Statistics for Famous Person by Wikipedia Entry - Aviators

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  • This quiz has been taken 47 times
  • The average score is 5 of 15

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Wikipedia EntryNotable Person% Correct
American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the MoonNeil Armstrong
100%
Fascination with her life, career, and disappearance continues to this dayAmelia Earhart
91%
Their first U.S. patent did not claim invention of a flying machine, but a system of aerodynamic control that manipulated a flying machine's surfaces.Wilbur Wright
76%
At age 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig PrizeCharles Lindbergh
65%
In 1947, he became the first pilot confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight.Chuck Yeager
48%
He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories.Manfred von Richthofen
37%
The first viable American helicopter, which pioneered the rotor configuration used by most helicopters todayIgor Sikorsky
20%
His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called StudentRichard Branson
20%
His $4.9 million estate in the Jumbolair subdivision in Ocala, Florida, is situated on Greystone Airport with its own runway and taxiway right to his houseJohn Travolta
17%
He is credited with single-handedly inventing the turbojet engine.Frank Whittle
15%
In December 1931, while attempting some aerobatics, he crashed and lost both his legs.Douglas Bader
13%
The demonstration was performed at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of FranceJoseph Montgolfier
13%
She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary and died during a ferry flight.Amy Johnson
11%
In 1909 he became world-famous for making the first airplane flight across the English Channel,Louis Bleriot
11%
As planned, during descent _______ ejected from the capsule and parachuted to the groundYuri Gagarin
7%

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