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AERO 310 Midterm!
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Aerospace Engineering
Undergraduate 4
10/16/2012

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Term
wing loses lift
Definition
stall
Term
component of the total aerodynamic forces acting as an airfoil which is perpendicular to the wing
Definition
- lift:
Term
French word for “duck” a “tail-1st” airplane
Definition
- Canard:
Term
- What was the first modern airplane?
Definition
Boeing 247 owned by United
Term
- Who competed with Boeing?
Definition
DG3 built by Doughlass- held 21 ppl, first plane to make planes profitable
Term
- Lindbergh’s trip was funded by Tennessee
Definition
False funded by St. Louis
Term
- Who had the most airplanes before WWI?
Definition
Germany
Term
- Who predicted Pearl Harbor?
Definition
Billy Mitchell
Term
- Who was the most involved with rockets?
Definition
Robert Goddard
Term
- How do airplanes turn?
Definition
Rudder
Term
- Who flew over the battlefields and recorded the names of the brave?
Definition
Nike
Term
- Who designed the Labyrinth?
Definition
Daedalus
Term
- Busiest aviation museum?
Definition
Smithsonian
Term
- Who developed the idea about pressure?
Definition
Bernoulli, shape matters
Term
- Hindenberg exploded in 1937 in New Jersey. True or Falso
Definition
True
Term
- Air Commerce Act of 1926?
Definition
Beginning of Federal Aviation Admin- certify pilots and aircraft for new industry
Term
- Airmail Act of 1925?
Definition
Authorized postmaster to contract for domestic airmail service w/ commercial air plane
Term
- Who died with Post?
Definition
Will Rogers
Term
- Common/popular Great Britain plane?
Definition
Sapul Carmel
Term
- What airline did Juan Tripp operate?
Definition
Pan-am
Term
- Who was Otto Prager?
Definition
Did mail; US postal service
Term
- Who do Am’s plane start with?
Definition
N
Term
- Planes are navigated by?
Definition
Pilotage- (jimmy Doolittle- compasses)
Term
what was a popular WWI French Plane was a ________
Definition
Spad
Term
- In the 1930s, which plane set records?
Definition
Lockheed vega
Term
- Who is Howard Hues?
Definition
Dev. Spruce goose during WWII- airplanes centered around speed
Term
- During WWI many pilots wore parachutes to survive: True or False
Definition
false
Term
- Lafayette Escadrille-
Definition
Lion Mascot, 1916 All American men flew for French
Term
an aircraft sustained in the air
Definition
- Orinthopter:
Term
- Who recalculated John Smeden’s value of K?
Definition
Otto Lilienthal
Term
- Which US Ace had the highest number of kills?
Definition
Rickenbaker
Term
- Who was the “red baron” and what was his plane?
Definition
Manfred von Rohtholen from Germany and his plane was a Triplane called the Fokkor DR1
Term
- Who was Goring?
Definition
German Ace with 22 kills
Term
- Only US airplane in WWI-
Definition
Curtis Jenny JN-Y
Term
- What company had a logo on a plane?
Definition
“fizz”- Von fizz
Term
- What’s it called when a plane follows a train track?
Definition
Piloting
Term
- What was the life expectancy for pilots in 1916=? weeks; 1917=? weeks
Definition
1916= 3 weeks; 1917= 2 weeks
Term
- When a plane isn’t directed by wind or compass?
Definition
Dead reckoning
Term
- Person who flew East to West over Atlantic?
Definition
Beryl Markham
Term
- First man to fly over English channel?
Definition
Luis Blaireot (1909)
Term
- French consider Santos Dumont “father of Aviation” True or False
Definition
- TRUE
Term
- 2 biplanes flew after WWI?
Definition
Fokker and Spad
Term
- Who kidnapped Lindberg’s kid?
Definition
Bruno Richard Hoffman
Term
- What airline did Juan Trippe operate?
Definition
PanAm
Term
- Otto Prager did what?
Definition
Airmail, US postal service
Term
- What year was Amelia Earhart’s last flight?
Definition
1937
Term
- 1930s: Which planes set records?
Definition
Piper, Cessna, Beechcraft
Term
- Howard Hughes: 1932 Hughes Aircraft company;
Definition
built H-1
Term
- Who did Vanderbilts give $8000 to?
Definition
Lafayette Escadrille
Term
99” Member:
Definition
Amelia Earhart
Term
- What is teacher’s favorite person in aviation?
Definition
Beryl Markham
Term
- Medium Theory?
Definition
Aristotle: as long as there is an energy source applied to it, any object will stay in the air
Term
- Impetus theory?
Definition
Philoponus: builds on aristotles theory:object has energy source but when taken away, residual energy source will stay with it for a period of time
Term
- Who was the first to try to find new developments needed?
Definition
Leo da Vinci
Term
- What were the developments needed for powered flight?
Definition
Engine/fuel, propulsion method, aerodynamic materials, landing/take off gear, controls, transitional gear, structure, pilot skills, configurations, creativity/open-mindedness
Term
- Montgolfier bros?
Definition
hot air balloons
Term
- Hot air balloons in war?
Definition
Birds eye view
Term
- Problem with hot air ballons?
Definition
Dependent on wind
Term
- Count von zeppelin?
Definition
Comes to observe these balloons
Term
- Sir George cayley?
Definition
Fascinated with balloons, tries to solve problems of flight, curvature matters, gets away from bind mount
Term
- Who befriends the wright Bros and sees their genius?
Definition
Octave Chanute
Term
- Who did the war department give $50,000 for resources?
Definition
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Term
- Wright bros technology and scientific achievements?
Definition
Pilot skills, wind tunnels, internal combustion engine, reved smeden formulas, flight control, Rudder (yaw), propeller theory, integrated system, wing warping, elevator (pitch)
Term
- Wright Bros personal qualities?
Definition
Self confident, persistent, self-taught, well organized, systematic minds, creativity, and self disciplined
Term
- What was the date of the wright bros flight?
Definition
Aug 8, 1908
Term
- AEA- Aerial Experiment Association?
Definition
Formed by Bell, members: Curtiss, Baldwin, Bell, McCurdy, Selfridge, July 4th (June Bug, 7km, $3000 award)
Term
- Who got the 1st American License?
Definition
Glenn Curtiss
Term
- Who was known for doing Loop de Loops?
Definition
Beachy; Flew Curtiss Planes
Term
- Who was the 1st American woman to fly across the English channel?
Definition
Harriest Quimby, at same time as Titanic sinking
Term
- Who was the 1st woman licensed pilot?
Definition
Paymonde de Laroche
Term
- NACA- National advising committee for aeronautics?
Definition
Tracks Europe’s progress in aviation
Term
- US Airpower size pre and post WWI?
Definition
Pre= 55 planes w/ 35 pilots, post = 14000 planes
Term
- Who was the 1st ever passenger plane death?
Definition
Thomas Selfridge, flying with Orville Wright
Term
running into flarnes
Definition
Frank Frakes
Term
10 year old dancer
Definition
Mildred Unger-
Term
jump from plane to plane
Definition
Gladys Fungals-
Term
all black group of pilots
Definition
5 black birds-
Term
1st black woman to get license
Definition
Bessie Coleman-
Term
- Whos motto was “fly or be fined”?
Definition
Otto Prager
Term
- Who was well known for the right plan of the transcontinental flight?
Definition
Jack Knight
Term
- What plane was ahead of its time and who flew it?
Definition
Lockheed Vega, Amelia Earhart
Term
- Who was accompanying Earhart?
Definition
Fred Noonan
Term
- Who was the head of the German Rocket Program?
Definition
Wernher von Braun (1st remote control rockets)
Term
- Trimotors 1924,
Definition
carried 10 ppl, 90-100 mph, can cross US in 2 days
Term
- Who changed the wing position of the bi-wings?
Definition
Beech Staggerwing
Term
- What is adverse yaw?
Definition
Wing creating most life is also creating most drag
Term
- Who was the first man to fly across the English channel in 1911?
Definition
Louis Belroit
Term
- Who flew over the north and south poles?
Definition
Commander Richard Byrd (he also had specialized airport- longer ramp)
Term
PICTURES:
- which figure is cayleys?
- Which airplane was most common during WWI?
- What figure was Lilienthals?
- What part of plane is horizontal stabilizer?
- What part of the plane is the rudder?
- What airplane flew to new mexico?
Definition
Term
Who bought the Wright Aircraft Co. in 1929?
Definition
Glen Curtiss
Term
in 1924 two usa Army Biplanes made a round-the-world flight in...
Definition
6 months
Term
which Lafayette Escadrille Ace was credited with 17 kills but had many additional kills that he got behind enemy lines that were never confirmed?
Definition
Maj. Raoul Lufbery
Term
when the elevator or "tail" is in the front of an airplane it is known as a _________
Definition
Canard
Term
an aircraft sustained in the air and propelled by flapping wings is__________
Definition
Ornithopter
Term
when an airplane loses lift "falls out of the sky" it is called a:
Definition
Stall
Term
who modified the smeden value or K from .005 to .0055, and made 2000 hang glider flights?
Definition
Otto Lilienthal
Term
Aristotles theory o motion was called the _________ theory
Definition
Medium
Term
What allowed air carriers to carry airmail under contract to the post office?
Definition
Airmail Act of 1925
Term
who is often thought of as the third Wright Brother?
Definition
Curtiss
Term
What American WWI Veteran was a strong advocate for a strong air force? in 1921 he sank a german battleship as a demonstration to US Generals and admirals
Definition
Billy Mitchell
Term
whose solo flight acreoss the atlantic in 1932 would have a great effect on the acceptability of airplanes to the public?
Definition
Amelia Earhart
Term
What Island did Amelia Earhart fail to reach on her around the world flight?
Definition
Howland
Term
Who developed the principle involving the relation between velocity and pressure? when we relate this to a wing shape, air travels faster over the top creating a low pressure. a major part of lift.
Definition
Bernoulli
Term
what airplane did lindbergh fly across the atlantic solo?
Definition
Ryan
Term
who set uo the airmail service within the U.S. Post Office?
Definition
Otto Prager
Term
what german unit fot training in spain prior to WWII?
Definition
Condor Legion
Term
In what airplane did Amelia Earhart solo across the atlantic?
Definition
Lockheed vega
Term
who died with wiley post at Pt. Barrow Alaska?
Definition
Will Rogers
Term
first person to fly over the North Pole?
Definition
Richard byrd
Term
Hermann Gorring was ____________________
Definition
WWI German Ace
Term
The DC-3 beat out what plane for commercial popularity?
Definition
Boeing 247
Term
popular record settng airplane of the 1930s:
Definition
Lockheed Vega
Term
Charles Taylor was a pre WWI stunt pilot. True or False
Definition
False, he built the first engine for the Wright Brothers
Term
MATCHING
1.__Lockheed L 10 Electra
2.__Piper
3.__Doolittle
4.__Hidenburg
5.__monogolfier Brothers

a.1st blind or instrument flight in 1929
b. Dirigible that exploded in 1937
c. Developed hot air ballons
d. earharts ill fated airplane
e. small private plane
Definition
1. D
2. E
3. A
4. B
5. C
Term
Who flew over the battlefields and recorded the names of the brace in ancient Greece?
Definition
Nike
Term
Who designed the labyrinth for the Minitor?
Definition
Daedalus
Term
Who is your teacher's favorite aviatrix?
Definition
Beryl Markham
Term
Who formed the AEA?
Definition
Bell
Term
mascots for the lafayette escadrille?
Definition
Lions
Term
1st powered airplane fatality was Thomas selfridge, True or False
Definition
True
Term
The city of Memphis Tenn. paid for Lindbergh's plane, True or False
Definition
False
Term
Amelia Earhart's final flight was in ______
Definition
1937
Term
Following a railroad is what type of navigation?
Definition
Pilotage
Term
Louis Paulman, Henry Farman and Lincoln Beachy have what in common?
Definition
Pre WWI pilots
Term
1st USA woman licensed pilot:
Definition
Harriet Quimby
Term
1st man to fly over English Channel:
Definition
Louis Bleriot
Term
In 1928 Vanderbilt funded the painting of 8000 rooftops with the town name and an arrow pointing to the airport? True or False
Definition
False
Term
Going into WWI (1914) which country had the most military airplanes?
Definition
Germany
Term
During WWI many pilots' lives were saved by the parachute. True or False?
Definition
False
Term
considered the 1st modern airliner:
Definition
Boeing 247
Term
The airmail's first trans-continental route followed the route of __________.
Definition
Wagon Trains
Term
Convicted for the Lindbergh kidnapping: __________
Definition
Hauptmann
Term
Navigation method compensating for compass and wind:
Definition
Dead Reckoning
Term
During WWI in 1917 the life expectancy of a pilot was:
Definition
2 weeks
Term
What famous womens pilot organization did amelia earhart help start in 1930?
Definition
99s
Term
1st woman to fly English Channel was Harriet Quimby. True or False
Definition
True
Term
The Hindenburg exploded in 1937 while arriving in NJ. True or False
Definition
True
Term
This was a popular British Fighter in WWI ____
Definition
Junkers
Term
USA aircraft registration numbers begin with:
Definition
N
Term
Curtiss, Baldwin and Selfridge were members of what group;
Definition
AEA
Term
The Airmail act of 1925 (Kelly Act) would establish the US government in providing the infrastructure for aviation such as lighted airways. True or False
Definition
True
Term
Who was the first to solve control around the three axis?
Definition
Wrights
Term
Famous aviatrix in the 30s, her grandfather was Thaddeus Lowe.
Definition
Pancho Barnes
Term
First Eoman to Fly solo from england to australia (1930)
Definition
Amy Johnson
Term
Flew with his pet lion Gilmore
Definition
Roscoe turner
Term
Zeppelins started flying passengers across the Atlantic what year?
Definition
1927
Term
Matching
1___ Katharine
2___Beleriot
3___Sikorsky
4___Bell
5___Boelcka

a Formed AEA
b WWI Ace
c Eright Brothers sister
d 1st to fly across English Channel
e Helicotpers
Definition
1 C
2 D
3E
4A
5 B
Term
flying Gawrys flew best with what kind of clothing?
Definition
Naked
Term
To become and ACE how many "kills" must you have earned?
Definition
5
Term
which of the early inventors willingly shared their inventions with others?
Definition
Glenn Curtiss
Term
Vin Fizz was whose favorite drink?
Definition
Galbraith Rogers
Term
During WWI who was the USA Air Chief (in charge of the Us Army Air Corps)?
Definition
Billy Mitchell
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