Civil Air Patrol Spaatz Exam 2023/2024
Air & Space Power
The ability to take advantage of air and space to move people, cargo, and information.
Emperor Shun
"_________________________ donn[ed] the work clothes of a bird."
Kei Kung
Chinese god of Thunder and Lightning:
Ki-Kung-Shi
This man supposedly built a flying chariot.
Kite
At about 500 BC, the Chinese invented this:
Gunpowder
About 900 AD, the Chinese invented ______________.
Rockets
By 1100, the Chinese were using gunpowder to power simple _____________.
Wan Hoo
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
________________________ built wings from wax and feathers to escape from King Minos of Crete.
Leonardo da Vinci
Great Italian artist, architect, painter, and man of science made the first experiments on the field of aviation. 1452-
1519
Ornithopter
An aircraft propelled by flapping wings, designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
Torricelli, Von Guericke, and Pascal
,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
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
A Jesuit priest credited with the invention of the hot air balloon in 1709.
1766
Henry Cavendish discovered a gas, now called hydrogen, that he called "flammable air."
Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier
Two papermakers from Annonay, France who first achieved manned flight.
June 5, 1783
First flight by the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon.
November 21, 1783
The Montgolfier brothers' second flight with a sheep, a rooster, and a duck inside the balloon.
Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes
First men to fly in a lighter-than-air aircraft over Paris, France.
August 27, 1793
JAC Charles used hydrogen to float a hot air balloon.
December 1, 1783
First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon.
76
Between 1783 and 1790, _____ Flights were recorded in France alone.
1793
France formed an air arm to their Army, beginning to use balloons for reconnaissance.
1797, Andre-Jacques Garnerin
The first parachute jump from 3000 feet.
January 7, 1785
Jean Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries flew across the English Channel.
November 10, 1798
Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin, wife of Andre-Jacques Garnerin, became one of the earliest women to fly in a balloon.
,October 12, 1799
Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin became the first woman to parachute from a balloon.
Madeleine Sophie Blanchard
The first woman to be killed in a ballooning accident in 1819.
January 9, 1793
First balloon flight in the United States
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
Organized Balloon Signal Service of the Union Army.
Dirigible
lighter than air aircraft that can be steered and propelled.
Henri Giffard
1852, he is credited for inventing the first successful dirigible.
The LaFrance
The first airship powered by electric motors, built by Charles Renard and AC Krebs in 1884.
Paul Haenlein
In 1872, he built a dirigible with an internal-combustion engine.
Santos Dumont
The first man to build and fly gasoline-powered dirigibles.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
July 1900, this man built and flew the world's first rigid dirigible, the LZ-1, with a steel/aluminum framework.
The Deutschland
The LZ-7, the world's first commerical airship on June 22, 1910.
Absolute Charging
Occurs when the whole aircraft is charged.
Acceleration
When a body is subjected to the application of force over time.
Ace
A pilot who shot down five enemy aircraft.
Active Communications Satellite
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
Lateral heat transfer that is important in the global circulation of air.
Advection Fog
Fog formed when wind blows moist air over a cold surface and the surface cools the air to its dew-point temperature.
Aeronaut
Balloonist
Aeronautics
The science and art of flying through the atmosphere.
Aerospace
A compound term used to describe the atmosphere and space as one medium.
Ailerons
Small flaps on the wings of aircraft that help control the plane.
Airfoil
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
Serves to contain the other systems and to provide a streamlined shape
Air Pump
Invented by Torricelli, Von Geuricke, and Pascal to study vacuums
Airspeed Indicator
Informs the pilot of the speed through the air in terms of miles per hour and/or knots
Air Superiority
Complete Command of the Air
Air Traffic Control
Concerned with keeping aircraft safely separated to prevent accidents.
Airways
Three-dimensional highways in the sky and another subdivision of controlled airspace.
Alto
Middle altitude clouds where the stratus and cumulus shapes are found and called altostratus and altocumulus.
Altimeter
Aneroid barometer that reads in feet altitude and is calibrated to atmospheric pressure in inches of mercury.
Air & Space Power
The ability to take advantage of air and space to move people, cargo, and information.
Emperor Shun
"_________________________ donn[ed] the work clothes of a bird."
Kei Kung
Chinese god of Thunder and Lightning:
Ki-Kung-Shi
This man supposedly built a flying chariot.
Kite
At about 500 BC, the Chinese invented this:
Gunpowder
About 900 AD, the Chinese invented ______________.
Rockets
By 1100, the Chinese were using gunpowder to power simple _____________.
Wan Hoo
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
________________________ built wings from wax and feathers to escape from King Minos of Crete.
Leonardo da Vinci
Great Italian artist, architect, painter, and man of science made the first experiments on the field of aviation. 1452-
1519
Ornithopter
An aircraft propelled by flapping wings, designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
Torricelli, Von Guericke, and Pascal
,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
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
A Jesuit priest credited with the invention of the hot air balloon in 1709.
1766
Henry Cavendish discovered a gas, now called hydrogen, that he called "flammable air."
Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier
Two papermakers from Annonay, France who first achieved manned flight.
June 5, 1783
First flight by the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon.
November 21, 1783
The Montgolfier brothers' second flight with a sheep, a rooster, and a duck inside the balloon.
Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes
First men to fly in a lighter-than-air aircraft over Paris, France.
August 27, 1793
JAC Charles used hydrogen to float a hot air balloon.
December 1, 1783
First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon.
76
Between 1783 and 1790, _____ Flights were recorded in France alone.
1793
France formed an air arm to their Army, beginning to use balloons for reconnaissance.
1797, Andre-Jacques Garnerin
The first parachute jump from 3000 feet.
January 7, 1785
Jean Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries flew across the English Channel.
November 10, 1798
Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin, wife of Andre-Jacques Garnerin, became one of the earliest women to fly in a balloon.
,October 12, 1799
Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin became the first woman to parachute from a balloon.
Madeleine Sophie Blanchard
The first woman to be killed in a ballooning accident in 1819.
January 9, 1793
First balloon flight in the United States
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
Organized Balloon Signal Service of the Union Army.
Dirigible
lighter than air aircraft that can be steered and propelled.
Henri Giffard
1852, he is credited for inventing the first successful dirigible.
The LaFrance
The first airship powered by electric motors, built by Charles Renard and AC Krebs in 1884.
Paul Haenlein
In 1872, he built a dirigible with an internal-combustion engine.
Santos Dumont
The first man to build and fly gasoline-powered dirigibles.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
July 1900, this man built and flew the world's first rigid dirigible, the LZ-1, with a steel/aluminum framework.
The Deutschland
The LZ-7, the world's first commerical airship on June 22, 1910.
Absolute Charging
Occurs when the whole aircraft is charged.
Acceleration
When a body is subjected to the application of force over time.
Ace
A pilot who shot down five enemy aircraft.
Active Communications Satellite
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
Lateral heat transfer that is important in the global circulation of air.
Advection Fog
Fog formed when wind blows moist air over a cold surface and the surface cools the air to its dew-point temperature.
Aeronaut
Balloonist
Aeronautics
The science and art of flying through the atmosphere.
Aerospace
A compound term used to describe the atmosphere and space as one medium.
Ailerons
Small flaps on the wings of aircraft that help control the plane.
Airfoil
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
Serves to contain the other systems and to provide a streamlined shape
Air Pump
Invented by Torricelli, Von Geuricke, and Pascal to study vacuums
Airspeed Indicator
Informs the pilot of the speed through the air in terms of miles per hour and/or knots
Air Superiority
Complete Command of the Air
Air Traffic Control
Concerned with keeping aircraft safely separated to prevent accidents.
Airways
Three-dimensional highways in the sky and another subdivision of controlled airspace.
Alto
Middle altitude clouds where the stratus and cumulus shapes are found and called altostratus and altocumulus.
Altimeter
Aneroid barometer that reads in feet altitude and is calibrated to atmospheric pressure in inches of mercury.
