
aerial navigation systems and their stability
1907 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Elmer Sperry became interested in the use of gyroscopes to
stabilize vehicles
1915 - correct answer ✔✔Year when Low began work on a radio-controlled, unmanned aircraft to use
for defense against German attacks
RAE Larynx - correct answer ✔✔"Cruise Missle" created by the British navy to launch at targets from
land or sea.
Late 1920s - correct answer ✔✔Time period whent the British invented the RAE Larynx
Fairey Queen - correct answer ✔✔Unmanned aircraft developed for gunnery training
Fairey Queen - correct answer ✔✔First unmanned system envisoned to be reusable
