Aviation 3

Question 0

Anthony Fokker

Answer 0

“Fokker Scurge”
Dutch
Used machine gun on propeller (from Roland Garros) w/ a timing device

Question 1

Dicta Boelke

Answer 1

“Rules of Boelke” for fighter pilots
German Ace
Taught the Red Baron

Question 2

Roland Garros

Answer 2

French war hero
Developed machine gun propeller
DEFLECTOR PLATE
Crashes & tries to destroy technology
1st pilot across Med. Sea

Question 3

Lafayette Escadrille

Answer 3

Group of U.S. pilots fighting with the French during WWI

Question 4

1st bombing of London was done by what type of aircraft?

Answer 4

Airship

Question 5

Popular airplane in WWI?

Answer 5

GOTHA Bomber

Question 6

Popular bomber in WWI?

Answer 6

Sikorsky-Ilya Mouromets

Question 7

Igor Sikorsky

Answer 7

Russian
Developed helicopters & flying boats
Created the 1st four engine bomber
Sikorsky-Ilya Mouromets

Question 8

Billy Mitchell

Answer 8

Critic of the U.S. Army’s air division
“Father of the U.S. Air Force”
Predicted Pearl Harbor attack.
Given command of all U.S. Army air forces in France during WWI.

Question 9

Richard E. Byrd

Answer 9

1st over S. Pole

Close to N. Pole

Question 10

What year was the Air Force created?

Answer 10

1947

Question 11

Douglas World Cruisers

Answer 11

1st world flight tour
1924
Army airmen
4 a/c named after U.S. cities

Question 12

Robert Goddard

Answer 12

"Father of Modern Rocket Propulsion"
American scientist 
1926 liquid fuel rocket
Explored the idea of rockets to the moon 
Proved rockets could work in vacuum ^^
Vanes in rocket motor for guidance

Question 13

Wernher Von Braun

Answer 13

Develops V-2 rocket
Funded by the Nazis
Helped U.S. reach the moon

Question 14

Alcock & Brown

Answer 14

Flew over Atlantic nonstop in 1919
British aviators
In Vickers British heavy bomber

Question 15

Charles Lindbergh
Record flight?
Why was his flight important? (5)

Answer 15

May 20-21st 1927 Transatlantic flight
Better than the 1919 flight of Alcock&Brown b/c:
1. Solo
2. 33 hrs, over one day
3. NY-Paris competition, winning $25,000 Orteig Prize
4. Departed from Roosevelt Field
5. Nonstop
Set Transcontinental speed record beforehand
Army Air Service Reserve Pilot
Flew CAM2 Air Route
Guggenheim funded his trip to every U.S. state (& Goddard)

Question 16

What was Lindbergh’s famous airplane called?

Answer 16

Spirit of St. Louis
Single-engine (less fuel, better glide)
Monoplane

Question 17

Lindbergh v. which U.S. President?

Answer 17

FDR
Complimented German’s Air Force
Joined American First Committee - Isolationist
Roosevelt refused to let him rejoin the Army
Informed fellow soldiers about fuel conservation, led to death of Japanese General from Pearl Harbor attack