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Wednesday 16 May 2012

My Aviation firsts scavenger hunt


1. Who was the first person to fly over the South Pole?
Richard E Byrd and Bernt Balchen
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
5. What aviation first is Janice Brown credited with?  
first long-distance solar power 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 from france 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 airaplane
10. In what year did the first turbo jet flight take place?
1939
I found this scavenger hunt a bit fun and at the same time hard.  I enjoyed my time finding these question.

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