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Flight History
Question | Answer |
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In Greek mythology: An engineer who was imprisoned by King Minos | Daedalus |
-The discovery of the ______________ in about 400bc, started human's thoughts of flying. | Kite |
A device that uses jets of steam to create rotary motion. | aeolipile |
Designed by Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1480s | The Ornithopter flying machine |
Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier | Inventors of the hot air balloon in 1783 |
George Cayley | Inventor of the first gliders |
Wrote a book on aerodynamics that the Wrights used as the basis for their designs | Otto Lilienthal |
aerodrome | Built by Samuel P. Langley in 1891. |
published Progress in Flying Machines in 1894 | Octave Chanute |
Orville and Wilbur Wright | decided to make "a small contribution" to the study of flight control by twisting their wings in flight |
Big Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina | Location of first flight of the Wright Flyer |
Wind Tunnel | Used to test the shape of wings and tails of gliders |