Aerospace Review

Gunpowder was invented by the

• French

• Germans

• Chinese

The first person to conduct scientific experiments in the field of aviation was

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Wan Hoo

• Louis Pasture

The reduction of speed to the point the wing stops producing lift is called

• Stall

• Decent

• Empennage

The Wright Brother's first heavier-than air, controlled flight was on

• Oct 14, 1957

• Dec 17, 1903

• Sept 15, 1964

The Montgolfier brother's flew the first lighter-than air aircraft, what was it?

• Kite

• Paper Plane

• Hot Air Balloon

The first American Jet aircraft flown in 1942 was

• Martian B-17

• Boeing 707

• Bell XP-59A

The first person to fly faster than the speed of sound or Mach 1 was

• Captain Yeager

• Major Shepard

• Colonel Armstrong

The space shuttle orbits the Earth once every

• 89 hours

• 89 minutes

• 89 seconds

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An airplane can move about on how many axis?

• five

• four

• three

Lift has to overcome this force

• drag

• gravity

• thrust

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