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Questions and Answers
What does aviation include?
What does aviation include?
- Only the activities surrounding mechanical flight
- Only the aircraft industry
- Only the development of hot air balloons
- Both the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry (correct)
What types of aircraft are included in aviation?
What types of aircraft are included in aviation?
- Only fixed-wing types
- Only rotary-wing types
- Only lighter-than-air craft such as hot air balloons and airships
- All of the above and more (correct)
When did aviation begin?
When did aviation begin?
- In the 16th century
- In the 19th century
- In the 17th century
- In the 18th century (correct)
Who constructed the first powered airplane?
Who constructed the first powered airplane?
Who coined the word aviation?
Who coined the word aviation?