Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci had been interested in _ since he was a child.

• painting

• bird

• helicopters

• hang gliders

Leonardo drew sketches of flying machines _ the invention of the airplane.

• before

• after

To learn about flight, Leonardo studied _.

• weather maps

• birds

• pilots manuals

• planes

Leonardo's flying machines were powered by gas engines.

• true

• false

The flying machine that was most like a helicopter was the _.

• parachute

• glider

• ornithopter

• aerial screw

Leonardo wrote about his inventions in detail, but he never drew any pictures of them.

• true

• false

Leonardo's sketches of a _ were done during the time he was studying the flow of air around a wing.

• parachute

• ornithopter

• aerial screw

• glider

Since the materials were not yet available to build working planes, you could say that Leonardo's ideas for flying machines were ahead of their time.

• false

• true