Spaatz Aerospace Practice Quiz
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According to legend, __________ built two sets of wings so he and
his son could escape imprisonment
✓✓ Daedalus
Invented gunpowder
✓✓ The Chinese
May have used man-carrying kites to spy on their enemies
✓✓ The Chinese
Developed first known principles of flight
✓✓ Leonardo da Vinci
Invented the hot air balloon
✓✓ Laurenco deGusmano
First human passengers flew on their balloon
✓✓ Montgolfier brothers
,Organized Balloon Signal Service of the Union Army
✓✓ Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
First successful rigid dirigible
✓✓ Ferdinand von Zepplin
"Father of Modern Aviation"
✓✓ Otto Lilienthal
First success in controlled, powered, and sustained flight
✓✓ The Wright brothers
An important improvement over the balloon
✓✓ The dirigible
Was who learned that atmospheric pressure decreases the higher
you climb
✓✓ Toricelli, von Guericke, and Pascal
Developing necessary lift, sustaining that lift, and controlling the
aircraft once it is flying
✓✓ The three basic problems of flight
,Laid the foundation for modern aeronautics
✓✓ George Caley
Developed the wings having a front and a rear spar, with connecting
ribs
✓✓ John Stringfellow
Solved the three basic problems of flight
✓✓ The Wright brothers
The Wright brothers successfully flew their Flyer on
✓✓ December 17, 1903
Built a Wright-style glider in 1904, and used ailerons to replace the
wing-warping technique
✓✓ Robert Esnault-Pelterie
Flew the first powered aircraft from Europe
✓✓ Alberto Santos-Dumont
Was the first person to fly across the English Channel
✓✓ Louis Bleriot
, The first international air meet was held at
✓✓ Rheims, France
Built and flew the first four-engine aircraft
✓✓ Igor Sikorsky
A problem with early aircraft engines
✓✓ They were too heavy
Was the French "ace of aces"
✓✓ Rene Fonck
Was a former race car driver
✓✓ Eddie Rickenbacker
Was a Dutch airplane designer
✓✓ Anthony Fokker
Was the British "ace of aces"
✓✓ Edward Mannock
Commanded the first mass-air bombing attack
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers for Accuracy
According to legend, __________ built two sets of wings so he and
his son could escape imprisonment
✓✓ Daedalus
Invented gunpowder
✓✓ The Chinese
May have used man-carrying kites to spy on their enemies
✓✓ The Chinese
Developed first known principles of flight
✓✓ Leonardo da Vinci
Invented the hot air balloon
✓✓ Laurenco deGusmano
First human passengers flew on their balloon
✓✓ Montgolfier brothers
,Organized Balloon Signal Service of the Union Army
✓✓ Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
First successful rigid dirigible
✓✓ Ferdinand von Zepplin
"Father of Modern Aviation"
✓✓ Otto Lilienthal
First success in controlled, powered, and sustained flight
✓✓ The Wright brothers
An important improvement over the balloon
✓✓ The dirigible
Was who learned that atmospheric pressure decreases the higher
you climb
✓✓ Toricelli, von Guericke, and Pascal
Developing necessary lift, sustaining that lift, and controlling the
aircraft once it is flying
✓✓ The three basic problems of flight
,Laid the foundation for modern aeronautics
✓✓ George Caley
Developed the wings having a front and a rear spar, with connecting
ribs
✓✓ John Stringfellow
Solved the three basic problems of flight
✓✓ The Wright brothers
The Wright brothers successfully flew their Flyer on
✓✓ December 17, 1903
Built a Wright-style glider in 1904, and used ailerons to replace the
wing-warping technique
✓✓ Robert Esnault-Pelterie
Flew the first powered aircraft from Europe
✓✓ Alberto Santos-Dumont
Was the first person to fly across the English Channel
✓✓ Louis Bleriot
, The first international air meet was held at
✓✓ Rheims, France
Built and flew the first four-engine aircraft
✓✓ Igor Sikorsky
A problem with early aircraft engines
✓✓ They were too heavy
Was the French "ace of aces"
✓✓ Rene Fonck
Was a former race car driver
✓✓ Eddie Rickenbacker
Was a Dutch airplane designer
✓✓ Anthony Fokker
Was the British "ace of aces"
✓✓ Edward Mannock
Commanded the first mass-air bombing attack
