YB first scavenger hunt

Aviation Firsts Scavenger Hunt

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CTIONS: Use the information you find at the Web site listed below to answer the questions on this page.
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WEB RESOURCE: Famous Firsts in Aviation

1. Who was the first person to fly over the South Pole? Richard E.Byrd, Bernt Balchen and Harold I. June.

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 Montgolfier.

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

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 airplane

10. In what year did the first turbo jet flight take place? 1939

This is all my answers I found on Famous firsts in Aviation. It was hard when we had to find all the words which were all over the place but it was lots of fun to do during my time. I wish we get another task like this.