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AVMG 1010 Exam 1 reviewEtienne Montgolfier suggested to French officials that this new machine might be used to transmit
communications, to _______, to carry people, drop bombs, or transport goods. - correct answer
✔✔conduct scientific experiments
The Montgolfier Brothers had demonstrated their invention: ________, a flight vehicle lifted and held
aloft by heated air. - correct answer ✔✔the hot air balloon
Unlike Annonay, Paris had both the financial and chemical resources necessary for J.A.C. Charles to
develop the _____. - correct answer ✔✔hydrogen balloon
After the second montgolfiere was destroyed by rain, wind, and fire. The next montgolfiere was to carry
a cage for a ____. - correct answer ✔✔sheep, a duck, and a rooster
Montgolfiere balloons made for manned flight were financed by the _____. - correct answer ✔✔French
government
Aviation began in 1783. That year Joseph and Etienne Montgolfiere and J.A.C. Charles designed and
launched two types of balloons: ______. - correct answer ✔✔the hot air and the hydrogen balloon
The fifth Montgolfiere, a wood burner, built for public display was called the _____, after a local
government official and supporter. - correct answer ✔✔Flesselles
Napoleon's army formally organized a company of balloonists to work in pairs as _______ as well as
command and support personnel. - correct answer ✔✔observers of enemy troop positions and
movements
On the first of two "aerial voyages" by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries, Jeffries addressed four
cards and dropped them over London- an event soemtimes cited as the first _____. - correct answer
✔✔airmail
, In 1783, Dr. John Foulke of Philadelphia released a 6 ft. diameter hot air balloon which was possibly the
_____ in the U.S. - correct answer ✔✔first unmanned balloon
From scientific and mechanical experimentation in the 18th century, through showmanship, military
applications, scientific research, and exploration, ballooning had become mostly _____. - correct answer
✔✔a sport for wealthy people
A dirigible is an aircraft (non-rigid balloon) that can be _____. - correct answer ✔✔directed or steered
Regarding the wings or oars, John Jefferies concluded, "that with some future improvements...they may
be of material service...especially whenever _____." - correct answer ✔✔the wind is not strong
Henri Giffard the Paris Hippodrome flew 17 miles, and in the process demonstrated _____ of his aircraft.
- correct answer ✔✔directional control and horizontal control
Airship development, like aviation in general, was a/an _____ activity. - correct answer ✔✔international
The premier airships were those identified by the name ______. - correct answer ✔✔Count Ferdinand
von Zeppelin
Based on German military requirements, Zeppelin designed ______ and numerous compartments for
hydrogen gas. - correct answer ✔✔large rigid airships with aluminum frames
LZ 7 Deutschland inaugurated ____ with the commercial Deutsche Luftschiffahrts A.G. (DELAG) company
in 1910. - correct answer ✔✔passenger service
Lighter-than-air technology evolved from balloons to dirigible balloons to dirigible balloons with semi-
rigid or rigid forms; that is, _____. - correct answer ✔✔from balloon to dirigibles to airships
Two technologies that influenced aviation were much older than their aeronautical applications. One
was the ___, a Chinese invention. It is in essence a flying wing that dates from the 1st century or earlier.
The other is the ___, which originated in ancient Rome, but the form that influenced aviation appeared
in 12th century Europe. - correct answer ✔✔kite; windmill
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