DEVELOPING THE AIRPLANE

Question 1

George Cayley built small model

Answer 1

helicopters

Question 2

George Cayley identified

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the forces of lift, drag and thrust.

Question 3

George Cayley developed the

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Camber (curved) upper surface on a wing to increase lift.

Question 4

George Cayley worked on

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propellers and power plants, and developed the concept of biwinged and triwinged aircraft

Question 5

George Cayley, in 1850, built the

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first successful full-sized, manned glider.

Question 6

The planaphore contained Penaud’s greatest contribution to aviation. It had automatic

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longitudinal (front to back) stability

Question 7

________________ built the first manned aircraft to take off from level ground under its own power (1890)

Answer 7

Clement Ader

Question 8

Francis H. Wenham had little practical success with his own gliders, but he became the first person to build________________________________(1871).

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a wind tunnel to test various wing shapes

Question 9

In 1884 John Montgomery secretly built a man-carrying glider. To avoid the ridicule of neighbors, he and his brother _________________________________.

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chose to try their first flight in the dead of night.

Question 10

Otto Lilienthal, “________________” was the first practical aviator. He built many single- and two-winged gliders, which he flew by running downhill until sufficient speed was built up to allow them to fly.

Answer 10

“Father of Modern Aviation”

Question 11

_____________ (1848) was the first successful powered flight of a heavier-than-air craft.

Answer 11

Stringfellow

Question 12

__________________________made plans for the wing structure showing a front and a rear spar with connecting ribs. This same type structure is used for making aircraft wings today.

Answer 12

John Stringfellow