& Answers
Leonardo da Vinci's contributions to Aerospace - ANSWERSCenter of Gravity (CG)
Center of Pressure
Streamlining
Ornithopter - flying machine
Story of Icarus and Daedalus - ANSWERSThey attached wings to their body with wax and Icarus
flew too close to the sun bc the wax melted and fell into sea
Significance of Montgolfier Brothers - ANSWERSMade first hot air balloon
First living passengers: rooster, sheep, duck
Significance of Sir George Cayley - ANSWERS1st airplane pioneer in 19th century
4 forces of flight
cambered wing
Samuel Langley and flying machine (and name it) - ANSWERSLangley's Aerodrome
Had funding from the government - he focused too much on the engine and not controlling so
he basically yeeted the plane into the bay
Location of the Wright Brothers' First flight - ANSWERSKittyhawk NC
Date of Wright Brothers' first flight - ANSWERSDecember 17, 1903
,Name of Wright Brothers' plane - ANSWERSWright Flyer
Significance of Otto Lillienthal - ANSWERS"Father of Modern Aviation"
Glen Curtiss and his contributions of aviation in the US - ANSWERSMember Aerial Experiment
Association - Created famous "June Bug" Plane
What is the Curtiss-Wright patent feud over? - ANSWERSThe dispute was over Ailerons (Wright
Brothers made the idea with wing-warping but Curtiss made the actual ailerons)
Lasted from 1906-1919
Cal Rogers' significant flight - ANSWERSMade first airplane flight from coast to coast in the US
Vin Fiz Flyer
49 Days
Harriet Quimby's contributions - ANSWERSAmerica's 1st licensed female pilot
1st woman to fly solo across English Channel
Billie Mitchell - ANSWERS"Father of US Airforce"
Believed in complete air superiority
Theory of Air Superiority:
1) air superiority is very important
2) Planes are an offensive weapon
3) bomb enemy supplies
Name of first airline - ANSWERSSt. Petersburg - Tampa Airboat Line
, Bessie Coleman - ANSWERSFirst licensed black female pilot
"Queen Bess"
Stunt pilot
What are Barnstormers - ANSWERSStunt pilots, wing walkers, aerial performers
Jimmy Doolittle contributions - ANSWERS1st takeoff and landing in instrument conditions
Outcomes of Air commerce act of 1926 - ANSWERS- demise of barnstorming
- first attempt to standardize and regulate aviation
- Foster air commerce
- Designate and establish airways
- license pilots and airplanes
- investigate accidents
Outcomes of Airmail Act of 1925 - ANSWERS- Privatized a government sponsored enterprise
- Authorized Postmaster General to contact for Senate
- 1925 Postmaster General: Harry S. New
Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 - ANSWERS- Created the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA)
- CAA can regulate aviation fares, whether air carriers can conduct business, and determine air
routes
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 - ANSWERSCreated the Airport Development Aid
Program (ADAP) and the Planning Grant Program (PGP), expanded the list of eligible projects,
created the Part 139 Certification of Airports, created the Aviation Trust Fund.