The Wright Brothers
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Jimmy Doolittle
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Misc.
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Bicycle
What everyday object did the Wright Brothers first use to test their wing designs?
100
December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
What was the exact date of the Wright Brothers first successful flight?
100
By jumping off a small cliff near his house.
How did Jimmy Doolittle first test his glider?
100
WAC and Sectional
What are two different types of aviation charts?
100
Nautical Miles
What do you use to measure distances?
200
Rapid wing flapping and Rigid wing soaring
What were the two kinds of bird flight the Wrights looked at?
200
within our capabilities, a better place in which to live.
What did Jimmy Doolittle live by?
200
U.S Army Air Corps
Where was Jimmy Doolittle a flight instructor during World War 1?
200
North and South Pole
Where do lines of longitude connect on the Earth's surface?
200
100 kts
What is always the ground speed?
300
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Where did the Wright brothers first successful flight take place?
300
lift, weight, drag, and thrust
What are the four forces that act on an aircraft in motion?
300
Gee Bee
What was the aircraft That Jimmy Doolittle set a new speed record on?
300
North, East, South, and West
What are the four major directions on a compass?
300
-12'
What is the variation in Arizona?
400
4 Years
How many years did the Wright Brothers experiment at Kill Devil Hill in North Carolina?
400
The radius of the propeller
Where don't you enter after approaching an aircraft prior to "pre-flight''
400
Tokyo Raid April 18,1942
What was Jimmy Doolittle's biggest World War 2 accomplishment and what day did it happen?
400
Gyroscope
What is not on every compass?
400
National Air and Space Museum
Where is the voyager on permanent display?
500
Kitty Hawk Flyer, No Wheels
What was the first airplane called and did it have wheels?
500
December 14, 1986, Edwards AFB, 9 days 3 minutes 44 seconds
What was the date and place of the takeoff and duration of the flight of the voyager?
500
1922
What year did Jimmy Doolittle make the first coast to coast in less than 24 hours?
500
Variation
What is the difference between the geographic and magnetic north poles called?
500
A gyroscopic instrument that tells the pilot which direction they are going, and it works even when air is bumpy.
What is a Heading Indicator?
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