Aircraft Tech
This type of engine replaced water-cooled engines, making planes more powerful and faster.
What is an air-cooled engine?
She was the first American woman to earn a pilot's license.
Who is Harriet Quimby?
The first commercial flight took place between Tampa and this Florida city.
What is St. Petersburg?
In the early 1900s, women were prohibited from flying and from this civic right.
What is voting?
The U.S. Postal Service developed this system to help pilots navigate routes.
What is a beacon system (Or navigation arrows)?
The F-4U Corsair was famous for having wings of this shape to keep the propeller off the ground.
What are bent wings?
This group of African American pilots was officially known as the 332nd Fighter Group.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
Compared to travel by boat, the first commercial airplane was faster, but not _____________.
What is cheaper?
Airplanes in World War I were primarily used for this purpose when the war began.
What is surveillance?
Major developments in wing and engine design corresponded with this major global event.
What is World War I?
The development of this cabin feature allowed WWII pilots to breathe safely at higher altitudes.
What is a pressurized cabin?
This famous 1942 poster featured a woman rolling up her sleeves to go to work in a factory.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
One reason the first commercial airline failed was that the plane could only carry this many passengers.
What is one?
During WWII, controlling the air usually meant winning the battle here.
What is on the ground?
Unlike WWI planes, WWII planes carried heavy loads including paratroopers and __________.
What are bombs?
During WWI, the need for speed led to engines that gave fighters an advantage over aircraft that were slower and less ____________.
What is maneuverable?
Katherine Stinson contributed to aviation by forming a company to do this with airplanes
What is manufacture them?
This government organization operated the first commercial airmail delivery system.
What is the United States Postal Service (USPS)?
The Tuskegee Airmen faced segregation in training and this other support group.
What is maintenance (or labor groups)?
The transition from water-cooled engines prevented airplanes from becoming unreliable on these specific days.
What are hot, summer days?
The bent wing of the F-4U Corsair was designed to maximize the length of this part of the airplane.
What is the landing gear?
While the Tuskegee Airmen flew combat, the WASPs performed these two specific non-combat flight duties.
What is ferrying aircraft and towing targets?
To be successful, modern airlines need access to many aircraft and the ability to carry large amounts of ___________.
What is cargo?
After World War II, many WASPs found it difficult to do this.
What is remain in aviation (or find pilot jobs)
Because early planes lacked navigation devices, the Postal Service used beacons and these to help pilots land.
What are lighted runways?