L13

Question 1

This person was the first to fly.

Answer 1

Yuan Huangton

Question 2

This person made the first powered flight and it documented long distance flights.

Answer 2

Henri Giffard

Question 3

These were the first to electric powered flight.

Answer 3

Tissandier Brothers

Question 4

This person was the first to put engine/propeller on an airplane. He used a dual propelled engine to get liftoff.

Answer 4

Clement Ader

Question 5

This person invented internal combustion engine/gasoline, and died due to a crash.

Answer 5

David Schwartz

Question 6

These are the 4 types of turbojets

Answer 6

Turbojet, Turbo Fan, Pulse Jet, Ram Jet.

Question 7

Created the 1910 motor jet. The first plane that had a jet engine

Answer 7

Henri Coanda

Question 8

This person received David Schwartz’ blueprints, and created the Hindenburg, which was arguably one of the worst technologies. The cellulose nitrate and powdered aluminum caused an explosion. After this failed project, the future of flight was in airplanes.

Answer 8

Count Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin

Question 9

Created modern turbojet engine. As well as the HeS3 and the Heinkel He 178

Answer 9

Hans von Ohain

Question 10

First Jet fighter

Answer 10

Me 262

Question 11

one of the first jet fighters to go over 800 km/h

Answer 11

Jumo 004 turbojet

Question 12

The initial problem with turbojet airplanes

Answer 12

aircrafts at Mach 0.9 disintegrated

Question 13

This person added internal combustion engine/gasoline with wings together on a airplane.

Answer 13

Wilhelm Kress

Question 14

These brothers were bicycle producers that gained 12 seconds of flight.

Answer 14

Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright

Question 15

Solution to the initial issue with turbojet airplanes

Answer 15

Coke Bottle principle and swept wings.

Question 16

This person made internal combustion engine that powered wright brothers plane.

Answer 16

Charles Taylor

Question 17

Worlds most advanced aircraft at 1957, solved disintegration problem

Answer 17

Canadian CF-105 Arrow

Question 18

Us spy plane

Answer 18

Lockhead U-2

Question 19

The Wright Brothers did not find success in USA, and moved over to this country and sold their works for military purposes.

Answer 19

France

Question 20

This is the best aircraft in the world at the time and set new paradigm for aircraft design.

Answer 20

Sikorsky S-22

Question 21

Fastest Plane we learned about in this course

Answer 21

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

Question 22

This is a plane made for a woman.

Answer 22

Curtiss Stinson Special

Question 23

This was the first commercial airplane that began after WW1. This plane was extremely fragile and you could punch through it with your hands.

Answer 23

Curtiss JN-4 Jenny

Question 24

This was a bad airplane and had problems opening doors.

Answer 24

US P-39 Airacobra