Famous First Flights
Instructions: Milestones in aviation history
- 1.
The Wright brothers made their historic first powered flight on December 17, 1903, at which location?
ADayton, OhioBSt. Louis, MissouriCCape Canaveral, FloridaDKitty Hawk, North Carolina - 2.
Charles Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927 in a plane called what?
ASpirit of St. LouisBThe FlyerCThe Enola GayDThe Memphis Belle - 3.
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in which year?
A1935B1928C1932D1930 - 4.
The first successful hot air balloon flight carrying humans took place in 1783 in which city?
ABerlinBParisCLondonDRome - 5.
Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier in 1947 flying which aircraft?
ANorth American P-51BLockheed P-80CBell X-1DBoeing B-29 - 6.
The Concorde, a supersonic passenger airliner, was jointly developed by which two countries?
AFrance and GermanyBUSA and UKCUK and GermanyDFrance and UK - 7.
Who is credited with designing and flying the first successful glider in the 1890s, earning the title 'Glider King'?
AOtto LilienthalBOctave ChanuteCGeorge CayleyDSamuel Langley - 8.
The Boeing 747, which revolutionized air travel as the first wide-body commercial airliner, made its first flight in which year?
A1969B1967C1965D1971 - 9.
Which aviator made the first successful flight across the English Channel in 1909?
AHenri FarmanBAlberto Santos-DumontCGlenn CurtissDLouis Blériot - 10.
The first nonstop flight around the world without refueling was completed in 1986 by the aircraft named what?
ABreitling OrbiterBVoyagerCGlobalFlyerDSpirit of Freedom - 11.
Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961. What was the name of his spacecraft?
AMercury 1BVostok 1CSputnik 1DGemini 1 - 12.
The Montgolfier brothers, who invented the hot air balloon, were from which country?
ASpainBEnglandCFranceDItaly - 13.
The Wright brothers' first powered flight at Kitty Hawk lasted approximately how long?
A1 minuteB12 secondsC5 minutesD30 seconds - 14.
Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. In which country did she receive her training?
AUnited StatesBEnglandCCanadaDFrance - 15.
The first commercial jet airliner to enter regular service was the de Havilland Comet, built in which country?
AUnited StatesBFranceCUnited KingdomDGermany