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WorksheetsHistory: Air Transport People and Dates
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Who designed the first hot air balloon?
American pilot
Amelia Earhart
French brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier
American
brothers Wilber and Orville Wright
When was the first manned flight in a hot air balloon?
1937
1852
1903
1783
(a) flew an (b) for (c) kilometers in (d) .
Which airship was famous for its disaster in 1937?
Hindenburg
Concorde
Apollo
Challenger
The (a) were the first to build an (b) in (c) ?
What powered the first aeroplane flown by the Wright Brothers on 17 December 1903?
Engine
Electricity
Steam
Wind
How long did the second flight of the Wright Brothers' aeroplane last in 1904?
1 minute
5 minutes
15 minutes
10 minutes
How long did the aeroplane of the Wright Brothers fly in 1905?
More than half an hour at a time
Approximately 15 minutes at a time
12 metres in 36 seconds
In which year did the Wright Brothers' aeroplane fly across America?
1903
1904
1911
In which year did Amelia Earhart fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
1969
1961
1937
1928
When was the first flight of a jet aeroplane?
1945
1950
1937
1939
When did Yuri Gagarin travel to space?
1961
1969
1980
2011
When did Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon?
1972
1961
1969
1980
When did the Concorde make its first flight?
Late 1960's
Late 1930's
Late 1980's
Late 1920's
(a) became the first (b) to travel into space in (c) .
When was the last flight of the space shuttle?
2011
2010
2008
2012
Organize these options into the right categories of early air transport.
Montgolfier Brothers
First ever manned flight
November 21, 1783
Henri Giffard
1852
1937
35 people killed
Wright Brothers
First flight 1903
Second flight 1904
Fly more than 30 minutes 1905
Fly across America 1911
Organize these options into the right categories of more modern air transport.
First flight 1939
First flight late 1960's
Last flight 2011
Organize these options under the right person.
First human in space
First to set foot on the moon
Stepped on moon 21 July 1969
First South African in space
Travelled to space 2002
First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
Flew across Atlantic June 1928
Disappeared across Pacific Ocean 1937
Travelled to space 1961
Order the following events from earliest to latest.
First manned flight in hot air balloon
First airship
First aeroplane
First jet aeroplane
Concorde
