Spaatz Aerospace: Questions With Confirmed Solutions
Chinese and Flight Accurate Answer:- Emperor Shun escaped prison by
donning the work clothes of a bird
Kei Kung, Wan Hoo, Ki-Kung-Shi
100 BC- Invented the kite
900 AD- Invented gunpowder
1100 AD- Built simple rockets
Greece and Rome Accurate Answer:- Gods depicted with wings and
pegasus
Icarus and Daedalus
Seal from Babylonia with King Etena on an eagle
Kai Kawus, King of Persia
Alexander the Great
Two Trends in History of Flight Accurate Answer:- People have always
had the desire to fly
Since people did not have the natural ability to fly like birds, flight depended
on their ability to make machines to carry them aloft
Ornithopter Accurate Answer:- Designed by Leonardo da Vinci
Flying machines kept aloft and propelled by flapping wings
Leonardo da Vinci Accurate Answer:- 1452-1519
First designs of parachute and helicopter
,Importance of center of gravity, pressure, and streamlining
Obsessed with the idea of man flying like birds
Ballast Accurate Answer:- Heavy substance used to control ascent and
descent
Francesco de Lana Accurate Answer:- 1670, professor of math, Jesuit
priest
Wrote about aerial ship carried by four large spheres
First scientific record of a vacuum balloon
Also wrote about military uses for balloons
Laurenco de Gusmao Accurate Answer:- 1709, Jesuit priest
Demonstrated a small hot air balloon for king of Portugal
Henry Cavendish Accurate Answer:- 1766, English chemist
discovered flammable air (hydrogen)
Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier Accurate Answer:- French
June 1783- Public demonstration of their hot air balloon
19 September 1783- Presented balloon to King Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette
First living passengers on the balloons- animals
21 November 1783- First men rode in the balloon over Paris
J.A.C. Charles Accurate Answer:- Scientist hired by Montgolfier brothers
23 August 1783- Tested his balloon made from rubberized silk and inflated
with hydrogen
,1 December 1783- First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon
1783-1790 Accurate Answer:- 76 flights in France during this time
Hydrogen balloon became more popular than hot air balloon
Jean Pierre Blanchard Accurate Answer:- 7 January 1785- Flew across
the English Channel
9 January 1793- First balloon flight in United States in Philadelphia
U.S. Civil War Accurate Answer:- First use of balloons by U.S. Military
Union balloon corps disbanded due to lack of money and manpower
Confederacy also used balloons
mainly used for reconnaissance
Dirigible Accurate Answer:- Lighter-than-air craft than can be
propelled and steered
Jean Baptiste Meusnier Accurate Answer:- French general
1785- Helped create the first successful dirigibles
Henri Giffard Accurate Answer:- 1852
French
First successful dirigible
Semi-Rigid Airships Accurate Answer:- Internal rigid keel and stiffened
envelope
Keel carries load of engines and passenger compartment
Alberto Santos-Dumont Accurate Answer:- Brazilian
, Ushered in era of powered gasbag
Non-rigid airship
1898-1907- 14 gasoline powered, non-rigid airships
1901- Piloted an airship around Eiffel Tower
Ferdinand von Zeppelin Accurate Answer:- July 1900- Flew world's
first successful rigid dirigible, LZ-1
Began period of German domination of rigid airships
22 June 1910- LZ-7 became first commercial airship
Early Problems of Flight Accurate Answer:- Had to develop necessary
lift to get in the air
Had to find a way to sustain the lift
Had to Find a way to control aircraft when flying
George Cayley Accurate Answer:- Englishman
1804- Built small model gliders
1809- Published research
Identified forces of drag, lift, and thrust
Developed camber to increase lift
1850- First successful full-sized, manned glider
Alphonse Penaud Accurate Answer:- 1871- Developed a twisted rubber
band to power helicopter models
Planaphone had front to back stability
Chinese and Flight Accurate Answer:- Emperor Shun escaped prison by
donning the work clothes of a bird
Kei Kung, Wan Hoo, Ki-Kung-Shi
100 BC- Invented the kite
900 AD- Invented gunpowder
1100 AD- Built simple rockets
Greece and Rome Accurate Answer:- Gods depicted with wings and
pegasus
Icarus and Daedalus
Seal from Babylonia with King Etena on an eagle
Kai Kawus, King of Persia
Alexander the Great
Two Trends in History of Flight Accurate Answer:- People have always
had the desire to fly
Since people did not have the natural ability to fly like birds, flight depended
on their ability to make machines to carry them aloft
Ornithopter Accurate Answer:- Designed by Leonardo da Vinci
Flying machines kept aloft and propelled by flapping wings
Leonardo da Vinci Accurate Answer:- 1452-1519
First designs of parachute and helicopter
,Importance of center of gravity, pressure, and streamlining
Obsessed with the idea of man flying like birds
Ballast Accurate Answer:- Heavy substance used to control ascent and
descent
Francesco de Lana Accurate Answer:- 1670, professor of math, Jesuit
priest
Wrote about aerial ship carried by four large spheres
First scientific record of a vacuum balloon
Also wrote about military uses for balloons
Laurenco de Gusmao Accurate Answer:- 1709, Jesuit priest
Demonstrated a small hot air balloon for king of Portugal
Henry Cavendish Accurate Answer:- 1766, English chemist
discovered flammable air (hydrogen)
Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier Accurate Answer:- French
June 1783- Public demonstration of their hot air balloon
19 September 1783- Presented balloon to King Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette
First living passengers on the balloons- animals
21 November 1783- First men rode in the balloon over Paris
J.A.C. Charles Accurate Answer:- Scientist hired by Montgolfier brothers
23 August 1783- Tested his balloon made from rubberized silk and inflated
with hydrogen
,1 December 1783- First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon
1783-1790 Accurate Answer:- 76 flights in France during this time
Hydrogen balloon became more popular than hot air balloon
Jean Pierre Blanchard Accurate Answer:- 7 January 1785- Flew across
the English Channel
9 January 1793- First balloon flight in United States in Philadelphia
U.S. Civil War Accurate Answer:- First use of balloons by U.S. Military
Union balloon corps disbanded due to lack of money and manpower
Confederacy also used balloons
mainly used for reconnaissance
Dirigible Accurate Answer:- Lighter-than-air craft than can be
propelled and steered
Jean Baptiste Meusnier Accurate Answer:- French general
1785- Helped create the first successful dirigibles
Henri Giffard Accurate Answer:- 1852
French
First successful dirigible
Semi-Rigid Airships Accurate Answer:- Internal rigid keel and stiffened
envelope
Keel carries load of engines and passenger compartment
Alberto Santos-Dumont Accurate Answer:- Brazilian
, Ushered in era of powered gasbag
Non-rigid airship
1898-1907- 14 gasoline powered, non-rigid airships
1901- Piloted an airship around Eiffel Tower
Ferdinand von Zeppelin Accurate Answer:- July 1900- Flew world's
first successful rigid dirigible, LZ-1
Began period of German domination of rigid airships
22 June 1910- LZ-7 became first commercial airship
Early Problems of Flight Accurate Answer:- Had to develop necessary
lift to get in the air
Had to find a way to sustain the lift
Had to Find a way to control aircraft when flying
George Cayley Accurate Answer:- Englishman
1804- Built small model gliders
1809- Published research
Identified forces of drag, lift, and thrust
Developed camber to increase lift
1850- First successful full-sized, manned glider
Alphonse Penaud Accurate Answer:- 1871- Developed a twisted rubber
band to power helicopter models
Planaphone had front to back stability
