Discovery of Flight

Flight:

• the act of sailing on the open ocean

• the act of passing through the air on wings

• the act of passing gas, then leaving the room

• the act of passing through time and space

The Greek story of Daedalus and his son:

• is a bunch of pure hoowey

• involves witchcraft and magic

• one of the best known and oldest stories of human flight

• has recently been turned into a movie

Some early inventors made devices of lightweight material in imitation of bird or bat wings.

• Suddenly people were flying like birds pooping on cars

• People began to hang upside down like bats

• Birds saw this and began to complain

• Unfortunately, none of the devices succeeded

Who made the first known/documented attempt to fly?

• The birdman of Alcatraz

• A man called Pegasus

• A moor named Armen Firman

• The Wright brothers

What did Armen Firman make at the bottom of the tower he jumped from?

• a million dollars

• a cheese omelet

• nothing - he was too scared to jump

• A bloody mess where he died

A ______________ is a device intended to slow free fall from an aircraft or another high point

• rocket

• jet pack

• parachute

• shotgun

Around 1000 BC, the Chinese invented

• Juul vaping

• kites

• boomerangs

• wireless earbuds

Who invented gunpowder and rockets?

• The French

• The Russians

• The Moors

• The Chinese

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)

• The first real scientist to seriously study flight

• was rather a dandy

• hated science and learning

• flew the first powered & controlled airplane

Who produced the first known designs for a parachute and a helicopter?

• Igor Sikorsky

• Bill, the Science Guy

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• nobody knows