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What is maneuverability?

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Ability to turn, climb/descend, roll, and yaw.

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What was the first aircraft to successfully fly across the Atlantic?

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AC Reed’s flight from Rockaway, New York → Lisbon, Portugal in May 1919.

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July 8th, 1908, is significant because it was?

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the first female to solo an airplane

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First Transatlantic Flight was piloted by who? What was the name of the aircraft?

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AC Reed and he flew the Nancy 4

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VOR (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range) provides what use?

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Directional information to help aircraft navigate by following radials from a ground based station

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What was the first flight location of the Wright Flyer?

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Kill Devil Hills, NC.

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Who had the first officially documented and witnessed flight of a heavier-than-air machine in Europe in 1906?

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Albert Dumont

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Gabriel Voisin founded one of the first what?

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Syndicat d’Aviation

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Anthony Fokker built what aircraft, in what year, at what age?

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de Spin, 1910, at age 20

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What aircraft dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

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Enola Gay.

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What is the function of elevators in an aircraft?

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Controls pitch (lateral axis).

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George Cayley founded

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the four forces of flight

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Which bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima? What was the date?

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Enola Gay. August 6, 1945.

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cruise missile is

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jet propelled with a control system, similar to a drone

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Who was the first man to orbit Earth?

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Yuri Gagarin.

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Turboprop

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turbine engine drives a propeller

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What did Lawrence Sperry develop in 1914?

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Automatic Stabilization using two gyroscopes.

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What is the main difference between ballistic and cruise missiles?

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Ballistic are unguided; cruise are guided.

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Who was the first female passenger carried by Wilbur Wright?

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Mrs. Hart O. Berg on October 7, 1908.

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What is the role of the rudder?

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Controls yaw (rotational axis).

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stability is

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the tendency of an airplane to return to equilibrium once disturbed

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Roland Geros was the first what of WWI?

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ACE (achieving 5 or more kills)

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George Cayley is credited with founding the key components of a

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Glider

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First American to orbit Earth and in what year

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John Glenn from the Marines in 1962

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What does the term 'wing tips' refer to?
Warp to change roll (rotate body).
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What does Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion state?
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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What is the incidence in aviation?
Angle between longitudinal axis and chord line.
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The 2 astronauts to walk on the moon and the astronaut that stayed in the command module?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Michael Collins
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wright brothers (1896-1914) recognized issues of what during controlled experiments
stability and maneuvering
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What does the term 'fuselage' refer to?
French for 'spindle shape'; the body of an aircraft.
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capable of being thrown, propelled, hurled, or projected
missile
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Max Franz Immelmann was a German ace who first? How many kills
received Fokker's synchronized machine gun. 16 kills
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What is Bernoulli’s Principle?
The faster a liquid flows over a surface, the lower the pressure exerted on that surface. ## Footnote This principle is fundamental in understanding fluid dynamics and is crucial in the design of aircraft wings.
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First man to orbit the Earth and in what year?
Yuri Gagarin in 1961
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Who flew the Cactus 1549
Captain Chesley Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles
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US program that recruited German scientists in 1945 to give the US an edge over USSR
Project Paperclip
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Which bomber dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki? What was the date?
Bockscar. August 9th, 1945.
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What is an 'ACE' in aviation?
A pilot who has achieved 5 or more kills.
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First American EVA or spacewalk?
Edward White II
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What was Project Paperclip?
U.S. program that recruited German scientists to boost American missile and aerospace technology after WWII.
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What is the Immelmann Turn
a maneuver combining a half-loop followed by a half roll to quickly reverse direction and gain altitude
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B.E2 (Bleriot Experimental 2) was a two-seat recon plane designed by who?
Geoffrey De Havilland
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What was the most impactful aircraft to come about from de Havilland Canada
DHC-8 or the Dash 8
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Fill in the blank: A _______ drives a propeller.
Turboprop.
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CAA transferred into what in 1958?
The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
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What is the function of a wing in an aircraft?
Produces pressure differential → lift.
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What does the 'Immelmann Turn' refer to?
Aerial combat maneuver combining a half loop followed by a half roll.
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What was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth?
Sputnik.
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Who is known as the father of the helicopter?
Igor Sikorsky.
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Incidence is what angle
the angle between longitudinal axis and chord line
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Anthony Fokker invested this during WWI
Synchronization Gear
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What is the significance of Gabriel Voisin in aviation history?
Founded Syndicat d’Aviation, one of the first companies to build aircraft.
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What is a turbofan?
Turbojet + fan for bypass thrust.
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Who was the first woman passenger?
Mrs. Hart O Berg
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What was the first capture that led to Anthony Fokker's synchronization gear which led o true fighter aircraft dominance by Germany?
Garros's Plane
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List the four forces of flight identified by George Cayley.
* Lift * Weight * Thrust * Drag
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Apollo 11 landing module name?
Eagle
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ICAO stands for what
International Civil Aviation Organization
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Apollo 11 command module name?
Columbia
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Albert Santos Dumont, a Brazilian living in France, invented what?
the 14-bis
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Turbofan
turbojet + fan for bypass thrust
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Who first conceived the principles of heavier-than-air flight?
George Cayley.
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Anthony Fokker founded the Fokker company in what year
1911
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What are the types of stability?
* Positive * Neutral * Negative
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Lawrence Sperry's "Sperry Corporation" (1914) made incredible developments in regards to?
new instruments
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Igor Sikorsky, during 1908-1910, experimented with what?
Propellers for lift
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Who was the first 'ACE' of WWI?
Roland Garros.
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What innovation did Anthony Fokker create?
Synchronization gear that allowed machine guns to fire through the propeller.
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Who was the first woman to solo an Airplane
Therese Peltier
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What significant flight did Thérèse Peltier achieve?
She was the first woman to solo an airplane in a Voisin Biplane.
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What significant event occurred on October 4th, 1957?
The launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite.
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What instruments did Sperry Corporation develop?
Automatic Stabilization using two gyroscopes, which led to new instruments being implemented into the cockpit
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Date of the Apollo 11 moon-landing?
July 20th, 1969
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What does 'empennage' refer to in aviation?
The tail assembly of an aircraft.
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Roland Garros was the first person to? (weapons)
use forward-firing machine guns in combat
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Who was the Red Baron? How many kills?
Manfred Von Richtofen. 80 kills
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Date of the Apollo 11 launch?
July 16th, 1969
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Turbojet
thrust from pure jet (suck-squeeze-bang-blow). Loud.
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Define stability in aviation.
Tendency of an airplane to return to equilibrium once disturbed.
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Turboshaft
turbine drives a shaft. used in helicopters. Not focused on jet thrust.
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Reactive device that functioned similar to fireworks or artiliary
rocket
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ballistic missile is
unguided - rocket powered and follows gravity defined trajectory
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What did Albert Santos-Dumont accomplish in 1906?
Successfully flew the 14-bis in Paris, marking the first officially witnessed and documented flight in Europe.
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Cold War was called this because
there was conflict with no direct battles but heavy aerospace competition.
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Who helped Germany produce their first operational jet flight? The Messerschmitt Me 262
Hans von Ohain
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What does VOR stand for?
Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range.
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Who invented the turbojet concept and helped Britain produce their first jet? The Gloster E28/29
Frank Whittle
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maneuverability is the ability to
turn, climb/ descend, roll, yaw
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What was the first manned Moon landing mission?
Apollo 11.
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What is a turbojet?
Thrust from pure jet (suck-squeeze-bang-blow).
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October 7th, 1908, is significant because it was?
was the first female passenger in an aircraft
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most common in airliners/transport aircraft
turbofan
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What preceded the ICAO and in what year?
The PICAO (Provisional ICAO) in 1946
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What is the function of Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)?
Measures the slant-range distance between an aircraft and a ground station.
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What two significant aircraft did Geoffrey de Havilland invent?
B.E2 and the DHC-8
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What was the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth
Sputnik. Soviet.
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DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) measured what?
The slant-range distance between an aircraft and a ground station
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When did the Wright Brothers achieve their first sustained flight?
1903.

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