History of Flight
They are credited with the first successful airplane flight in 1903 that marked the birth of modern aviation, shaping the future of aerospace engineering and air travel.
Who are the Wright brothers?
The first human-made object to reach space.
What is the V-2 Rocket?
The four main forces acting on an aircraft
What are lift, weight, thrust, and drag?
The acronym, OECO, stands for
What is the Osborne Electric Company?
This branch of engineering focuses on aircraft and spacecraft design, aerodynamics, and propulsion systems.
What is Aerospace Engineering?
This transformed long-distance air travel in 1970. Also known as the “Queen of the Skies”.
What is Boeing 747?
This was the first man-made satellite put into space.
What is Sputnik?
This aircraft instrument displays altitude.
What is the Altimeter?
OECO supplied 15,000 of these to the Apollo missions.
What are transformers?
The study of the properties of moving air and the interaction between the air and solid bodies moving through it.
What is Aerodynamics?
Man's first powered flight occurred in this country.
What is France?
This moon mission was aborted due to an oxygen tank explosion.
What is Apollo 13?
Airplanes carry flight data and cockpit voice recorders for safety in these.
What are black boxes?
In 1975, OECO was granted this prestigious award recognizing businesses that provide outstanding goods and services, after being nominated 3 previous times.
Followed by receiving this award again in 1977, notably the first ever business to achieve this award twice.
What is National Small Business Subcontractor of the Year?
A permanently crewed, multinational space laboratory orbiting Earth, serving as a research facility and living space for astronauts.
What is the ISS or International Space Station?
In 1947, this pilot became the first to break the sound barrier.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
This measurement of distance is equivalent to 3.26 light years or 19.2 trillion miles.
What is a Parsec?
The longest flight in the world is Singapore Airlines’ nonstop route from Singapore (SIN) to ?
It covers 9,537 miles in approximately 18 hours and 45 minutes.
What is New York (JFK)?
Throughout its' years, OECO has seen several ownership changes through acquisition. These were the last 4 acquirers (including current).
Who are Paratus, Danaher, Meggitt, and Parker?
This branch of engineering focuses on aircraft design, propulsion systems, and flight mechanics within Earth's atmosphere
What is Aeronautical Engineering?
In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers launched the first (what?), carrying animals to demonstrate human flight potential.
What is a hot air balloon?
The first American Manned space flight program.
What is Project Mercury?
First supersonic passenger-carrying commercial airplane built jointly by aircraft manufacturers in Great Britain and France. Only 14 of these aircraft went into service before it was retired by both countries in 2003.
What is the Concorde?
James Coonan set up a joint venture between the OECO Corporation and Agricultural Sciences, that resulted in purchasing a 382-acre farm in Canby, that harvested these.
What are Cane berries?
(Blackberries, Marionberries, and Raspberries are acceptable)
This branch of engineering deals with spacecraft, satellites, rockets, and operations beyond Earth's atmosphere
What is Astronautical Engineering?