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OVHS JROTC - Early History of Flight

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Daedalus

b)

Icarus

c)

Armen Firman

d)

Orville Wright

2.

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

a)

Daedalus

b)

Icarus

c)

Armen Firman

d)

Orville Wright

3.

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

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Edison

c)

Bell

d)

Da Vinci

4.

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

a)

Sir George Cayley

b)

Sir Elton John

c)

Sir Isaac Newton

d)

Sir Sean Connery

5.

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

a)

Montgolfier

b)

Marx

c)

Baldwin

d)

Bonaparte

6.

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

a)

Baldwin

b)

Montgolfier

c)

Wright

d)

Jackson

7.

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

a)

Lindbergh

b)

Washington

c)

Lincoln

d)

Earhart

8.

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

a)

Lindbergh

b)

Washington

c)

Lincoln

d)

Earhart

9.

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

a)

Escadrille

b)

Barnstormers

c)

Crop Dusters

d)

Acrobats

10.

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

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

Betsy Ross

d)

Yvonne Rowe