OVHS JROTC - Early History of Flight

What mythological Greek person flew too close to the son and fell to their death?

• Daedalus

• Icarus

• Armen Firman

• Orville Wright

This early inventor made an attempt to fly by jumping off of a tower in Cordoba Spain and falling to his death.

• Daedalus

• Icarus

• Armen Firman

• Orville Wright

Who was the first actual scientist to study flight, publish his findings, and attempt to create an ornithopter?

• Michelangelo

• Edison

• Bell

• Da Vinci

Who was the first person to invent and fly a manned glider?

• Sir George Cayley

• Sir Elton John

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Sir Sean Connery

Who were the brothers that were the first to demonstrate hot air balloon flight to the King and Queen of France?

• Montgolfier

• Marx

• Baldwin

• Bonaparte

Who were the first brothers to fly an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903?

• Baldwin

• Montgolfier

• Wright

• Jackson

Who was the first person to fly from New York to Paris on May 21, 1927?

• Lindbergh

• Washington

• Lincoln

• Earhart

Who was the famous female aviator that disappeared on Jul 2, 1937 while trying to fly around the globe?

• Lindbergh

• Washington

• Lincoln

• Earhart

What was the nickname for pilots that flew around the country doing aerial stunts after World War I?

• Escadrille

• Barnstormers

• Crop Dusters

• Acrobats

Who was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license?

• Amelia Earhart

• Bessie Coleman

• Betsy Ross

• Yvonne Rowe