Early Aviation History 1
Early Aviation History 2
Early Aviation History 3
Famous Planes
Misc. Aviation 1
100

What did humans base their early attempts to fly on?

Birds

100

In what two ways did humans try to mimic birds?

With Gliders and Ornithopters

100

Hot do hot air balloons fly?

Fill a balloon with hot air. Hot air rises. 

100

What is the best (and most expensive) fighter jet ever built?

F-22 Raptor

100

What is the most current model in Boeing's 700 series?

Boeing 787 Dreamliner 

200

What were balloons first used for before hot air balloons?

Chinese people used them for lamps, decorations, and as signalers in war. 

200

What advantage do hot air balloons give you on a battlefield?

Height

"Don't fight an uphill battle"

200

What military use did hot air balloons have?

Reconnaissance ~ spying

200

What was the first commercial jet?

DH-106 Comet

200

What was unique about the A-10 Thunderbolt?

The plane was designed secondly around the Vulcan minigun. 



300

What was the first powered aircraft in history?

Hot Air balloons powered by a fuel source. 

300

What does the prefix "Orni" mean in ornithopter?

Bird

So basically Bird-copter

300

Why do we use Hydrogen in airships instead of Helium?

Hydrogen is cheap and abundant 

300

What plane broke the speed record in 1974 and holds it to this day?

SR-71 BlackBird

300

What did the Dash 80 become?

Boeing 707

400

What can the earliest attempt at flight be traced back to?

Tower Jumping

400

What was the first manmade aircraft?

Kites

400

What did hot air balloons get used for after their introduction (outside of the military)?

A luxury enjoyed by the rich. 

400

What is the most successful fighter jet in history?

F-4 Phantom 

400

What plane is famous for supersonic transatlantic flights?

Concorde Jet

500

This is a 1,000 point question, good luck :)


What did Leonardo Da Vinci discover almost 300 years before anyone else and what did it help him design? (list at least three designs)

Da Vinci understood "An object offers as much resistance to the air as the air does to the object"

This helped him design: a working ornithopter, fixed wing gliders, functional parachutes, and a theoretically functional man-powered rotocraft (helicopter)

500

What did scientists and engineers begin to understand during the Renaissance era?

Imitating birds was not gonna work long term and that they believed you had to be lighter than air to fly. 

500

What is a famous example of hot air balloons being used in history?

France used them to get advantage in Austria in war in 1790s

Union used them against the Confederacy in American Civil War. 

500

What is the current gen fighter for the American and its immediate allies?

F-35 Lighting

500

What is the advantage of backwards swept wings?


Less air resistance, faster plane.