| Question 1: He then trained as a mechanic and traveled to ________, where in 1888 he was forced to join the crew of a sailing ship. | |||
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| Question 2: Whitehead was born in Leutershausen, ________, the second child of Karl Weisskopf and his wife Babetta. | |||
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| Question 3: Also in 1897, the manufacturer Horsman in ________ hired Whitehead as a specialist for hanggliders, aircraft models and motors for flying craft. | |||
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| Question 4: Whitehead said he tried the propeller differential speed system and the "________" on the second flight and they worked well for making a big circle and a return to shore where his helpers waited. | |||
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| Question 5: According to the reports[citation needed], the plane started without any external help, from a flat surface and landed at another flat surface or on ________. | |||
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| Question 6: He again returned to Germany and visited the glider pioneer, ________, in 1893-94. | |||
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| Question 7: Wittemann of ________ and New Jersey. | |||
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| Question 8: The wings were constructed of ________, ribbed with bamboo, supported by steel wires and modelled after the shape of a soaring bird's wing. | |||
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| Question 9: A rope went from wing edge to wing edge through a pulley so he could try wing bending[citation needed], and another mechanism could be used to vary the speed of the two ________ independently. | |||
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| Question 10: American actor ________, an accomplished aviator, looked into the controversy. | |||
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