What was the name of the first airplane the Wright brothers built?
100
He jumped off a fifteen foot cliff
How did Jimmy Doolittle test his first glider?
100
elevator
What is the movable horizontal section of the tail which causes the plane to move up and down?
200
Four years
How long did the Wright brothers experiment at Kill Devil in North Carolina?
200
Gee Bee
What was the name of the plane that Jimmy Doolittle set a new speed record in?
200
Jimmy Doolittle had a process that he believed accounted for his successes. A friend described this process: "He set goals and achieved them. And his failures...he
Pushed them aside, gained from them, and would go on to another goal.
200
Cockpit
In small airplanes, what is the space in the fuselage for the pilot and passengers: in larger aircraft, just the pilot's compartment?
300
Fast wing flapping and rigid wing soaring
What types of bird flight did the Wright brothers see?
300
Jimmy created an instrument that showed what direction they were going while blind flying.
What did Jimmy Doolittle create to help people when blind flying?
300
It was important for the wright brothers to know all the forces that act on an aircraft in motion. There are four forces which act on an aircraft in motion. They are:
lift, weight, drag, and thrust
300
Rudder
What is the movable vertical section of the tail which controls lateral movement
400
A bicycle
What everyday object did the Wright brothers use to test their wing designs?
400
December 14,1896
What was the date that Jimmy Doolittle was born?
400
Whenever working in or around aircraft, safety is always a critical concern. When you earn your Wright Flight there are some critical safety issues which you must remember when you go out to your aircraft. When approaching an aircraft prior to ''pre-flight'' and after exiting the aircraft do not enter with:
The radius of the propeller
500
December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
What was the exact date and location when the Wright brothers had their first successful flight?
500
Schneider Trophy
What trophy did Jimmy Doolittle receive in 1925?
500
The Wright Brothers have been called many things because of their persistence to reach their dreams. The author Harry Combs in the first Voyager lesson called the Wright Brothers what?