CHAPT 1 KNOWLEGE TEST Flashcards
____________ developed the first known principles of flight
Da Vinci
Laurenco de Gusmannoo invented the ___________________
hot air balloon
First human passengers flew on a ____________ balloon
Montfolfier
_______________ Organized balloon signal service of the union army
Thaddeus S.C. Lowe
_____________ is the “father of modern aviation.”
Otto Lilienthal
______________________ had the first success in a controlled, powered and sustained flight.
Wright brothers
T/F: The dirigible was an improvement over the balloon because it could be steered.
T
T/F: Hydrogen was a major advancement in ballooning because of its safety
F
T/F: Torricelli, Von Guericke, and Pascal learned that atmospheric pressure decreases the higher you climb
T
T/F: The three main early problems of flight:
they had to develop the lift necessary to get into the air.
they had to figure a way to sustain that lift.
they had to develop a way to control the aircraft once it was flying.
T
T/F: Cayley laid the foundation for modern aeronautics when he wrote: The whole problem is confined within these limits, namely, to make a surface support a given weight by the application of power to the resistance of air.”
T
T/F: Penard’s greatest contribution was the cambered wing
F
T/F: John Montgomery was known as the “father of modern aviation.”
F
T/F: wings having a front and rear spat with connecting ribs were developed by John Stringfellow.
T
T/F: Langley’s aircraft was the first to successfully fly after being launched from a catapult
F