Civil Air Patrol Spaatz Exam - Aerospace Cumulative
Study Guide: Questions With High-Quality Solutions
Air & Space Power Accurate Answer:- The ability to take advantage of
air and space to move people, cargo, and information.
Emperor Shun Accurate Answer:- "_________________________ donn[ed] the
work clothes of a bird."
Kei Kung Accurate Answer:- Chinese god of Thunder and Lightning:
Ki-Kung-Shi Accurate Answer:- This man supposedly built a flying
chariot.
Kite Accurate Answer:- At about 500 BC, the Chinese invented this:
Gunpowder Accurate Answer:- About 900 AD, the Chinese invented
______________.
Rockets Accurate Answer:- By 1100, the Chinese were using
gunpowder to power simple _____________.
Wan Hoo Accurate Answer:- A legendary account of ___________________
tells the story of a man who strapped 47 rockets to a chair and attempted to
fly to the moon.
Daedulus and Icarus Accurate Answer:- ________________________ built
wings from wax and feathers to escape from King Minos of Crete.
Leonardo da Vinci Accurate Answer:- Great Italian artist, architect,
painter, and man of science made the first experiments on the field of aviation.
1452-1519
Ornithopter Accurate Answer:- An aircraft propelled by flapping wings,
designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
Torricelli, Von Guericke, and Pascal Accurate Answer:- These three men
made discoveries in the study of the atmosphere such as the fact that the
,atmosphere is a fluid, atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude, the
invention of the barometer, and the invention of the air pump.
Francesco de Lana Accurate Answer:- a Jesuit priest who wrote a
proposal for an aerial ship, which was, in theory, close to the right idea of hot
air balloons. he also discussed the need for ballast, controlled ascent and
descent, and military uses for balloons.
Laurenco de Gusmao Accurate Answer:- A Jesuit priest credited with
the invention of the hot air balloon in 1709.
1766 Accurate Answer:- Henry Cavendish discovered a gas, now called
hydrogen, that he called "flammable air."
Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier Accurate Answer:- Two papermakers
from Annonay, France who first achieved manned flight.
June 5, 1783 Accurate Answer:- First flight by the Montgolfier brothers'
hot air balloon.
November 21, 1783 Accurate Answer:- The Montgolfier brothers'
second flight with a sheep, a rooster, and a duck inside the balloon.
Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes Accurate Answer:- First men
to fly in a lighter-than-air aircraft over Paris, France.
August 27, 1793 Accurate Answer:- JAC Charles used hydrogen to float
a hot air balloon.
December 1, 1783 Accurate Answer:- First manned flight in a hydrogen
balloon.
76 Accurate Answer:- Between 1783 and 1790, _____ Flights were
recorded in France alone.
1793 Accurate Answer:- France formed an air arm to their Army,
beginning to use balloons for reconnaissance.
,1797, Andre-Jacques Garnerin Accurate Answer:- The first parachute
jump from 3000 feet.
January 7, 1785 Accurate Answer:- Jean Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John
Jeffries flew across the English Channel.
November 10, 1798 Accurate Answer:- Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin,
wife of Andre-Jacques Garnerin, became one of the earliest women to fly in a
balloon.
October 12, 1799 Accurate Answer:- Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin
became the first woman to parachute from a balloon.
Madeleine Sophie Blanchard Accurate Answer:- The first woman to be
killed in a ballooning accident in 1819.
January 9, 1793 Accurate Answer:- First balloon flight in the United
States
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe Accurate Answer:- Organized Balloon Signal
Service of the Union Army.
Dirigible Accurate Answer:- lighter than air aircraft that can be steered
and propelled.
Henri Giffard Accurate Answer:- 1852, he is credited for inventing the
first successful dirigible.
The LaFrance Accurate Answer:- The first airship powered by electric
motors, built by Charles Renard and AC Krebs in 1884.
Paul Haenlein Accurate Answer:- In 1872, he built a dirigible with an
internal-combustion engine.
Santos Dumont Accurate Answer:- The first man to build and fly
gasoline-powered dirigibles.
, Ferdinand von Zeppelin Accurate Answer:- July 1900, this man built
and flew the world's first rigid dirigible, the LZ-1, with a steel/aluminum
framework.
The Deutschland Accurate Answer:- The LZ-7, the world's first
commerical airship on June 22, 1910.
Absolute Charging Accurate Answer:- Occurs when the whole aircraft is
charged.
Acceleration Accurate Answer:- When a body is subjected to the
application of force over time.
Ace Accurate Answer:- A pilot who shot down five enemy aircraft.
Active Communications Satellite Accurate Answer:- A satellite, such as
the Courier 1B, that received signals from ground stations, amplified them and
then rebroadcasted the signals to receiving stations on Earth
Advection Accurate Answer:- Lateral heat transfer that is important in
the global circulation of air.
Advection Fog Accurate Answer:- Fog formed when wind blows moist
air over a cold surface and the surface cools the air to its dew-point
temperature.
Aeronaut Accurate Answer:- Balloonist
Aeronautics Accurate Answer:- The science and art of flying through
the atmosphere.
Aerospace Accurate Answer:- A compound term used to describe the
atmosphere and space as one medium.
Ailerons Accurate Answer:- Small flaps on the wings of aircraft that
help control the plane.
Study Guide: Questions With High-Quality Solutions
Air & Space Power Accurate Answer:- The ability to take advantage of
air and space to move people, cargo, and information.
Emperor Shun Accurate Answer:- "_________________________ donn[ed] the
work clothes of a bird."
Kei Kung Accurate Answer:- Chinese god of Thunder and Lightning:
Ki-Kung-Shi Accurate Answer:- This man supposedly built a flying
chariot.
Kite Accurate Answer:- At about 500 BC, the Chinese invented this:
Gunpowder Accurate Answer:- About 900 AD, the Chinese invented
______________.
Rockets Accurate Answer:- By 1100, the Chinese were using
gunpowder to power simple _____________.
Wan Hoo Accurate Answer:- A legendary account of ___________________
tells the story of a man who strapped 47 rockets to a chair and attempted to
fly to the moon.
Daedulus and Icarus Accurate Answer:- ________________________ built
wings from wax and feathers to escape from King Minos of Crete.
Leonardo da Vinci Accurate Answer:- Great Italian artist, architect,
painter, and man of science made the first experiments on the field of aviation.
1452-1519
Ornithopter Accurate Answer:- An aircraft propelled by flapping wings,
designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
Torricelli, Von Guericke, and Pascal Accurate Answer:- These three men
made discoveries in the study of the atmosphere such as the fact that the
,atmosphere is a fluid, atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude, the
invention of the barometer, and the invention of the air pump.
Francesco de Lana Accurate Answer:- a Jesuit priest who wrote a
proposal for an aerial ship, which was, in theory, close to the right idea of hot
air balloons. he also discussed the need for ballast, controlled ascent and
descent, and military uses for balloons.
Laurenco de Gusmao Accurate Answer:- A Jesuit priest credited with
the invention of the hot air balloon in 1709.
1766 Accurate Answer:- Henry Cavendish discovered a gas, now called
hydrogen, that he called "flammable air."
Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier Accurate Answer:- Two papermakers
from Annonay, France who first achieved manned flight.
June 5, 1783 Accurate Answer:- First flight by the Montgolfier brothers'
hot air balloon.
November 21, 1783 Accurate Answer:- The Montgolfier brothers'
second flight with a sheep, a rooster, and a duck inside the balloon.
Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes Accurate Answer:- First men
to fly in a lighter-than-air aircraft over Paris, France.
August 27, 1793 Accurate Answer:- JAC Charles used hydrogen to float
a hot air balloon.
December 1, 1783 Accurate Answer:- First manned flight in a hydrogen
balloon.
76 Accurate Answer:- Between 1783 and 1790, _____ Flights were
recorded in France alone.
1793 Accurate Answer:- France formed an air arm to their Army,
beginning to use balloons for reconnaissance.
,1797, Andre-Jacques Garnerin Accurate Answer:- The first parachute
jump from 3000 feet.
January 7, 1785 Accurate Answer:- Jean Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John
Jeffries flew across the English Channel.
November 10, 1798 Accurate Answer:- Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin,
wife of Andre-Jacques Garnerin, became one of the earliest women to fly in a
balloon.
October 12, 1799 Accurate Answer:- Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin
became the first woman to parachute from a balloon.
Madeleine Sophie Blanchard Accurate Answer:- The first woman to be
killed in a ballooning accident in 1819.
January 9, 1793 Accurate Answer:- First balloon flight in the United
States
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe Accurate Answer:- Organized Balloon Signal
Service of the Union Army.
Dirigible Accurate Answer:- lighter than air aircraft that can be steered
and propelled.
Henri Giffard Accurate Answer:- 1852, he is credited for inventing the
first successful dirigible.
The LaFrance Accurate Answer:- The first airship powered by electric
motors, built by Charles Renard and AC Krebs in 1884.
Paul Haenlein Accurate Answer:- In 1872, he built a dirigible with an
internal-combustion engine.
Santos Dumont Accurate Answer:- The first man to build and fly
gasoline-powered dirigibles.
, Ferdinand von Zeppelin Accurate Answer:- July 1900, this man built
and flew the world's first rigid dirigible, the LZ-1, with a steel/aluminum
framework.
The Deutschland Accurate Answer:- The LZ-7, the world's first
commerical airship on June 22, 1910.
Absolute Charging Accurate Answer:- Occurs when the whole aircraft is
charged.
Acceleration Accurate Answer:- When a body is subjected to the
application of force over time.
Ace Accurate Answer:- A pilot who shot down five enemy aircraft.
Active Communications Satellite Accurate Answer:- A satellite, such as
the Courier 1B, that received signals from ground stations, amplified them and
then rebroadcasted the signals to receiving stations on Earth
Advection Accurate Answer:- Lateral heat transfer that is important in
the global circulation of air.
Advection Fog Accurate Answer:- Fog formed when wind blows moist
air over a cold surface and the surface cools the air to its dew-point
temperature.
Aeronaut Accurate Answer:- Balloonist
Aeronautics Accurate Answer:- The science and art of flying through
the atmosphere.
Aerospace Accurate Answer:- A compound term used to describe the
atmosphere and space as one medium.
Ailerons Accurate Answer:- Small flaps on the wings of aircraft that
help control the plane.
