Aviation Firsts Scavenger Hunt
DIRECTIONS: Use the information you find at the Web site listed below to answer the questions on this page.
Write your answers on the lines.
WEB RESOURCE: Famous Firsts in Aviation
1. Who was the first person to fly over the South Pole? Richard E.Byrd with Bernt Balchen |
2. In what year did the first parachute jump take place? 1797 |
3. Who made the first rocket-engine flight? Fritz von opel. |
4. Who made the first balloon flight? In what year did the flight take place? Jacques and Joseph montgolfier |
5. What aviation first is Janice Brown credited with? First Long-Distance Solar Power Flight |
6. Who was the first woman to receive a pilot's license? In what year did she learn how to fly? Barloness Raymonde de la Roche from France. 1909 |
7. Who was the first person to fly around the world alone? Wiley Post. |
8. Who took the first photographs from the air? Samuel Archer King and William Black. |
9. What aviation first is Paul MacCready credited with? Inventor of the First Practical Human power Airplane. |
10. In what year did the first turbo jet flight take place? 1939 |