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Wright
Brothers
Jimmy
Doolittle
Measuring Courses and Distances
Boldface
Charts and
Plotting
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A Curved Wing.
What is the design the Wright Brothers chose for the wing?
100
He built a glider.
What did Jimmy Doolittle decide to do since he was so excited about the chance of flying?
100
Nautical Miles.
What is the measurement we use for distance?
100
December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
What is the exact date and place of the Wright Brothers first successful flight?
100
WAC or Sectional
What are two different types of aviation charts?
200
Rapid wing flapping and Rigid wing soaring.
What were the two kinds of bird flight that the Wright Brothers noticed on birds?
200
He jumped off a cliff.
How did Jimmy Doolittle test his first glider?
200
You add a zero to the angle.
What do you do if the angle is only a two-digit number?
200
Lift,weight,drag, and thrust.
What four forces act on an aircraft in motion?
200
Latitude Lines
What lines are always drawn parallel to the equator?
300
Four Years
How many years did the Wright Brothers experiment at Kill Devil Hill in North Carolina?
300
Gee Bee R-1
When Jimmy Doolittle set the new speed record in a dangerous racing aircraft, what was the aircraft called?
300
A -12 degree variation.
What is the Tucson, Arizona degree variation?
300
To make it within our capabilities, a better place in which to live.
What did Jimmy Doolittle believe we were put on earth for?
300
The North and South Poles.
What two points connect Longitude lines on the earth's surface?
400
The Kitty Hawk Flyer or the Wright Flyer.
What was the first airplane called?
400
The ability to fly safely in clouds.
What is the meaning of the term "Blind Flying?"
400
Latitude Lines
Which lines should you use to find the angle of your flight?
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"Doers with Dreams"
What did Harry Combs in the first Voyager lesson call the Wright Brothers?
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Minutes
What are the sixty equal segments divided into Latitude and Longitude lines called?
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A bicycle
What common every day object did the Wright Brothers first use to test their wing designs?
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By using his flying instruments.
How did Jimmy Doolittle happen to fly while "blind flying?"
500
Distance divided by speed, multiplied by sixty.
How do you find the time of your flight?
500
Pushed them aside, gained from them, and would go on to another goal.
What did Jimmy Doolittle's friend describe his process of accounting for his successes?
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Some planes cover longer or shorter distances.
Why do aviators use different types of charts?