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Challenge 8, October 2002

1. On the day of the first flight, who survived what the brothers jokingly called “the first airplane crash”?

a. Wilbur Wright

b. Orville Wright

c. John T. Daniels

c. Alpheus Drinkwater

2. What was the name of the Wright Brothers’ first bicycle line?

a. Sinclair

b. Wright Rider

c. Van Cleve

d. Daytona 500

3. According to Octave Chanute’s calculations, the Wright’s plane should not have been able to get off the ground because:

a. It was ugly

b. It was against the law in North Carolina

c. Its propellers could not produce enough thrust to lift the plane’s weight

d. Its wingspan was too short

4. When Wilbur and Orville began studying aviation, they found this equation in Chanute’s published work and thought it might be useful:
   L = k * S * V2 * CL
   What does this equation represent?

a. Thrust

b. Torque

c. Lift

d. Velocity

5. Wilbur set his final record here after spending nearly a month teaching two Army Lieutenants to fly.

a. Denver, CO

b. College Park, MD

c. Dayton, OH

d. Chapel Hill, NC

6. How much money was spent in the construction of the 1900 Wright glider, the machine in which the brothers first took to the air?

a. $45

b. $30

c. $100

d. $15

7. Besides the men at the U.S. Lifesaving station, Bill Tate and Alpheus Drinkwater were the only other invitees. Tate missed the first flight because he had chores to do. Why did Drinkwater miss the event?

a. He was trying to make up with his wife

b. He was guarding an important piece of naval history

c. He tripped and fell in a sand dune just before the plane took off

d. He overslept

8. Orville was enrolled in kindergarten in Dayton at the age of five. In what grade did he actually start attending school?

a. First

b. Second

c. Fourth

d. Sixth