Celebrate FLIGHT
Directions:
Soar into history to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the
Wright Brothers’ first airplane flight! Write your answers
on a separate sheet of paper, or on the reproducible provided by
your teacher.
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Name: ___________________________________________
1.
When Wilbur and Orville Wright were very young, their father gave
them a
______________________________________________, which began their
life-long
fascination with the science of ________________.
Find
the answer at: www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/wright.html
2.
Many years later, after successfully running a ______________ business,
the
brothers began building their first models of flying machines. The
first of these was
a small, pilot-less kite made of _________, ____________, and ____________.
Find
the answer at: www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/wright.html
3.
On December 17, 1903, the brothers finally got their chance to test
a full-scale airplane glider. They called it the ______________________.
Orville took off first,
flying for a total of ______ seconds and a distance of ________
feet.
Find
the answer at: www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal100/wright1903.html
4.
That first, famous glider was made of spruce and ash wood and covered
with ____________. This made the aircraft __________________, _______________,
and ________________.
Find
the answer at: www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal100/wright1903.html
5.
On that December day at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the brothers
made four historical flights, even though the weather was __________________.
At the end of
the day, disaster struck: A gust of wind damaged the glider’s
_________, _________, and _______________.
Find
the answer at: www.fi.edu/flights/first/during.html
6.
Only 5 other people were present for the brothers’ historic
flight. Many of those invited did not come because ______________________________________________.
The first person the brothers contacted after they flew was ____________________.
Find
the answer at: http://sln.fi.edu/flights/first/after.html
7.
The three elements of flight that the brothers’ glider had
mastered were _________, _________________, and ________________________.
To learn even more about how flight works, the brothers observed
______________________________________.
Find
the answer at: www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/planes/wrightfly.html
8.
The Wright brothers never claimed they were first to fly. ___________________,
an Englishman, may have tried it before them. However, Wilbur and
Orville were the first to make a ______________ and _______________
flight.
Find
the answer at: www.wright-brothers.org/History/History%20of%20Airplane/history.htm
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