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Air & Space Power ANS -The ability to take advantage of air and space to move people, cargo, and
information.
Emperor Shun ANS -"_________________________ donn[ed] the work clothes of a bird."
Kei Kung ANS -Chinese god of Thunder and Lightning:
Ki-Kung-Shi ANS -This man supposedly built a flying chariot.
Kite ANS -At about 500 BC, the Chinese invented this:
Gunpowder ANS -About 900 AD, the Chinese invented ______________.
Rockets ANS -By 1100, the Chinese were using gunpowder to power simple _____________.
Wan Hoo ANS -A legendary account of ___________________ tells the story of a man who strapped 47
rockets to a chair and attempted to fly to the moon.
Daedulus and Icarus ANS -________________________ built wings from wax and feathers to escape
from King Minos of Crete.
Leonardo da Vinci ANS -Great Italian artist, architect, painter, and man of science made the first
experiments on the field of aviation. 1452-1519
Ornithopter ANS -An aircraft propelled by flapping wings, designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
,Torricelli, Von Guericke, and Pascal ANS -These three men made discoveries in the study of the
atmosphere such as the fact that the atmosphere is a fluid, atmospheric pressure decreases with
altitude, the invention of the barometer, and the invention of the air pump.
Francesco de Lana ANS -a Jesuit priest who wrote a proposal for an aerial ship, which was, in theory,
close to the right idea of hot air balloons. he also discussed the need for ballast, controlled ascent and
descent, and military uses for balloons.
Laurenco de Gusmao ANS -A Jesuit priest credited with the invention of the hot air balloon in 1709.
1766 ANS -Henry Cavendish discovered a gas, now called hydrogen, that he called "flammable air."
Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier ANS -Two papermakers from Annonay, France who first achieved
manned flight.
June 5, 1783 ANS -First flight by the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon.
November 21, 1783 ANS -The Montgolfier brothers' second flight with a sheep, a rooster, and a duck
inside the balloon.
Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes ANS -First men to fly in a lighter-than-air aircraft over Paris,
France.
August 27, 1793 ANS -JAC Charles used hydrogen to float a hot air balloon.
December 1, 1783 ANS -First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon.
76 ANS -Between 1783 and 1790, _____ Flights were recorded in France alone.
1793 ANS -France formed an air arm to their Army, beginning to use balloons for reconnaissance.
,1797, Andre-Jacques Garnerin ANS -The first parachute jump from 3000 feet.
January 7, 1785 ANS -Jean Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries flew across the English Channel.
November 10, 1798 ANS -Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin, wife of Andre-Jacques Garnerin, became one of
the earliest women to fly in a balloon.
October 12, 1799 ANS -Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin became the first woman to parachute from a
balloon.
Madeleine Sophie Blanchard ANS -The first woman to be killed in a ballooning accident in 1819.
January 9, 1793 ANS -First balloon flight in the United States
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe ANS -Organized Balloon Signal Service of the Union Army.
Dirigible ANS -lighter than air aircraft that can be steered and propelled.
Henri Giffard ANS -1852, he is credited for inventing the first successful dirigible.
The LaFrance ANS -The first airship powered by electric motors, built by Charles Renard and AC Krebs in
1884.
Paul Haenlein ANS -In 1872, he built a dirigible with an internal-combustion engine.
Santos Dumont ANS -The first man to build and fly gasoline-powered dirigibles.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin ANS -July 1900, this man built and flew the world's first rigid dirigible, the LZ-1,
with a steel/aluminum framework.
, The Deutschland ANS -The LZ-7, the world's first commerical airship on June 22, 1910.
Absolute Charging ANS -Occurs when the whole aircraft is charged.
Acceleration ANS -When a body is subjected to the application of force over time.
Ace ANS -A pilot who shot down five enemy aircraft.
Active Communications Satellite ANS -A satellite, such as the Courier 1B, that received signals from
ground stations, amplified them and then rebroadcasted the signals to receiving stations on Earth
Advection ANS -Lateral heat transfer that is important in the global circulation of air.
Advection Fog ANS -Fog formed when wind blows moist air over a cold surface and the surface cools the
air to its dew-point temperature.
Aeronaut ANS -Balloonist
Aeronautics ANS -The science and art of flying through the atmosphere.
Aerospace ANS -A compound term used to describe the atmosphere and space as one medium.
Ailerons ANS -Small flaps on the wings of aircraft that help control the plane.
Airfoil ANS -Parts of an airplane, such as wings, tail surfaces, and propellers, designed to cause a
dynamic reaction from the air through which it moves.
Airframe Rocket System ANS -Serves to contain the other systems and to provide a streamlined shape
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