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WorksheetsHistory of Aviation IBR
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
What were the first passengers in the history of ballooning?
Two brothers
A ram, a duck, and a rooster
A cat and a mouse
Two scientists
Who made the first successful human flight in a hot air balloon on November 21, 1783?
The Wright brothers
The Montgolfier brothers
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
Bartolomeo Lorenzo de Gusmão
What gas did Jacques Charles use to fill his balloons for greater lift?
Helium
Hot air
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Who built and flew the first controllable airship (dirigible)?
Henri Giffard
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs
Alberto Santos-Dumont
When is considered the birthday of airmail?
December 17, 1903
August 17, 1859
November 21, 1783
January 7, 1785
What historic flight did Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr. Jeffries complete on January 7, 1785?
First transatlantic flight
First flight across the English Channel
First flight over the Alps
First night flight
What was the name of the first airplane built and flown by the Wright brothers?
Spirit of St. Louis
Flyer
Kitty Hawk
Columbia
On what date did the Wright brothers make the world's first powered, controlled, and sustained airplane flight?
August 27, 1939
May 23, 1910
December 17, 1903
July 20, 1969
Who made the first flight in a Russian-built airplane on May 23, 1910?
Igor Sikorsky
Alexander Mozhaisky
Nikolai Zhukovsky
Alexander Kudashev
What was the world's first turbojet-powered airplane?
Heinkel He 178
Messerschmitt Me 262
Gloster Meteor
Boeing 747
When did the Heinkel He 178 make its first flight?
1931
August 27, 1939
1942
1956
Which aircraft was the first Soviet and one of the world's first jet passenger airliners?
Tupolev Tu-144
Tupolev Tu-104
Ilyushin Il-62
Concorde
Which aircraft was the world's first supersonic airliner used for commercial transportation?
Concorde
Tupolev Tu-144
Boeing 2707
Lockheed L-2000
What was the name of the Anglo-French supersonic passenger airliner?
Concorde
Tu-144
Boeing 747
Avro Lancaster
Which mission achieved the first human landing on the Moon?
Apollo 11
Gemini 4
Soyuz 1
Space Shuttle Columbia
Who were the first humans to walk on the Moon?
Yuri Gagarin and Alexei Leonov
John Glenn and Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Jim Lovell and Fred Haise
What was the first reusable spacecraft (Space Shuttle) to fly into space?
Discovery
Atlantis
Challenger
Columbia
What type of aircraft is the RQ-4 Global Hawk?
Supersonic passenger airliner
Strategic reconnaissance UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
Heavy bomber
Transport airship
Which British heavy bomber was the most effective night bomber of WWII?
Avro Lancaster
B-17 Flying Fortress
Heinkel He 111
De Havilland Mosquito
What unique material was used in the construction of the De Havilland Mosquito aircraft?
Solid steel
Thick three-layer skin with plywood and balsa wood
Titanium alloy
Carbon fiber
What was the main purpose of barrage balloons during WWII?
Long-range bombing
Air defense of cities and bases
Transporting troops
Aerial photography
What was used in 1942 in besieged Leningrad to broadcast Shostakovich's 7th Symphony?
A radio tower
A tethered balloon with a transmitter
An airplane with loudspeakers
A submarine antenna
What is a "meteosonde"?
A type of early airplane
An unmanned balloon for atmospheric study
A satellite for weather forecasting
A type of airship engine
What was the name of the first Zeppelin airship?
LZ 1
Hindenburg
Graf Zeppelin
Deutschland
In which country did the first hot air balloon designed by Francesco de Lana Terzi appear?
Italy
Portugal
France
USA
Who is credited with carrying out the first balloon design by Francesco de Lana Terzi?
The Montgolfier brothers
Bartolomeo Lorenzo de Gusmão
Jacques Charles
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
What was the BARS balloon complex used for in Moscow in 2001?
Border patrol
Providing internet access to schools
Meteorological research
Tourist flights
What is the main advantage of an aerostat complex compared to terrestrial cable facilities, according to the presentation?
Higher speed
Lower construction and operation costs
Better sound quality
Larger capacity
What Canadian firm plans to build a transport airship (blimp)?
Bombardier
SkyHook International
Air Canada
Canadair
What was the name of the largest Soviet airship, which set a world endurance record in 1937?
USSR-V6
USSR-V12 bis
Maxim Gorky
Lenin
How long was the world endurance record set by the USSR-V6 airship?
24 hours
80 hours 15 minutes
130 hours 27 minutes
200 hours
What was the last Soviet airship, built in 1947?
USSR-V6
USSR-V12 bis
Pobeda
Soyuz
Which airplane is described as the first mass-produced all-metal airliner with a free-slung wing and retractable landing gear?
Boeing 247
Douglas DC-3
Junkers Ju 52
Boeing 747
In what year did the first airplanes appear in Russia?
1903
1909
1910
1913
In what year was the first helicopter created?
1907
1912
1939
1942
In what year was the first bomber airplane built?
1913
1914
1918
1925
