Plane Test
According to legend, _?_ built two sets of wings so he and his son could escape imprisonment - Answer-
Daedalus
The _?_ invented gunpowder. - Answer-Chinese
The _?_ may have used man-carrying kites to spy on their enemies. - Answer-Chinese
Organized Balloon Signal Service of the Union Army. - Answer-Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
First success in controlled, powered and sustained flight. - Answer-Wright brothers
"Father of Modern Aviation." - Answer-Otto Lilienthal
First successful rigid dirigible. - Answer-Ferdinand von Zepplin
Developed first known principles of flight. - Answer-Leonardo da Vinci
First human passengers flew on their balloon. - Answer-Montgolfier brothers
,Invented the hot air balloon. - Answer-Laurenco deGusmano
The dirigible was an important improvement over the balloon because it could be steered. - Answer-
True
Hydrogen, as a lifting gas in balloons, was a major advancement in ballooning because of its safety. -
Answer-False
Three European scientists—Toricelli, von Guericke, and Pascal—learned that atmospheric pressure
decreases the higher you climb. - Answer-True
The three basic problems of flight are (1) developing necessary lift, (2) sustaining that lift and (3)
controlling the aircraft once it is flying. - Answer-True
George Caley laid the foundation for modern aeronautics when he wrote, "The whole problem is
confined within these limits; namely, to make a surface support a given weight by the application of
power to the resistance of air." - Answer-True
Alphonse Penaud's greatest contribution to aviation was the development of the cambered wing. -
Answer-False
John Montgomery was known as "The Father of Modern Aviation." - Answer-False
Wings having a front and a rear spar, with connecting ribs, were developed by John Stringfellow. -
Answer-True
Samuel Pierpont Langley's aircraft Aerodrome was the first airplane to successfully fly after being
launched from a catapult. - Answer-True
, The Wright brothers solved the three basic problems of flight when their Flyer flew on December 17,
1903. - Answer-True
_?_ built a Wright-style glider in 1904 and used ailerons to replace the wing-warping technique. -
Answer-Robert Esnault-Pelterie
_?_ flew the first powered aircraft in Europe. - Answer-Alberto Santos-Dumont
Louis Bleriot was the first person to fly across the _?_. - Answer-English Channel
The first international air meet was held at _?_. - Answer-Rheims, France
The first four engine aircraft was built and flown by _?_. - Answer-Igor Sikorsky
One problem with early aircraft engines was that they were too _?_. - Answer-heavy
French "ace of aces." - Answer-René Fonck
Commanded first mass-air bombing attack. - Answer-Billy Mitchell
Former race car driver. - Answer-Eddie Rickenbacker
British "ace of aces." - Answer-Edward Mannock
Member of the Lafayette Escadrille. - Answer-Raoul Lufberry
According to legend, _?_ built two sets of wings so he and his son could escape imprisonment - Answer-
Daedalus
The _?_ invented gunpowder. - Answer-Chinese
The _?_ may have used man-carrying kites to spy on their enemies. - Answer-Chinese
Organized Balloon Signal Service of the Union Army. - Answer-Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
First success in controlled, powered and sustained flight. - Answer-Wright brothers
"Father of Modern Aviation." - Answer-Otto Lilienthal
First successful rigid dirigible. - Answer-Ferdinand von Zepplin
Developed first known principles of flight. - Answer-Leonardo da Vinci
First human passengers flew on their balloon. - Answer-Montgolfier brothers
,Invented the hot air balloon. - Answer-Laurenco deGusmano
The dirigible was an important improvement over the balloon because it could be steered. - Answer-
True
Hydrogen, as a lifting gas in balloons, was a major advancement in ballooning because of its safety. -
Answer-False
Three European scientists—Toricelli, von Guericke, and Pascal—learned that atmospheric pressure
decreases the higher you climb. - Answer-True
The three basic problems of flight are (1) developing necessary lift, (2) sustaining that lift and (3)
controlling the aircraft once it is flying. - Answer-True
George Caley laid the foundation for modern aeronautics when he wrote, "The whole problem is
confined within these limits; namely, to make a surface support a given weight by the application of
power to the resistance of air." - Answer-True
Alphonse Penaud's greatest contribution to aviation was the development of the cambered wing. -
Answer-False
John Montgomery was known as "The Father of Modern Aviation." - Answer-False
Wings having a front and a rear spar, with connecting ribs, were developed by John Stringfellow. -
Answer-True
Samuel Pierpont Langley's aircraft Aerodrome was the first airplane to successfully fly after being
launched from a catapult. - Answer-True
, The Wright brothers solved the three basic problems of flight when their Flyer flew on December 17,
1903. - Answer-True
_?_ built a Wright-style glider in 1904 and used ailerons to replace the wing-warping technique. -
Answer-Robert Esnault-Pelterie
_?_ flew the first powered aircraft in Europe. - Answer-Alberto Santos-Dumont
Louis Bleriot was the first person to fly across the _?_. - Answer-English Channel
The first international air meet was held at _?_. - Answer-Rheims, France
The first four engine aircraft was built and flown by _?_. - Answer-Igor Sikorsky
One problem with early aircraft engines was that they were too _?_. - Answer-heavy
French "ace of aces." - Answer-René Fonck
Commanded first mass-air bombing attack. - Answer-Billy Mitchell
Former race car driver. - Answer-Eddie Rickenbacker
British "ace of aces." - Answer-Edward Mannock
Member of the Lafayette Escadrille. - Answer-Raoul Lufberry
