The History of Flight: From Balloons to Jets
People dreamed of flying for thousands of years, then cracked it in barely two centuries: paper balloons over Paris, twelve seconds over a beach, and jets faster than sound.
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- Question 1 of 3
In which country did the Montgolfier brothers launch the first passenger-carrying hot-air balloons in 1783?Tap an answer
Multiple Choice · 20s
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- What was the Wright brothers' first powered airplane called?Multiple Choice · 20s
- In 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew alone nonstop from New York to Paris. What was his plane named?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across which ocean?Multiple Choice · 20s
- People jumped safely with parachutes before airplanes were even invented.True / False · 20s
- What made the passenger jet Concorde unique when it entered service?Multiple Choice · 20s
- The first airplane crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the 1800s.True / False · 20s
- The Hindenburg disaster of 1937 ended the era of which giant passenger aircraft?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Which aircraft hovers in one spot using spinning rotor blades? (one word)Type Answer · 30s
- What kind of aircraft carried humans into the sky for the very first time? (one or two words)Type Answer · 30s
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