History of Flight Quiz

Who drew plans for a flying machine in 1490?

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Henri Giffard

• Otto Lilienthal

• Charles Lindbergh

What significant event in flight history took place in 1783?

• First untethered manned hot air balloon flight

• First solo transatlantic flight

• First aircraft circumnavigates the globe

• First solar powered flight

Who built the first airship in 1852?

• Henri Giffard

• Orville Wright

• Louis Bleriot

• Amelia Earhart

What did Otto Lilienthal achieve in 1891?

• Designed, built, and flew the first glider

• First person to fly across the English Channel

• First non-stop transatlantic flight

• First solo flight across the Pacific Ocean

Who was the first person to fly across the English Channel in 1909?

• Louis Bleriot

• John Alcock

• Amelia Earhart

• Yuri Gagarin

What was the significance of the flight by John Alcock and Arthur Brown in 1919?

• First non-stop transatlantic flight

• First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean

• First aircraft circumnavigates the globe

• First commercial supersonic flight

When did the first aircraft circumnavigate the globe?

• 1924

• 1932

• 1947

• 1986

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932?

• Amelia Earhart

• Bessie Coleman

• Harriet Quimby

• Jacqueline Cochran

What was the achievement of Captain Chuck Yeager in 1947?

• First aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound

• First solo non-stop transatlantic flight

• First helicopter flight

• First solar powered flight

What was the speed of Concorde during the first commercial supersonic flight in 1976?

• 1,354 mph

• 900 mph

• 1,000 mph

• 1,500 mph