Aviation 3 Flashcards
Anthony Fokker
“Fokker Scurge”
Dutch
Used machine gun on propeller (from Roland Garros) w/ a timing device
Dicta Boelke
“Rules of Boelke” for fighter pilots
German Ace
Taught the Red Baron
Roland Garros
French war hero Developed machine gun propeller DEFLECTOR PLATE Crashes & tries to destroy technology 1st pilot across Med. Sea
Lafayette Escadrille
Group of U.S. pilots fighting with the French during WWI
1st bombing of London was done by what type of aircraft?
Airship
Popular airplane in WWI?
GOTHA Bomber
Popular bomber in WWI?
Sikorsky-Ilya Mouromets
Igor Sikorsky
Russian
Developed helicopters & flying boats
Created the 1st four engine bomber
Sikorsky-Ilya Mouromets
Billy Mitchell
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.
Richard E. Byrd
1st over S. Pole
Close to N. Pole
What year was the Air Force created?
1947
Douglas World Cruisers
1st world flight tour
1924
Army airmen
4 a/c named after U.S. cities
Robert Goddard
"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
Wernher Von Braun
Develops V-2 rocket
Funded by the Nazis
Helped U.S. reach the moon
Alcock & Brown
Flew over Atlantic nonstop in 1919
British aviators
In Vickers British heavy bomber
Charles Lindbergh
Record flight?
Why was his flight important? (5)
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)
What was Lindbergh’s famous airplane called?
Spirit of St. Louis
Single-engine (less fuel, better glide)
Monoplane
Lindbergh v. which U.S. President?
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
