Intro to Aviation Exam Pt.2
Sir George Cayley is best known as the - -Father of Aerial Navigation
- Sir George Cayley was one of the first early aviation pioneers to use a ___
to test various wing shapes. - -whirling arm
- In early attempts of flying, the steam engine was used. What was one of
the major problems with using the steam engine to power an aircraft? - -
heavy and low power
- The first wind tunnel was developed by ___ - -Francis Wenham
- Otto Lilienthal experimented with orinthopters - -true
- Hiram Maxim's 1894 machine was in reality a test bed for aeronautical
research. Maxim used it to test propeller performance, lift production, and
control - -true
- The prize-winning flight around the Eiffel Tower on Oct. 19, 1901 in a
dirigible was performed by ___ - -Albert Santos-Dumont
- Why did Samuel Langley choose to launch his flying machines over water?
- -less damage to the flying machine if it crashed
- ___ had probably the most comprehensive database on aeronautical
knowledge - -Octave Chanute
- Who believed that the future of aviation was in balloons and dirigibles? - -
The US War Department
- William Boeing was born in Detroit in ___ - -1881
- In what year did William Boeing take his first airplane ride? - -1914
- In What year was the Boeing Aircraft Company incorporated? - -1916
- How many Boeing Model C training aircraft did the Navy order from
Boeing? - -50
- In the first few months after the war ____ % of the American Aviation
Companies went out of business. - -90
- What year was the first international mail flight made? - -1919
Sir George Cayley is best known as the - -Father of Aerial Navigation
- Sir George Cayley was one of the first early aviation pioneers to use a ___
to test various wing shapes. - -whirling arm
- In early attempts of flying, the steam engine was used. What was one of
the major problems with using the steam engine to power an aircraft? - -
heavy and low power
- The first wind tunnel was developed by ___ - -Francis Wenham
- Otto Lilienthal experimented with orinthopters - -true
- Hiram Maxim's 1894 machine was in reality a test bed for aeronautical
research. Maxim used it to test propeller performance, lift production, and
control - -true
- The prize-winning flight around the Eiffel Tower on Oct. 19, 1901 in a
dirigible was performed by ___ - -Albert Santos-Dumont
- Why did Samuel Langley choose to launch his flying machines over water?
- -less damage to the flying machine if it crashed
- ___ had probably the most comprehensive database on aeronautical
knowledge - -Octave Chanute
- Who believed that the future of aviation was in balloons and dirigibles? - -
The US War Department
- William Boeing was born in Detroit in ___ - -1881
- In what year did William Boeing take his first airplane ride? - -1914
- In What year was the Boeing Aircraft Company incorporated? - -1916
- How many Boeing Model C training aircraft did the Navy order from
Boeing? - -50
- In the first few months after the war ____ % of the American Aviation
Companies went out of business. - -90
- What year was the first international mail flight made? - -1919
