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History of Aviation IBR

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the first passengers in the history of ballooning?

a)

Two brothers

b)

A ram, a duck, and a rooster

c)

A cat and a mouse

d)

Two scientists

2.

Who made the first successful human flight in a hot air balloon on November 21, 1783?

a)

The Wright brothers

b)

The Montgolfier brothers

c)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard

d)

Bartolomeo Lorenzo de Gusmão

3.

What gas did Jacques Charles use to fill his balloons for greater lift?

a)

Helium

b)

Hot air

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Oxygen

4.

Who built and flew the first controllable airship (dirigible)?

a)

Henri Giffard

b)

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

c)

Charles Renard and Arthur Krebs

d)

Alberto Santos-Dumont

5.

When is considered the birthday of airmail?

a)

December 17, 1903

b)

August 17, 1859

c)

November 21, 1783

d)

January 7, 1785

6.

What historic flight did Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr. Jeffries complete on January 7, 1785?

a)

First transatlantic flight

b)

First flight across the English Channel

c)

First flight over the Alps

d)

First night flight

7.

What was the name of the first airplane built and flown by the Wright brothers?

a)

Spirit of St. Louis

b)

Flyer

c)

Kitty Hawk

d)

Columbia

8.

On what date did the Wright brothers make the world's first powered, controlled, and sustained airplane flight?

a)

August 27, 1939

b)

May 23, 1910

c)

December 17, 1903

d)

July 20, 1969

9.

Who made the first flight in a Russian-built airplane on May 23, 1910?

a)

Igor Sikorsky

b)

Alexander Mozhaisky

c)

Nikolai Zhukovsky

d)

Alexander Kudashev

10.

What was the world's first turbojet-powered airplane?

a)

Heinkel He 178

b)

Messerschmitt Me 262

c)

Gloster Meteor

d)

Boeing 747

11.

When did the Heinkel He 178 make its first flight?

a)

1931

b)

August 27, 1939

c)

1942

d)

1956

12.

Which aircraft was the first Soviet and one of the world's first jet passenger airliners?

a)

Tupolev Tu-144

b)

Tupolev Tu-104

c)

Ilyushin Il-62

d)

Concorde

13.

Which aircraft was the world's first supersonic airliner used for commercial transportation?

a)

Concorde

b)

Tupolev Tu-144

c)

Boeing 2707

d)

Lockheed L-2000

14.

What was the name of the Anglo-French supersonic passenger airliner?

a)

Concorde

b)

Tu-144

c)

Boeing 747

d)

Avro Lancaster

15.

Which mission achieved the first human landing on the Moon?

a)

Apollo 11

b)

Gemini 4

c)

Soyuz 1

d)

Space Shuttle Columbia

16.

Who were the first humans to walk on the Moon?

a)

Yuri Gagarin and Alexei Leonov

b)

John Glenn and Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin

d)

Jim Lovell and Fred Haise

17.

What was the first reusable spacecraft (Space Shuttle) to fly into space?

a)

Discovery

b)

Atlantis

c)

Challenger

d)

Columbia

18.

What type of aircraft is the RQ-4 Global Hawk?

a)

Supersonic passenger airliner

b)

Strategic reconnaissance UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)

c)

Heavy bomber

d)

Transport airship

19.

Which British heavy bomber was the most effective night bomber of WWII?

a)

Avro Lancaster

b)

B-17 Flying Fortress

c)

Heinkel He 111

d)

De Havilland Mosquito

20.

What unique material was used in the construction of the De Havilland Mosquito aircraft?

a)

Solid steel

b)

Thick three-layer skin with plywood and balsa wood

c)

Titanium alloy

d)

Carbon fiber

21.

What was the main purpose of barrage balloons during WWII?

a)

Long-range bombing

b)

Air defense of cities and bases

c)

Transporting troops

d)

Aerial photography

22.

What was used in 1942 in besieged Leningrad to broadcast Shostakovich's 7th Symphony?

a)

A radio tower

b)

A tethered balloon with a transmitter

c)

An airplane with loudspeakers

d)

A submarine antenna

23.

What is a "meteosonde"?

a)

A type of early airplane

b)

An unmanned balloon for atmospheric study

c)

A satellite for weather forecasting

d)

A type of airship engine

24.

What was the name of the first Zeppelin airship?

a)

LZ 1

b)

Hindenburg

c)

Graf Zeppelin

d)

Deutschland

25.

In which country did the first hot air balloon designed by Francesco de Lana Terzi appear?

a)

Italy

b)

Portugal

c)

France

d)

USA

26.

Who is credited with carrying out the first balloon design by Francesco de Lana Terzi?

a)

The Montgolfier brothers

b)

Bartolomeo Lorenzo de Gusmão

c)

Jacques Charles

d)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard

27.

What was the BARS balloon complex used for in Moscow in 2001?

a)

Border patrol

b)

Providing internet access to schools

c)

Meteorological research

d)

Tourist flights

28.

What is the main advantage of an aerostat complex compared to terrestrial cable facilities, according to the presentation?

a)

Higher speed

b)

Lower construction and operation costs

c)

Better sound quality

d)

Larger capacity

29.

What Canadian firm plans to build a transport airship (blimp)?

a)

Bombardier

b)

SkyHook International

c)

Air Canada

d)

Canadair

30.

What was the name of the largest Soviet airship, which set a world endurance record in 1937?

a)

USSR-V6

b)

USSR-V12 bis

c)

Maxim Gorky

d)

Lenin

31.

How long was the world endurance record set by the USSR-V6 airship?

a)

24 hours

b)

80 hours 15 minutes

c)

130 hours 27 minutes

d)

200 hours

32.

What was the last Soviet airship, built in 1947?

a)

USSR-V6

b)

USSR-V12 bis

c)

Pobeda

d)

Soyuz

33.

Which airplane is described as the first mass-produced all-metal airliner with a free-slung wing and retractable landing gear?

a)

Boeing 247

b)

Douglas DC-3

c)

Junkers Ju 52

d)

Boeing 747

34.

In what year did the first airplanes appear in Russia?

a)

1903

b)

1909

c)

1910

d)

1913

35.

In what year was the first helicopter created?

a)

1907

b)

1912

c)

1939

d)

1942

36.

In what year was the first bomber airplane built?

a)

1913

b)

1914

c)

1918

d)

1925