Extra WW2 +

Question 1

Chuck Yeager

Answer 1

Reaches Mach 1 (750 mph)
In X-1! Dropped from B-29
October 14, 1947
Given opportunity after Slick Goodlin lost it

Question 2

Gail Halverson

Answer 2

“The Candy Bomber”

Dropped candy to Berlin while Russia was starving them (Operation Vittles)

Question 3

1st War with Helicopters

Answer 3

Korean War

Question 4

1st Jet Engine

Answer 4

P-38
Twin engine fighter
Used to shoot down Yamamoto
Only American a/c in production during WW2

Question 5

HK-1

Answer 5

Largest amphibious a/c
Howard Hughes (accused of wasting $) and Henry Kaiser
“Spruce Goose” “Hercules”
Solution to German U-Boats torpedoing anything crossing the Atlantic
FLEW ONLY ONCE

Question 6

ICAO

Answer 6

International Civil Aviation Organization

Formed after WW2 ‘47, knew commercial aviation would become popular

Question 7

1st Commercial Jet

Answer 7

De Havilland Comet, 1949
Frank Whittle
Horrible safety record, windows constantly broke

Question 8

Lockheed Constellation

Answer 8

“Connie” 1943
Howard Hughes
Nonstop transcontinental!
80 people, 4-engine

Question 9

1st Modern Jet Aircraft

Answer 9

707
200+ people
Noisy, trail of smoke

Question 10

Kelly Johnson

Answer 10

“Skunk Works”
SR-71 Fastest airplane
U-2 High-flying spy plane

Question 11

F-4 Phantom

Answer 11

Fighter AND Bomber in Vietnam

Mach 2.2, large, inefficient

Question 12

Vietnam Ace

Answer 12

Duke Cunningham

Flew F-4’s

Question 13

Who argued against multitasking planes?

Answer 13

40 Second Boyd - pilot in Korea
OODA Loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act)
Liked F-16’s: small, cheap, simple

Question 14

SR-71 “Blackbird”

Answer 14

Capable 80,000 ft

Mach 3.2, used afterburner for extended periods of time

Question 15

B-52 “BUFF”

Answer 15

1950’s-today!
Long-range bomber, eight-engine, nuclear, high-alt.
Slow, but successful