Flight Scavenger Hunt
       (special thanks to the Central Consolidated School District #22 of New Mexico)

Click on the underlined link to answer each group of questions.

1.

a. What was the name of Charles Lindberg's plane?

 

b. Where did he begin his transatlantic flight and where did it
    end?

Red Baron

2.

a. Baron Manfred Von Richtofen was nicknamed the Red
    Baron. How did he get that nickname?

 

b. What was the name of his group of fighter pilots?

 

Chuck Yeager

3.

a. What feat made Chuck Yeager famous?

 

b. What was the name of his plane?

Amelia Earhart

4.

a. What did Amelia Earhart accomplish on June 17-18, 1928?

 

b. What organization did Amelia Earhart co-found?

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Flight in Nature

 

1. What is the difference between gliding and true flight?

2. Give two examples of each type of flight.

Gliding : 1)______________________
              2)_____________________

 

True Flight : 1)___________________
                    2)_____________________

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Forces Acting on an Airplane

1. Name the four forces that act on an airplane.

2. Match the type of directional control used by pilots

Yaw	Elevators
Roll	Rudder
Pitch	Aileron

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First Flight

On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright launched the first successful airplane into flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

1. How long did that flight last?

2. How far did that plane fly?

3. What was the name of that plane called?

1. What is the job of an air traffic controller?

2. How do the pilot and controllers communicate?

Balloons and Flight

1. What milestone did Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones accomplish in 1999?

2. What was the name of their balloon?