1) Who flew too close to the sun using wax wings? a) Bernoulli b) da Vinci c) Bleriot d) Icarus 2) Which Italian physicist made a critical discovery about how air and water move over curved surfaces? a) Bernoulli b) da Vinci c) Bleriot d) Icarus 3) Where did the Wright brothers fly the first powered aircraft? a) Europe b) Kitty Hawk c) English Channel d) South Carolina 4) What kind of ornithopters did da Vinci design? a) a kite that twisted b) propeller made of wax c) balloon with rudder control d) airplanes with flapping wings 5) Dumont and Bleriot were the first to fly across _____________________________ a) Europe b) the English Channel c) the Atlantic Ocean d) South Carolina 6) Chuck Yeager was the first pilot to _____________________________________ a) fly across the Pacific Ocean b) design the Concorde c) break the sound barrier d) navigate for Amelia Earhardt 7) Which WWII American fighter plane flies faster than 400 mph? a) TU-144 b) SR-71 Blackbird c) P-51 Mustang d) PA-12 Super Cub 8) In which year did Amelia Earhardt become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic? a) 1962 b) 1947 c) 1909 d) 1932 9) The first people to fly across the Atlantic were John Alcock and Arthur Brown. Where were they from? a) USA b) France c) Britain d) North Korea 10) What kind of shop did the Wright brothers own? a) ice cream b) hardware c) hang glider d) bike 11) What is unusual about the speed of an SR-71 Blackbird? a) it's too fast to record b) it's classified c) It's supersonic d) it's actually under Mach 1 12) Which of the following is NOT a force acting on an airplane? a) speed b) lift c) drag d) thrust

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