C1L1
The act of passing through the air on wings.
What is flight?
An airplane with two main supporting surfaces, usually places one above another.
What is a biplane?
An international military coalition of countries Russia, Serbia, France, and Britain during WWI
Who are the Allies?
The height above the Earth's surface.
What is altitude?
This American Barnstormer opened the door to international travel after he flew from New York to Paris.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
This country is where much of ancient scientific progress took place.
Where is China?
These are all examples of which kind of aircraft in the 19th century.
Balloons, Dirigibles
What are lighter-than-air crafts?
A small squadron of planes.
What is an escadrille?
A pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting.
What is a Barnstormer?
This woman set records and was the first to fly across the Atlantic both as a passenger and a pilot. Her attempt to fly around the world is still one of the mysteries of the world.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
These were invented around 1000 BC and were one of the first man-made devices to take flight.
What are Chinese Kites?
This man created the first rigid dirigible, which lead to the world's first commercial airships.
Who is Count Von Zepplin?
Notable members of this company include:
Raoul Lufbery, Edward Rickenbacker, Frank Luke, and Eugene Bullard.
What is the Layfette Escadrille?
Airplanes evolved to a faster aircraft made of metal and engines became more reliable during this time period.
What is the "Golden Age of Aviation"?
The first pilot to successfully fly a blind flight in September of 1929.
Who is 1st Lt James Harold Doolittle?
This scientist's drawing of an "airscrew" looks a lot like a modern helicopter.
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
This professor and aeronaut during the American Civil War tried to interest the Union Army in the usefulness of Balloons.
Who is Thaddeus Lowe?
This is the US President who asked Congress to declare war on Germany after vowing to remain neutral but was deemed impossible.
Who is President Woodrow Wilson?
In 1926 this American Naval officer flew over the North Pole and flew to the South Pole.
Who is Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd?
This Act combined both the Civil Aeronautics Authority and the Air Safety Board in 1940.
What is the Civilian Aviation Act?
This philosopher concluded that a man's muscle was not enough to lift his weight.
Who is Giovanni Borelli?
The "father of modern aviation", he built over 18 different types of Gliders.
Who is Otto Lilienthal?
This battle took place in September of 1918, Brigadier General Billy Mitchell commanded nearly 1500 Allied airplanes.
What is the Battle of Saint Mihel?
This historian noted on the importance of Barnstormers and how the airplane symbolized the promise of the future.
Who is Joseph Corn?
This airplane became one of the most successful ever built, funded by American Airways to improve on their sister aircraft and was rolled out in June of 1936.
What is the DC-3?