The Wright Brothers
The first mass produced aircraft designed to be a very practical flying machine.
The Model-B
This Chinese substance provided the fuel for early rocket design
Gunpowder
This lighter than air gas is no longer used in balloons due to its combustible nature.
Hydrogen
An early kind of flying machine, which had no power source of its own, but instead relied on the wind.
Glider
Hurricanes in the northern hemisphere spin in this direction.
Clockwise
What are the Wright Brothers first names
Orville and Wilbur
Though more known as an artist, this scientist created some of the earliest schematics for powered aircraft
Leonardo Da Vinci
Named after the sun, this gas is used to fill modern blimps.
Helium
This scientific property helps to explain how the shape of a wing generates lift
Bernoulli
What does it mean if an object is traveling at Mach 1?
It is moving at the speed of sound.
This machine enabled the brothers to test many more designs for their gliders than their competitors.
The Wright Balance
This early improvement on a balloon was noteworthy because it could be steered
Dirigible.
This material was used to make the first hot air balloon.
Paper
What are the three things an aircraft needs inorder to function?
Lift, Propulsion, and steering.
The highest point on planet earth is Mt. Everest, but this underwater abyss off the coast of Australia is the lowest
Marianas Trench
The wright flier made it this far in the air during its first successful flight.
120 feet.
This early pioneer of rocket flight supposedly went up in a puff of smoke after attempting to reach the moon.
Wan Whoo
This military figure helped to create the Balloon Signal Service
Thaddeus S.C. Lowe
The father of modern aviation
Otto Lilienthal
Though his real name is Manfred von Richthofen, this WW1 pilot and Ace-of-Aces, is better known by his colorful nickname
The Red Baron
What was the beach that the Wright Brothers performed their first flight on called?
Kitty Hawk
Early designs for flying machines, based on the idea of a machine which could flight by means of flapping wings.
Ornothopter
As part of a demonstration for King Louis XVI, these three passengers became the first living beings to be carried aloft and returned safely to the earth via balloon.
A Sheep, a Rooster, and a Duck
This massive aircraft was designed by Samuel Pierpont Langle'y, and for its first test flight, was catapulted over a river.
The Aerodrome.
Final Jeopardy
Designed by W.S. Henson and John Stringfellow in 1843, this magnificent aircraft, which shares its name with a Disney Princess, was a monoplane with a 150-foot wingspan. While it was never built, the design schematics were masterpieces of engineering.
The Ariel