Friday, January 17, 2014

WINGS Assignment #1



Here is your first set of reading review questions for WINGS. Be sure to read the directions. You only answer 3 - your choice. Your answers should be between 300 and 500 words each question. Post your answers in a new blog post ( one blog post containing all three answers - include the question at the beginning of your answer) . This should be posted no later than Wednesday, January 22. 

WINGS Assignment #1                                                 
Prologue and Chapters 1-3

Answer three of the following questions. Use examples from the reading to support your responses:

1. What impact did flight have on life in the twentieth century?

2. Why did it take so long for man to realize the dream of flight?

3. When did the era of modern aviation begin and why?

4. What three methods of solving the challenge of flight emerged by the late nineteenth century and how effective were they?

5. Why did Wilbur and Orville Wright achieve success before their contemporaries?

6. How did the United States government and other countries respond to the Wrights’ efforts to sell their invention?

7. When and what was La Grande Semaine d’Aviation de Champagne and what significance does it have in aviation history?

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