Spaatz Aerospace Exam 2026 Questions
and Answers
Chinese and Flight - Correct 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 - Correct answer-Gods depicted with wings and pegasus
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,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 - Correct 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 - Correct answer-Designed by Leonardo da Vinci
Flying machines kept aloft and propelled by flapping wings
Leonardo da Vinci - Correct answer-1452-1519
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,First designs of parachute and helicopter
Importance of center of gravity, pressure, and streamlining
Obsessed with the idea of man flying like birds
Ballast - Correct answer-Heavy substance used to control ascent and descent
Francesco de Lana - Correct 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 - Correct answer-1709, Jesuit priest
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, Demonstrated a small hot air balloon for king of Portugal
Henry Cavendish - Correct answer-1766, English chemist
discovered flammable air (hydrogen)
Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier - Correct 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 - Correct answer-Scientist hired by Montgolfier brothers
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and Answers
Chinese and Flight - Correct 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 - Correct answer-Gods depicted with wings and pegasus
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,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 - Correct 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 - Correct answer-Designed by Leonardo da Vinci
Flying machines kept aloft and propelled by flapping wings
Leonardo da Vinci - Correct answer-1452-1519
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,First designs of parachute and helicopter
Importance of center of gravity, pressure, and streamlining
Obsessed with the idea of man flying like birds
Ballast - Correct answer-Heavy substance used to control ascent and descent
Francesco de Lana - Correct 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 - Correct answer-1709, Jesuit priest
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, Demonstrated a small hot air balloon for king of Portugal
Henry Cavendish - Correct answer-1766, English chemist
discovered flammable air (hydrogen)
Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier - Correct 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 - Correct answer-Scientist hired by Montgolfier brothers
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