Milestones in Aviation History Chapter 1 Lesson 1
Across
- 3. A light aircraft without an engine
- 5. Son of Daedalus who were imprisoned by King Minos
- 6. The act of passing through the air on wings
- 8. An aircraft that gets its lift from spinning blades
- 9. Designing an aircraft to reduce resistance to motion through the air
- 10. A large, cylindrical object that moves very fast by forcing burning gases out of one end of the tube
- 12. Last name of Italian biologist who concluded a man's muscle power wasn't great enough to lift his weight
- 13. Unverified story handed down from earlier times
Down
- 1. An aircraft designed to get its upward and forward motion from flapping wings
- 2. Chinese sailors attached to kites were used as?
- 4. A device intended to slow freefall from an aircraft or another high point
- 7. An explosive powder used to shoot projectiles from guns
- 11. A light framework covered with paper or cloth designed to be flown in the air