The History of Flight

•The first real study of flight was done by______________ in the late 1400’s.

• The Wright Brothers

• Christian Edwards

• Thomas Edison

• Leonardo Davinci

His flying machine, the ________________ was never actually made but its idea was recorded and eventually used to develop the helicopter.

• Boeing 747

• Raptor

• F-60

• Ornithopter

The first hot air balloon was successfully flown in _____________.

• 2021

• 1900

• 1783

• 1692

____________ were the first heavier than air flyers.

• hot air balloons

• gliders

• biplanes

• blimps

The first flight of an airplane is credited to _________________ in 1903.

• George Cayley

• the Montgolfier Brothers

• Maria, Brenda, and Krysta

• the Wright Brothers

________________ was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.

• Amelia Earhart

• Charles Lindbergh

• Martha Washington

• Vivian Crockett

What year was Sputnik sent into space?

• 1900

• 1967

• 1957

• 1987

Which air craft goes faster than the speed of sound

• 787 Dreamliner

• F-22 Raptor

• Londonderry Hot Air balloon

• none of these

Why is it important to continue to develop space travel?

• So we can go faster and travel greater distances.

• So we can discover life on other planets

• So we can continue to increase the national debt.

• So we can go where no man has gone before.

NASA's final mission was in ____________.

• 2021

• 2011

• 2001

• 2010