AS – I

Module H - 13,14,15,16,17 Worksheet

1. Charles Lindbergh flew _____ across the Atlantic.

2. He flew from New York to _________, _________ in 33 ½ hours.

3. His flight remains one of the ___________ feats in aviation history.

4. The name of his airplane was the ______ of ___ ________ .

5. The plane was built by the Ryan Aircraft Co. and was a _____plane.

6. On unique feature about his airplane was that _________________

________________________________________________.

7. Lindbergh’s airplane is now on display at the ____________________.

8. Barnstormers were flyers that took aviation to ____________________.

9. Name some of the stunts that these Barnstormers performed __________________________________________________________.

10. One of the most famous Barnstormers was Charles ________________.

11. ____ flying boats attempted to fly across the Atlantic.

12. Only the NC-____ completed the crossing.

13. Their route of flight lead from New York to ____________ then to

The ____________ and to _____________, Portugal and finally to

_________________ England.

14. These large flying boats had ____ Liberty engines.

15. Air Mail service began with a _______ being paid to companies to start to carry the mail between cities.

16. At first air mail pilots only flew during the _____.

17. When they flew at night and only had the light from _______ to guide their way.

18. Later when they flew at night, they had electric _________ to guide them.

19. Also, emergency _______________ were established along the route.

20. The Air Commerce Act established ____________________________

____________________________________________________________.

21. Ruth Law was known for inventing a _______ to hold her maps during flight.

22. Bessie Coleman was the first _________ to earn a _______ _________.

23. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the ___________.

24. She was the first person ever to fly solo across the ___________ Ocean.

25. Amelia and her navigator _____ __________ were lost attempting to fly around the world at the ____________.

26. Earhart’s airplane was what color __________________.

27. She was lost trying to fly between Lae New Guina and the ___________ islands in the ____________ ocean.

28. Richard Byrd is best known for his flights to the North and South _____.

29. He once spent ____ months near the South Pole performing experiments.

30. He also __________ the area at the poles from the air.

31. The most popular transport aircraft in history was the Douglas DC-____.

32. In 193__ it carried ____ percent of commercial traffic in the United States.

33. The Hindenberg was the last great German _______________.

34. It flew from Europe to the _______ _________.

35. The Hindenberg disaster occurred in May 1937 at ____________ NJ when the great ship was attempted to land.

36. Pan American used _______ planes to establish passenger service between the US and ___________.

37. They named their airplanes __________________.