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Heroes of the air

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  • What did Police announce in 2008?
    They announced they had found the wreckage of Steve's plane
  • What did Steve do in Argentina?
    He flew a glider
  • When did Amelia find her vocation?
    When she saw planes circling in the sky
  • When was Amelia Earhart born?
    In 1897
  • What was her most ambitious proyect?
    To be the first woman to fly around the world
  • What was Amelia 's famous achievement??
    The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean
  • What did Helen Sharman hear on the radio?
    She heard an advertisement lookin for astronauts
  • What was Steve's famous achievement?
    The first person to fly around the world non-stop, flew a glider at a new altitude record
  • What did Steve Fossett use his wealth for?
    to pay for some extraordinary adventures
  • What does wreckage mean?
    the remains of something that has been wrecked (destroyed, damaged)
  • What did Helen do at the space station?
    She did scientific experiments and had live conversations with British school children
  • What was Steve doing when he disappeared in 2007?
    he was flying a samall plane over a desert near Nevada
  • Why did Amelia become famous?
    Because she was the first woman who flew solo across the Atlantic ocean
  • How long and where had Helen trained?
    She had trained for eighteen months in Star City near Moscow
  • What happened just before completing the journey?
    She and her plane dosappeared
  • What did Steve do in 2002?
    He was the first person to fly around the world non stop
  • What is the meaning of glider?
    a heavier than air aircraft without a motor
  • What happened to Amelia  in 1932??
    she became famous
  • What does wealth mean?
    a great deal of money, properties, possessions
  • What did Helen do in 1991?
    She became the first British person in space
  • How long did Helen spend in the space?
    eight days
  • What does launch mean?
    to start, to throw
  • How many people applied to be an astronaut?
    13,000 people
  • How did Steve travel around the world? How long did it take him to do that?
    He flew a hot ai rballoon and it took him fourteen days
  • When did  Amelia's  career begin?
    When she took her first trip in a plane
  • What is Helen's famous achievement?
    The first British person in space
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