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Planes: Machines That Built America

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many airline passengers are there in a year?

(a)  

2.

Who took the first airplane flight?

a)

Boeing

b)

Ford

c)

Fokker

d)

Wright Brothers

3.

What did they hold in 1910 that 250,000 people attended for the 1st time?

a)
airshow
b)

around the world trip

c)

workshop

d)

funeral for the chicken that died in the crash

4.

What is Boeing’s most legendary passenger airplane?

a)

747

b)

757

c)

707

d)

777

5.

When did William Boeing form his own airplane company?

a)

1925

b)

1901

c)

1936

d)

1916

6.

What was Boeing’s first customer in 1917?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

United Airlines

c)

The US Governement

d)

The French Governement

7.

How many years did it take Donald Douglas to graduate MIT’s four-year aeronautics program?

(a)  

8.

Is McDonnell Douglas a billionaire?

a)

yes

b)

no

9.

What material does Boeing want to use to recreate a wooden military plane?

(a)  

10.

What material did William Stout use in his plane?

a)

Duralumin

b)

Metal

c)

Wood

d)

Canvas

11.

What was the flying range of Douglas’ World Cruiser?

a)

200 miles

b)

2,200 miles

c)

20 miles

d)

120 miles

12.

How far was the Wright Brothers’ first successful flight?

(a)  

13.

What happened to the missing Douglas World Cruiser when it crashed into the mountain?

a)

everyone died

b)

everyone survived

c)

only 1 person was killed

d)

only 1 person was injured

14.

How much lighter was the metal military plane Boeing built than the previous wooden model?

a)

36%

b)

50%

c)

10%

d)

14%

15.

What did Henry Ford use the Air Pullman to show?

a)

that he was a thief

b)

that Fokker was better than him

c)

that all planes will crash

d)

that planes were safe

16.

What did Henry Ford’s all metal plane crash prove?

(a)  

17.

In 1924 what was Anthony Fokker World famous for?

a)

WW I flying Ace Manfred Von Richthofen plane, The Red Baron

b)

WW II flying Ace Manfred Von Richthofen plane, The Red Baron

c)

not having a good idea with planes

18.

What did Anthony Fokker put into Ford’s Reliability Tour?

a)

single moter plane

b)

double moter plane

c)

tri moter plane

d)

4 engine plane

19.

What was keeping Boeing’s business going while he was hoping passenger planes would take off?

a)

his own accounts

b)

military contracts

c)

shopping malls

d)

oil

20.

What was Charles Lindbergh the first to fly nonstop

a)

The Pacific Ocean

b)

The Atlantic Ocean

c)

The Artic Ocean

d)

The Carribean Sea

21.

Who's plane became the passenger plane everyone was talking about?

a)

Ford

b)

Fokker

c)

Boeing

d)

Douglas

22.

What passenger items cost Southwest Airlines an estimated $1.2 million per year in fuel due to their weight?

(a)  

23.

Who is the first to leave the aviation industry?

a)

Fokker

b)

Douglas

c)

Boeing

d)

Ford

24.

Who is forced out of the aviation industry due to a crash that killed Knute Rockne – Notre Dame Football Coach?

a)

Ford

b)

Fokker

c)

Douglas

d)

Boeing

25.

What does Boeing change his airlines name to in 1931?

a)

United Air Lines

b)

American Air LInes

c)

Delta

d)

Concord

26.

What plane gets built for TWA by Douglas?

a)

The tri motor

b)

The 747

c)

The DC1 or Douglas Commerical

d)

The Twin Engine Plane

27.

What percentage of people flying commericially was riding on a DC plane?

(a)  

28.

Why were metal or duraluminium planes safer than wooden planes?

(a)