#Intro to aviation exam 1 quizlet license#

Were first men on the moon with Apollo 11 in 1969 In 1981. Was first American to orbit the earth in 1962 Armstrong & Adrin, they. First aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight John Glenn, he. Completed first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight from Roosevelt field to Bourget field Paris in 1927 BellX-1, was. Flew the first plane across the English Channel in 1909 he was French Lindbergh, he. free, subject to whatever nations airspace First commercial flight St.L. could land in open fields (no cities/military) Jane International aerial laws First in print in 1911 London to max Hester race (Brit Claude Grahame White made the first NIGHT flight) Cal Rodgers Took 49 days to fly from NY to CA (first transcontinental flight) Jane's all the world aircraft First edition in 1909 by Fred T. Records for speed/distance broken Daily mail of London Hosted fly off competitions 37 in 1911) Airshows First in REIMS, FRANCE 1909

#Intro to aviation exam 1 quizlet license#

Clifford b Harmon Baroness Raymonde de Laroche First woman pilot to be granted pilots certificate Harriet Quimby First American woman to receive license (no. Promoted aviation (ballooning -> aircraft)Īviation comps, flight records, awards Aero club of America First pilots of the us (licenses until 1927, ALPHABETICAL) Wright bros disbanded their team after 6 pilot deaths Cromwell Dixon Continental divide flight Lincoln Beachey Raved airplane against cars/flew into Niagara Fallsĭied in 1915 (wings broke off in a dive) federation aeronautique internationale Founded in 1905 US Navy wanted a plane that could land on shipsįirst test in San Diego 1912 Eugene ely credited with first shipboard takeoff and landing, 1911 Esposito naval number 19742 Stunt flying Wilbur wright flew in nyc (1909), mil people watchedĬurtiss formed his team (promote aviation White wing- biplane (tricycle gear/ailerons)ĭisbanded in 1909 Curtiss Airplanes Pusher aircraftĭesigned hydroplanes (floats instead of wheels) Red wing- first biplane of AEA(elevator/rudders) (25,740ft) Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) Organized by Alexander graham bell (1907) Oelrich set world record for altitude in DRE B.I. Used licenses to catch up on manufacturing MOST FAMOUS- S-6 and the Grand German airplanes Lagged behind US/Europe manufacturer Short brothers Horace, Albert, Hugh organized a company to build airplanes (1908)įIRST AIRPLANE MANUFACTURING COMPANY IM BRITAIN Louis Bleriot first to cross English Channel July 1909īleriot XI (airplane) Igor Sikorsky Inventor of helicopter 1906 Henry Farman -first flight in circular route (1908) Made first officially recognized airplane flight in Europe on November 12. 1 with a variable incidence of the wing (1906) Albert Santos Dumont Brazilian aviation pioneer in parisīuilt first successful French airplane (biplane) One of the first companies to make heavier-than-air aircraft Trajan vuia (Romanian) Flew his monoplane no.

Gave lectures in France on glider designs Robert Esnault-Pelterie built a Wright-style glider in 1904 and used aileronsįailure created skepticism about aviation in europe Sydicat d' Aviation Organized by Gabriel voisin/Ernest archdeacon in 1905 Baldwin (USA) 'California Arrow' airship Octave Chanute Inspired many of the first european aviation efforts Premier airships designed by Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin David Schwartz (Austrian Hungarian) All metal airshipĮuropean militaries used his design for observation and reconnaissance (KITE BALLON) Thomas S. Non-rigid, semi-rigid, rigid Henri Gifford Made the first dirigible flight (steam power)ĭemonstrated directional control, and horizontal control Zeppelins large gas-filled balloons (rigid w/ aluminum frames Swedish aeronaut- died Who was ballooning a sport for Wealthy peopleĮxpeditions (Africa/North Pole) Dirigibles Aircraft (non-rigid balloon) that can be directed or steered Louis to Henderson NY- 809mi Balloon exploration North pole

Balloon Exhibition flying Barnstorming- US/EuropeĬharles Green- drag line/coal gas Distance records ballon Cincinnati to VA- 350mi