| 1. Who was the first person to fly over the South Pole? Comdr. Richard E. Byrd with Bernt Balchen as pilot,Harold I. |
| 2. In what year did the first parachute jump take place? 1797. |
| 3. Who made the first rocket-engine flight? Fritz Von Opel. |
| 4. Who made the first balloon flight? In what year did the flight take place? Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier.1783. |
| 5. What aviation first is Janice Brown credited with? Long-distance solar powered flight. |
| 6. Who was the first woman to receive a pilot's license? In what year did she learn how to fly? Baroness Raymonde de La Roche.1909. |
| 7. Who was the first person to fly around the world alone? Wiley post. |
| 8. Who took the first photographs from the air? Samuel Archer King and William Black. |
| 9. What aviation first is Paul MacCready credited with? Inventor of the first practical human powered airplane. |
| 10. In what year did the first turbo jet flight take place? 1939. |
Friday, 20 July 2012
AA: Famous First In Flight.
Thursday, 19 July 2012
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