From Gliders to Rockets by Sarah Jane Brian

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Book: From Gliders to Rockets
Author: Sarah Jane Brian
ISBN: 978-0-02-202576-2

Introduction
1. What were the names of the brothers who invented the first hot air balloon?
2. What year did the two brothers display their invention?
3. This became the age of human flight.  True or False
4. Hot air balloons were hard to control.  True or False
5. Who invented the glider?
6. From what country is the inventor of the glider?
7. What year was the glider invented?
8. Who read about the invention of the glider?

Chapter 1: The Wright Brothers
9. In what year did the Wright brothers test Wilbur’s idea?
10. Where did the Wright brothers test their glider?
11. Strong, lightweight engines weren’t available in the early 1900’s.  True or False
12. On September 1903, the Wright brothers tested a new aircraft with an engine, called the “Wright Flyer.”  True or False
13. Who completed the first powered flight?
14. When did he accomplish the flight?

Chapter 2: Heroes of the Skies
15. In what year did the Wright brothers build a plane that could soar 100 feet high?
16. How long did the plan stay in the air?
17. Who was the Red Baron?
18. What was the Red Baron’s name?
19. From which country is the Red Baron?
20. How many planes did the Red Baron shoot down?
21. In what year did Cal Rogers fly across the U.S.?
22. How many days did it take Cal Rogers to fly across the U.S.?
23. What is the name of the first American female pilot?
24. Who flew the “Spirit of St. Louis”?
25. How long did the flight from New York to Paris, France take?
26. In what year did Amelia Earhart fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean?
27. In what year did Earhart disappear over the Pacific Ocean?
28. What were airships called in the 1920s-1930s?
29. What were zeppelins filled with?
30. On what year did the Hindenburg crash?
31. How many people died in the Hindenburg accident?

Chapter 3: Flying in World War II
32. In what year did the German’s create the first yet fighter?
33. How fast were American planes in World War II?
34. How fast was the German jet fighter?
35. What is Mach 1?
36. Who flew the first plane pass Mach 1?
37. What year was this plane flown?
38. In what year did the first woman fly pass Mach 1?
39. What is the name of this lady?

Chapter 4: To Space and Beyond
40. In what area were rockets tested in the U.S.?
41. In what year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik?
42. What was the name of the first manmade satellite?
43. What was the name of the first U.S. satellite?
44. What was the Mercury Project?
45. What was the name of the Soviet who went into orbit?  In what year did this happen?
46. What is the name of the astronaut?
47. What was the name of the next U.S. space project?
48. What is the name of the first chimpanzee that returned from space?
49. Which Apollo mission landed on the moon?
50. Who were the astronauts?
51. How long did they spend on the moon?

Conclusion
52. Who was the first African American woman to go to space?