Intro to Aviation Final Exam
Review Questions and Answers
How did Icarus die? - -flew too close to the sun and fell inot the sea
- Which flying device was not originally conceived by Leonardo DaVinci - -
The gyrocopter
- 1st balloon flight - -MOntgolfier brothers
- What were first balloons used for - -Military observations
- Who used the first military balloon - -Napolean
- Father of Aviation - -Sir George Cayley
- Designed, tested, and ultimately losing his life in a glider - -Otto Lilienthal
- What is lift - -pressure differences that influence the wing in lfight
- Wright brothers initially used what to turn their gliders - -Wing warping
- Wright brother first flight - -December 17 1903
- Which wright brother is credited with the first flight - -Orville Wright
- First airline provided service between which two cities - -St Peterburg, FL
and Tampa FL
- First female pilot - -Harriet Quimby
- First airmail route was between... - -Washington DC and New Yory City
- What can be atrributed to the Red Baron - -80 credited victories and WWI
ace
- what were barnstormers - -Pilots fly around country performing tricks
- First pilot to cross the Atlantic was - -Charles Lindberg
- What was the Hindenburg? - -a German zeppelin that caught fire and
crashed
- First major air battle - -Battle of Britain
Review Questions and Answers
How did Icarus die? - -flew too close to the sun and fell inot the sea
- Which flying device was not originally conceived by Leonardo DaVinci - -
The gyrocopter
- 1st balloon flight - -MOntgolfier brothers
- What were first balloons used for - -Military observations
- Who used the first military balloon - -Napolean
- Father of Aviation - -Sir George Cayley
- Designed, tested, and ultimately losing his life in a glider - -Otto Lilienthal
- What is lift - -pressure differences that influence the wing in lfight
- Wright brothers initially used what to turn their gliders - -Wing warping
- Wright brother first flight - -December 17 1903
- Which wright brother is credited with the first flight - -Orville Wright
- First airline provided service between which two cities - -St Peterburg, FL
and Tampa FL
- First female pilot - -Harriet Quimby
- First airmail route was between... - -Washington DC and New Yory City
- What can be atrributed to the Red Baron - -80 credited victories and WWI
ace
- what were barnstormers - -Pilots fly around country performing tricks
- First pilot to cross the Atlantic was - -Charles Lindberg
- What was the Hindenburg? - -a German zeppelin that caught fire and
crashed
- First major air battle - -Battle of Britain
