WorksheetsEarly History of Flight
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
Who built a new motor for the Wright Brothers to use in their airplane?
Charlie Taylor
Samuel Langley
George Cayley
Wilbur Wright
Which brother won the rights to the first attempt at powered flight in 1903?
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
Which brother actually flew in the first sustained, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight?
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
What state did the Wright Brothers complete their flight of the Wright Flyer I in?
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ohio
Georgia
What magazine provided an award for continued experimentation in aeronautics?
Scientific American
Discovery
National Geographic
Popular Science
