Early History of Flight

Avis means

• the action of doing something

• bird

• plane

• flight

What if the first recorded attempt of heavier-than-air flight?

• Abbas ibn Firnas

• Wright Brothers

• Icarus

• Lu Ban

Who is credited with inventing the kite?

• Abbas ibn Firnas

• Wright Brothers

• Lu Ban

• Langley

Who claimed to use a kite to help steal gold from a castle?

• Lu Ban

• Ishikawa Goemon

• Abbas ibn Firnas

• Sir Cayley

What kind of kite did Alexander Graham Bell invent in 1907?

• hexagonal

• tetrahedral

• cubic

• dragonfly

Who is referred to as the "father of aeroplanes"?

• Lu Ban

• Wright Brothers

• Sir George Cayley

• Samuel Langley

What device did Sir Cayley invent to help him test his wings?

• wind tunnel

• whirling arm test rig

• a large hill

• he didn't invent anything

Who invented the first craft able to sustain engine-driven flight without a pilot?

• Sir Cayley

• Samuel Langley

• Wright Brothers

• Daedalus

What war encouraged the U.S. government to grant Langley money to further his airplane research?

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• Spanish-American War

• World War I

What device did the Wright brothers build to help them test their wings and gliders?

• whirling arm gig

• a large hill

• wind tunnel

• they didn't build anything