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A 100

The flight of the Voyager was considered so significant to

aviation history that it is now on permanent display at the

US Air Force Museum.

True or False

False

A 100

The Voyager aircraft was a tool that was used hundreds of times after its successful around the world flight for

scientific experiments

True or False

A 200

False

A 200

Of all the dangers and problems faced by the crew of the Voyager during their

‘round the world flight, weather was their biggest

concern.

True or False

A 300

True

A 300

The flight of the Voyager began and ended in

California.

What was the name of the airfield?

A 400

Edwards Air Force Base

A 400

Dick Rutan made a career of flying for what branch of the

armed services?

A 500

Air Force

A 500

The Wright Brothers studied many wing designs. Which one did they find produced

the most lift?

B 100

Curved wing

B 100

What were the two kinds of bird flight which the Wright

Brothers observed?

B 200

Fast wing flapping

Rigid wing soaring

B 200

What is the exact date and location of the Wright

Brothers first successful powered flight?

B 300

Dec. 17, 1903

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

B 300

The Wright Brothers first powered airplane was given a

special name.

What was it?

B 400

Kitty Hawk Flyer

B 400

How many years did the Wright Brothers experiment

at Kill Devil Hill?

B 500

4 years

B 500

C 100

Jimmy Doolittle became interested in flying at an early age. He was so excited about the possibility of flying that

he built something from plans he found in a magazine.

What did he build?

A glider

C 100

C 200

During World War I Jimmy Doolittle flew for the Army Air Corps but was never a

flight instructor.

True or False

False

C 200

True or False: As a youngster Jimmy Doolittle began his aviation career by building and testing his own glider.

The glider flew successfully.

C 300

False

C 300

DAILY DOUBLE

C 400

DAILY DOUBLE

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Jimmy Doolittle was the master of the “calculated risk.” One of the riskiest

things which he did was to set a new speed record while

flying a dangerous airplane. What was the name of that

airplane?

C 400

GeeBee

C 400

Jimmy Doolittle made many advances during the early

days of aviation. One of the most significant of these advances was known as

“blind flying.” How did he manage to take off and land without looking outside the

airplane?

C 500

With instuments

C 500

Magnetic compasses have three things in common. Two of those common items are a lubber line and a pivot point.

What is the third item?

D 100

Compass card

D 100

A compass points to the _________

north pole.

D 200

magnetic

D 200

Whole degrees of longitude and latitude are divided into

segments called minutes.

How many minutes are in each whole degree?

D 300

60

D 300

Latitude lines are drawn parallel to what imaginary line on the earth’s surface?

D 400

Equator

D 400

The oldest known use of the magnetic compass dates back to the 12th century when they were used by sailors at sea.

True or false

D 500

True

D 500

The author Harry Combs in the first Wright Flight lesson called the Wright Brothers

what?

E 100

Doers with Dreams

E 100

Aircraft ground safety is important. When going to and

from parked aircraft:

E 200

Do not run on the aircraft ramp!

E 200

Give the exact date and place of takeoff for the Voyager

aircraft and the total lengthof its epic around-the-world

flight.

E 300

December 14, 1986

Edwards Air Force Base

9 days, 3 minutes, 44 seconds

E 300

There are four forces of flight that act on an aircraft in

motion.

What are they?

E 400

Lift, weight, drag, and thrust

E 400

Name the designer and pilots of the Voyager.

E 500

Burt Rutan, designer

Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager,

pilots

E 500

F 100

When approaching an aircraft prior to “pre-flight” and after

exiting the aircraft do not enter within:

The radius of the propeller

F 100

What process did Jimmy Doolittle say accounted for

his successes?

“He set goals and achieved them; and his failures he:

F 200

Pushed them aside, gained from them and would go on

to another goal.”

F 200

_____________

lines connect the earth’s north pole and the south pole.

F 300

longitude

F 300

When Jeana Yeager began her flying career she wanted to fly what type of aircraft?

F 400

helicopters

F 400

Dead Reckoning Navigation uses what components to

determine your future position?

F 500

Current position

Time/speed

Distance

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F 500

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Jimmy Doolittle was the flyer who led the first raid on Tokyo

during World War II. What was his philosophy of life?

“I have a very simple philosophy of life. I believe we were put on this earth for a purpose and that

purpose is to make it…

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“within our capabilities, a better place in which to live.”

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