NAME: ________________________________
TEST: Chapter 2 – Pioneers of Flight
Use your scantron to bubble in the letter of the BEST possible answer.
1. In what state did the Wright Brothers use their wind tunnel to study airfoils?
a. Ohio
b. Virginia
c. New York
d. North Carolina
2. What were the vertical posts between the wings called?
a. strut
b. brace
c. rod
d. Canard
3. What part of the aircraft controls the pitch of the aircraft?
a. rudder
b. elevator
c. flaps
d. aileron
4. On what date did the Wright Brothers make their first successful powered flight?
a. Dec 3, 1911
b. Dec 7, 1941
c. Dec 17, 1903
d. Dec 21, 1914
5. The first flight lasted 12 seconds and covered _________ feet.
a. 10, 80
b. 12, 120
c. 15, 150
d. 22, 200
6. How did the Wright Brothers control the yaw of the original Wright Flyer?
a. a forward elevator
b. cockpit steering wheel
c. wing warping
d. single, movable rear rudder.
7. A small flap on the wing for controlling the roll of an aircraft is called a/an ___________.
a. flap
b. foil
c. aileron
d. elevator
8. The body of the aircraft containing the crew, passengers, and cargo is called the ________.
a. cockpit
b. fuselage
c. cabin
d. porthole
9. The radial engine allowed the overall weight of the engine to be reduced by using ________
to cool the engine.
a. air
b. oxygen
c. fluid
d. water
10. In 1907, he was the fastest man on earth.
a. Glenn Curtiss
b. Vernopn Burge
c. Louis Bleriot
d. Eddie Rickenbacher
11. She was the first American woman to fly solo in a fixed wing airplane\.
a. Harriet Quimby
b. Amelia Earhart
c. Bessie Coleman
d. Blanch Stuart Scott
12. He was the chairman of the Aerial Experiment Association in the early 1900s.
a. Thomas Edison
b. Alexander Graham Bell
c. Glenn Curtiss
d. Thomas Selfridge
13. In 1913, Igor Sikorsky flew a 4-engine aircraft called the ________________.
a. Triple Twin
b. Vin Fiz Flyer
c. Le Grande
d. Aerodrome A
14. At the start of WWI, the United States had ______ combat capable aircraft.
a. 0
b. 10
c. 100
d. 1000
15. The one word that best describes the ground war battles during WWI.
a. rats
b. tanks
c. trenches
d. dogfights
16. What caused the U.S. to finally enter WWI?
a.
b.
c.
d.
U.S. Alliance with France
German attack on Belgium
English blockade of American ports
Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
17. The volunteer aviation outfit that was formed by Americans in France before the U.S.
entered WWI was known as the _____________.
a. The Flying Circus
b. Lafayette Escadrille
c. French Foreign Legion
d. none of the above
18. Anthony Fokker was the "little" Dutch engineer who developed the __________which
synchronized the machine gun with the propeller.
a. interrupter gear
b. synchro-gear plate
c. trigger-happy mount
d. armor-plated propeller
19. An allied ace has shot down how many enemy aircraft?
a. 1
b. 5
c. 10
d. 15
20. The U.S. "Ace of Aces" in WWI was _____________.
a. Frank Luke
b. Hap Armold
c. Raoul Lufberry
d. Eddie Rickenbacker
21. What was the "life expectancy" of a WWI combat pilot?
a. 1 week
b. 3 weeks
c. 6 weeks
d. 10 weeks
22. By the time the war ended, ____ million people had been killed during WWI.
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40
23. Australian and British soldiers fought at ____________ in northwest Turkey in WWI.
a. Istanbul
b. Bulgaria
c. Gallipoli
d. Budapest
24. Which of the following is not one of the Allies at the start of World War 1?
a. Russia
b. Britain
c. France
d. United States
25. Which of the following is not one of the Central Powers in WWI?
a. Germany
b. Austria-Hungary
c. Serbia
d. Turkey
26. Defined as a small squadron of planes.
a. Flight
b. Escadrille
c. Flock
d. Group
27. A new technology that was the main reason WWI was a stalemate for almost 4 years.
a. airplane
b. U-Boat
c. tank
d. machine gun
28. The pilot with the most kills in WWI.
a. Roland Garros
b. Raoul Lufbery
c. Eddie Rickenbacker
d. Manfred von Richthofen
29. The world’s first ever ace in WWI.
a. Roland Garros
b. Raoul Lufbery
c. Eddie Rickenbacker
d. Manfred von Richthofen
30. A “wild card” who had trouble following Army discipline was an expert at “balloon
busting”, shooting down 15 German dirigibles in 17 days.
a. Frank Luke
b. Raoul Lufbery
c. Billy Mitchell
d. Eugene Bullard
31. The only WWI pilot to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
a. Roland Garros
b. Raoul Lufbery
c. Eddie Rickenbacker
d. Manfred von Richthofen
32. A motto emerged by the end of World War I: “If you control the air, you cannot be beaten; if
you lose the air, you cannot _____.”
a. win
b. live
c. lose
d. survive
33. How many aircraft were used to break the German trench line at the Battle of Saint Mihiel?
a. 500
b. 1000
c. 1500
d. 2000
34. The fighter aircraft of World War I needed three qualities: they had to be lightweight, fast,
and ______________________.
a. agile
b. powerful
c. rugged
d. maneuverable
35. Average aircraft speeds during WWI improved from 64 mph at the beginning of the war to
about _____ mph by the end of the war.
a. 100
b. 130
c. 200
d. 250