Early Aircraft Aviators
Name of brothers who achieved the first controlled, sustained, and powered heavier-than-air flight
Who are Wright Brothers
the act of passing through the air on wings
What is Flight
site of the Wright brothers’ first successful powered airplane flights in 1903 (need city or state)
Where is Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Tucker High School ASI (looking for rank and name of individual)
Chief Master Sergeant Jett or Chief Jett
The purpose of JROTC is to recruit high school students to become members of the U.S. Armed Forces (True or False)
What is False
First known human attempt to fly
Who is Armen Firman
a large, cylindrical object that moves very fast by forcing burning gases out one end of the tube.
What is a Rocket
country that invented the kite around 1000 BC
Where is China
Tucker High School SASI (looking for rank and name)
Lt Col Noland Greene or Colonel Greene
Around AD 1300 the Italian explorer Marco Polo reportedly saw Chinese sailors attached to kites as "eyes in the sky" (True or False)
What is True
Swiss scientist who discovered how faster-moving air over a wing creates lower pressure and generates lift
Who is Daniel Bernoulli
a light aircraft without an engine, designed to glide after being towed aloft or launched from a catapult
What is a Glider
Place where Armen Firman put on a huge cloak and jumped from a tower and fell to his death (looking for name of country)
Where is Cordoba, Spain
Two of the four schools (other than Tucker High School) who is attending the Military Ball
Who is Towers, Dunwoody, McNair or Collins Hill
central figure in Greek story who ignored father's warning and flew too close to the sun
Who is Icarus
First person in the history of aviation who was also a real scientist
Who was Leonardo da Vinci
an aircraft that gets its lift from spinning blades
What is a Helicopter
Country that scientist was from. The scientist discovered the phenomenon of induced lift
Where was Switzerland
Rank and Names of the Cadet Group Commander and Vice Group Commander
Who are Cadet Lt Col Sandra Soriano and Cadet Major Valentina Mendez
Icarus flew too close to this which caused Icarus' wings to become damaged and caused him to fall into the sea
What is the Sun
Englishman who formulated three famous laws of motion
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
an explosive powder made of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur, used to shoot projectiles from guns
What is gunpowder
Country that this famous figure was from. The figure formulated laws of motion
Where was England
Name of the inspector that visited Tucker High School on December 10, 2025 and conducted JROTC inspection
Who is CMSgt (Ret) Kent Davis
Story about a man who took a rocket trip into space and included this man fastening 47 rockets to a chair. What is the name of the man
Who is Wan Hoo