Learning to Fly FSA Questions 1.1 and 1.2

What is the main idea of "Learning to Fly?"

• The Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk.

• Pilots changed the way planes were flown.

• The Smithsonian is an important place to learn about history.

• The Wright Brothers kept creating and improving in order to master flight.

Select three details that should be included in a summary of the text.

• The Wrights were assembling their airplane at Kitty Hawk.

• When Langley tried to fly his plane, however, it crashed immediately into the Potomac River.

• The brothers made almost a thousand glides with their improved 1902 glider.

• This would allow the pilot to control the flight of the aircraft.

• Their glides were really just short hops, with the glider staying in the air for just a few seconds at a time.

Select three of the following details to explain the following statement:

The Wright Flyer didn't look like today's airplanes.

• That meant finding a way to power the aircraft.

• It was a biplane - an airplane with two sets of wings, one on top of the other.

• The engine rested on the lower set of wings.

• The pilot laid down on his stomach and controlled a series of levers with his hips.

• The plane stayed in the air for 12 seconds and and went a distance of 120 feet.

Fill in the blank:

The Wright Brothers used an _______________ to make their glider go up and down.

• stair

• elevator

• glider

• anvil

Which of the following statements is true?

• Wilbur and Orville gave up easily.

• The Wright Brothers learned about their glider each time they flew it.

• The brothers did not make improvements to their glider.

• Samuel Langley encouraged the Wright Brothers to make an airplane.