Intro to Aviation Final Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers.
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Intro to Aviation Final Exam Study Guide Questions
and Answers.
Otto Lilienthal experimented with ornithopters.
1) True
2) False - ANS 1) True
The title "Father of the Float Plane" belongs to _______.
1) Glenn Curtis
2) Samuel Langley
3) Henri Faber
4) None of the Above - ANS 3) Henri Faber
France Wenham is best known for ______.
1) The Whirling Arm
2) The Father on Gliders
3) The Machine Gun
4) The Wind Tunnel
5) None of the Above - ANS 4) the Wind Tunnel
Henson and String fellow were attempting to use a ____ engine to power their flying
machine.
1) Jet
2) Rotary
3) Gasoline
4) Steam - ANS 4) Steam
The first flight across North America was completed in 49 days. Who made this historic
flight?
1) Lincoln Beached
2) Cal Rogers
3) Roger Bacon
4) None of the Above - ANS 2) Cal Rogers
Sir George Kayley is best known as the _______.
1) Father of Gliders
2) Father of Orville and Wilbur
3) Father of Aerial Navigation
4) Father of the Sea Plane - ANS 3) Father of Aerial Navigation
The term aileron was invented by the French aviator ___.
1) Albert Santos-Dumont
2) Clement Adder
3) Felix Du Temple de la Croix
4) Henry Farman - ANS 4) Henry Farman
,During the first air meet one of the main competitions was the Gordon Bennett Cup
race. The winner of this race was based on the best time over two laps. Who won the
Gordon Bennett Cup?
1) Glenn Curtiss
2) Gustavo Whitehead
3) Louis Bleriot
4) Claude Grahame-White - ANS 1) Glenn Curtiss
The U.S. Navy had no interest in floatplanes.
1) True
2) False - ANS 2) False
What did the crossing of the English Channel by airplane prove to England?
1) The airplane is nothing but a toy.
2) England only needs a strong Navy
3) All of the Above
4) None of the Above - ANS 4) None of the Above
At first the French considered the Wright Brothers as frauds.
1) True
2) False - ANS 1) True
Who invented the Split S Maneuver?
1) Lincoln Beached
2) Cal Rogers
3) Roger Bacon
4) None of the Above - ANS 1) Lincoln Beached
On July 24, 1909 the first successful flight across the English Channel was made by
____.
1) Lincoln Beached
2) Henri Fabre
3) Hubert Latham
4) Louis Bleriot - ANS 4) Louis Bleriot
The first American Air Show was held in Los Angeles in 1910. At what airfield in
California were the races held?
1) Mojave Field
2) Rodriguez Field
3) Oceanside Field
4) Dominguez Field
5) None of the Above - ANS 4) Dominguez Field
Hiram Maxim was best known for the _______.
1) Machine Gun
, 2) First Glider Flight
3) Carbonic-Acid Engine
4) All of the Above - ANS 1) Machine Gun
In 1783 a Duck, _____, and a ______ were the first passengers in a balloon.
1) Sheep and Rooster
2) Pig and Dog
3) Dog and Cat
4) Rooster and Pig - ANS 1) Sheep and Rooster
The statement "It is not necessarily for human beings to fly, but it so happens that God
did not give them the knowledge of how to do it. It follows therefore that anyone who
claims that he can fly must have sought the aid of the Devil. To attempt to fly is
therefore sinful." Was given by ______.
1) Oliver the Monk
2) Leonardo da Vinci
3) Roger Bacon
4) Clement Adder - ANS 3) Roger Bacon
_______ probably had the most comprehensive database on aeronautical knowledge.
1) Octave Chanute
2) Alberto Santos-Dumont
3) Otto Lilienthal
4) Glenn Curtiss - ANS 1) Octave Chanute
The Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) was created in 1907 by ______.
1) Orville and Wilber Wright
2) Glenn Curtiss
3) Alexander Graham Bell
4) Samuel Langley - ANS 3) Alexander Graham Bell
The first scientific approach to flight occurred in the 15th Century with ______.
1) The Wright Brothers
2) Leonardo da Vinci
3) Sir George Kayley
4) Daniel Bernoulli - ANS 2) Leonardo da Vinci
The U.S. Army gave Samuel Langley $500,000 dollars to construct an aerodrome
capable of carrying a pilot.
1) True
2) False - ANS 2) False
The myth of Daedalus and Icarus implies that Daedalus flew _____ miles from Crete to
Sicily.
1) 100
2) 300
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