Question: What and when was the first technical society for the purpose of both establishing initial credibility for aeronautical researchers (and circumventing the issue of early researchers becoming increasingly disenfranchised from the established scientific community) as well as establishing a professional identity? A) the Societe Aerostatique et Meteorologique de France, 1852 B) the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, 1866 C) the Prussian subcommission of the Second International Congress of Aeronautics, 1900 D) the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, 1905
Category: Trivia Testers
Trivia Teaser: More Than A Rubber Band
Question: Who was the first person to build a rubber band powered airplane, and what was so special about it? A) John Stringfellow, 1868 B) Alphonse Pénaud, 1871 C) Alexander Mozhaiski, 1884 D) Samuel Pierpont Langley, 1891
Trivia Teaser: Fixed Wing Fuselage
The first modern configuration airplane in history, comprising a fixed wing, fuselage, with horizontal and vertical tail surfaces, can be dated back as far as?
Trivia Teaser: Air Resistance
The first person to correctly state the relationship between air resistance and velocity was?
Trivia Teaser: Wind Tunnels
The first person to propose the use of wind tunnels to gather aerodynamic data was?
Trivia Testers: Air resistance and velocity
The first person to correctly state the relationship between air resistance and velocity was
Trivia Teaser: Wind Tunnels
The first person to propose the use of wind tunnels to gather aerodynamic data was?
Trivia Teaser: Safety First
If it is not possible to get a departure clearance from ATC, and you absolutely must take off from an uncontrolled airport in IMC, what’s the best and safest way for you to depart?
Trivia Teaser: Go Ahead, Make Your Day
True or False: America actually had a designated airplane the sole function of which was to be shot at. Oh, and it wasn’t a drone; it was manned, with a live (and possibly not always quite enthusiastically willing) pilot.
Trivia Teaser: For want of a shoe…
True or false: Taking off in a jet airliner with a deflated tire can cause a fire.