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WorksheetsOVHS JROTC - Early History of Flight
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
