Pioneer Years 1
What are the Wright Brothers credited with?
How did the airplane design come to be?
What is a Jet?
Airplane powered by a jet engine.
What is Amelia Earhart famous for?
First woman to fly across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
What is Richard Bong famous for?
Deadliest American Ace of World War II
What was officially invented in 1915?
The Fighter plane
Why were Zeppelins and other airships abandoned by the 1930s?
Engineers realized that there was a not a lot of potential for innovation in airships but there was in airplanes.
What are the two best innovators for aviation (and every other field)?
War and competition.
Who was the Red Baron
Baron Manfred Von Richtofen was a Germán ace who shot down 80 allied planes in World War I
First person to fly across the Atlantic non stop.
What are Airships used for today?
Advertising ~ goodyear blimp
Tourist traps
Where did the Wright brothers make their famous flight?
Kittyhawk, North Carolina
How does a jet engine work?
A jet engine takes in a gas, heats it up, and then generates thrust by expelling that heated air.
What are Gustave Whitehead and Richard Pearse credited with?
First airplane flights.
Who were the Barnstormers?
Mostly discharged World War I pilots who flew throughout the country to sell airplane rides, perform stunts, and compete against other barnstormers.
Why were hot air balloons abandoned for Airships?
Hot air balloons have almost no directional control
What did Wilbur Wright's flight at Le Mans do for him?
Made him very famous worldwide. Showed the world the US was the leader in aviation for the time. Got him government contracts, allowed him to start a flying school, etc.
Why are pressurized cabins standard today?
Pressurized cabins allow you to fly at high altitudes where there is less air.
Who was Eddie Rickebacker
Deadliest American Ace of World War 1
What is Charles Yeager famous for?
Why was the Zeppelin design so revolutionary for airships?
It had gas bags which provided safter flight and could ascend and descend much faster.
Gas bags allowed for a larger cabin which provided full kitchens, hotel rooms, dance rooms, etc.
What was the first successful airplane flight?
The Smithsonian remotely controlled model plane in 1896
What is the advantages and disadvantages of heavier-than-air and lighter-than air craft?
Teacher approval.
What is Hugo Junkers famous for?
Almost single handedly evolved planes from biplanes to monoplanes.
What is Jimmy Doolittle Famous for?
Standardized Instrumental Flight in 1939.
Doolittle raid of Japan.