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WorksheetsPlanes: Machines That Built America
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
How many airline passengers are there in a year?
(a)
Who took the first airplane flight?
Boeing
Ford
Fokker
Wright Brothers
What did they hold in 1910 that 250,000 people attended for the 1st time?
around the world trip
workshop
funeral for the chicken that died in the crash
What is Boeing’s most legendary passenger airplane?
747
757
707
777
When did William Boeing form his own airplane company?
1925
1901
1936
1916
What was Boeing’s first customer in 1917?
Henry Ford
United Airlines
The US Governement
The French Governement
How many years did it take Donald Douglas to graduate MIT’s four-year aeronautics program?
(a)
Is McDonnell Douglas a billionaire?
yes
no
What material does Boeing want to use to recreate a wooden military plane?
(a)
What material did William Stout use in his plane?
Duralumin
Metal
Wood
Canvas
What was the flying range of Douglas’ World Cruiser?
200 miles
2,200 miles
20 miles
120 miles
How far was the Wright Brothers’ first successful flight?
(a)
What happened to the missing Douglas World Cruiser when it crashed into the mountain?
everyone died
everyone survived
only 1 person was killed
only 1 person was injured
How much lighter was the metal military plane Boeing built than the previous wooden model?
36%
50%
10%
14%
What did Henry Ford use the Air Pullman to show?
that he was a thief
that Fokker was better than him
that all planes will crash
that planes were safe
What did Henry Ford’s all metal plane crash prove?
(a)
In 1924 what was Anthony Fokker World famous for?
WW I flying Ace Manfred Von Richthofen plane, The Red Baron
WW II flying Ace Manfred Von Richthofen plane, The Red Baron
not having a good idea with planes
What did Anthony Fokker put into Ford’s Reliability Tour?
single moter plane
double moter plane
tri moter plane
4 engine plane
What was keeping Boeing’s business going while he was hoping passenger planes would take off?
his own accounts
military contracts
shopping malls
oil
What was Charles Lindbergh the first to fly nonstop
The Pacific Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
The Artic Ocean
The Carribean Sea
Who's plane became the passenger plane everyone was talking about?
Ford
Fokker
Boeing
Douglas
What passenger items cost Southwest Airlines an estimated $1.2 million per year in fuel due to their weight?
(a)
Who is the first to leave the aviation industry?
Fokker
Douglas
Boeing
Ford
Who is forced out of the aviation industry due to a crash that killed Knute Rockne – Notre Dame Football Coach?
Ford
Fokker
Douglas
Boeing
What does Boeing change his airlines name to in 1931?
United Air Lines
American Air LInes
Delta
Concord
What plane gets built for TWA by Douglas?
The tri motor
The 747
The DC1 or Douglas Commerical
The Twin Engine Plane
What percentage of people flying commericially was riding on a DC plane?
(a)
Why were metal or duraluminium planes safer than wooden planes?
(a)
