1. First Years Semester Exam Review

2. Aerospace Science
Inventors made lightweight devices of cloth or wood imitating birds or bat wings
Jumped from tall buildings or structures hoping to glide or flap their way to earth, resulting in serious injury or death
First man-made devices to fly were Chinese kites around 1000BC
The first real scientist in aviation history was Leonardo da Vinci
People thought bird feather and wings were the key because they observed birds, bats, and insects

3. Leadership Chain of Command Uniform Standards
Personal Grooming Standards
Male
Female
Military Time and Phonetic Alphabet

4. Aerospace Science
Principle of buoyancy: if the air or gas inside a balloon is lighter than the air around it, the balloon will float
Whether the aircraft is lighter or heavier than air, all aviators face the same three problems:
How to get up into the air
How to stay up in the air
How to control direction and getting safely back to earth
German inventor Count von Zeppelin built and few the 1st successful rigid dirigible and world’s first commercial airships… Zeppelins

5. Leadership Drill and Ceremonies Customs and Courtesies
US Flag History and Protocol
Decision Making, Goal Setting, Communications

6. Aerospace Science
The Wright Brothers built 3 gliders they flew like a kite to test control and lift before putting a man aboard
17 December 1903, Orville Wright made the first controlled, sustained, heavier-than-air, powered aircraft human flight
The Wright Brothers controlled the aircraft with:
The forward elevator
The use of wing warping
A single, movable rear rudder

7. Aerospace Science
The earliest aircraft engines were heavy and inefficient because they used water as a coolant
Rotary engines use circulating air for cooling rather than water… more efficient and lighter
In 1911, Harriet Quimby was the first American woman to earn her pilot’s license
In 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first black woman to get a pilot’s license in France because no flight school in the USA would accept her

8. Aerospace Science
In 1912, Katherine Stinson was the fourth American woman to earn pilot’s license, and youngest at age 16
When WWI began, Katherine and Marjorie Stinson opened a school to train Americans and Canadians as pilots for the war and became one of the most successful women in aviation