Aerospace: The Journey of Flight Ch. 1

Front

What characteristic is identified as making the air and space domain special and unique?

Back

Its speed and perspective.

Front

What is defined as the ability to take advantage of air and space to move people, cargo, and information farther, faster, and cheaper?

Back

Air and space power

Front

According to the text, what is one of the primary reasons for examining the lessons learned in developing air and space power?

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To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

Front

Which of the following was NOT listed as an obvious problem that had to be overcome in learning to fly? Needing power to get going. Needing a place to store power. Understanding advanced problems like lift and navigation. Figuring out where the road signs in the sky are located.

Back

Figuring out where the road signs in the sky are located.

Front

What significant scientific research, not directly related to flight, took place in the 1600s that later contributed to successful lighter-than-air flight?

Back

Scientific studies of the atmosphere as a fluid and atmospheric pressure.

Front

Which group of European scientists, from Italy, Germany, and France, studied the atmosphere and invented the barometer and air pump? Options: Priestley, Cavendish, and Black; Torricelli, Von Guericke, and Pascal; Montgolfier, Charles, and Cayley; Lilienthal, Chanute, and Montgomery

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Torricelli, Von Guericke, and Pascal

Front

Dr. Joseph Black, Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow University, realized that a light gas enclosed in a thin bladder would:

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Weigh less than the surrounding air and therefore rise.

Front

Which two brothers, who were papermakers in Annonay, France, achieved the first manned flight with a hot air balloon?

Back

Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier

Front

What was a major problem with early hot air balloons, making them dangerous and limiting their flight duration?

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They only stayed aloft as long as a fire continued to heat the trapped air.

Front

What did J.A.C. Charles realize after being hired by the Montgolfiers for further research on balloons?

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"Montgolfier gas" (hot air) was not as light as hydrogen.