According to legend, _?_ built two sets of wings so he and his son could escape imprisonment
Daedalus
The _?_ invented gunpowder.
Chinese
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... [Show More] he _?_ may have used man-carrying kites to spy on their enemies.
Chinese
Organized Balloon Signal Service of the Union Army.
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
First success in controlled, powered and sustained flight.
Wright brothers
"Father of Modern Aviation."
Otto Lilienthal
First successful rigid dirigible.
Ferdinand von Zepplin
Developed first known principles of flight.
Leonardo da Vinci
First human passengers flew on their balloon.
Montgolfier brothers
Invented the hot air balloon.
Laurenco deGusmano
The dirigible was an important improvement over the balloon because it could be steered.
True
Hydrogen, as a lifting gas in balloons, was a major advancement in ballooning because of its safety.
False
Three European scientists—Toricelli, von Guericke, and Pascal—learned that atmospheric pressure decreases the higher you climb.
True
The three basic problems of flight are (1) developing necessary lift, (2) sustaining that lift and (3) controlling the aircraft once it is flying.
True
George Caley laid the foundation for modern aeronautics when he wrote, "The whole problem is confined within these limits; namely, to make a surface support a given weight by the application of power to the resistance of air."
True
Alphonse Penaud's greatest contribution to aviation was the development of the cambered wing.
False
John Montgomery was known as "The Father of Modern Aviation."
False
Wings having a front and a rear spar, with connecting ribs, were developed by John Stringfellow.
True
Samuel Pierpont Langley's aircraft Aerodrome was the first airplane to successfully fly after being launched from a catapult.
True
The Wright brothers solved the three basic problems of flight when their Flyer flew on December 17, 1903.
True
_?_ built a Wright-style glider in 1904 and used ailerons to replace the wing-warping technique.
Robert Esnault-Pelterie
_?_ flew the first powered aircraft in Europe.
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Louis Bleriot was the first person to fly across the _?_.
English Channel
The first international air meet was held at _?_.
Rheims, France
The first four engine aircraft was built and flown by _?_.
Igor Sikorsky
One problem with early aircraft engines was that they were too _?_.
heavy
French "ace of aces."
René Fonck
Commanded first mass-air bombing attack.
Billy Mitchell
Former race car driver.
Eddie Rickenbacker
British "ace of aces."
Edward Mannock
Member of the Lafayette Escadrille.
Raoul Lufberry
Dutch airplane designer.
Anthony Fokker
Before Glenn Curtiss became interested in aviation, he was a motorcycle racer.
True
Eugene Ely made the first flight from the deck of a ship.
True
Calbraith Perry Rodgers was the first person to fly nonstop across the United States.
False
The first woman to fly solo across the English Channel was Mathilde Moisant.
False
Helicopters are called rotary-wing aircraft because the wings (blades) rotate.
True
The first helicopter to lift a man into the air was built and flown by Henry Berliner.
False
The Soviet Union began regularly scheduled airline service on January 1, 1914.
False [Show Less]
