Lesson 1 Flashcards
Chuck Yeager
made world history on Oct. 14, 1947, when he became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound
ME-262 Schwable
The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) was the world’s first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft.
38th parallel
a circle of latitude that runs 38 degrees north of the Earth’s equator and roughly divides North and South Korea
CV-6 or CV-65
The USS Enterprise (CV-6) and the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) are both aircraft carriers in the United States Navy
Enola Gay
The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, ending World War II
Beech Bonanza
The Beechcraft Bonanza is a single-engine, six-seater American general aviation aircraft that first flew in 1947 and is still in production today
MIG Alley
a nickname given by United Nations (UN) pilots during the Korean War to a region in North Korea where the Yalu River meets the Yellow Sea
F-86 Sabre
America’s 1st swept-wing jet fighter
Cold war
a decades-long political, economic, and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that began after World War II
James Jabara
The world’s first jet-versus-jet ace
DeHavilland Comet
The de Havilland Comet was the world’s first jet airliner
B-36 Peace Maker
The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built
Creation of the FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was created by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 in response to a growing number of aircraft in the national airspace
Jet lag
A temporary sleep issue that can occur when traveling across multiple times zone
ICBM
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a land-based, nuclear-armed missile with a range of more than 3,500 miles (5,600 km)
XB-70 Valkyrie
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was a high-altitude, high-speed, manned strategic bomber that was designed to fly at Mach 3, or three times the speed of sound( Alvin S. White was the test pilot)
Spunik l
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957
X-15 and Scott Crossfield
Crossfield flew 14 of the 199 total X-15 flight tests
Creation Of NASA
created by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in July 1958 in response to the Soviet Union’s space exploration advances
President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 into law on July 29, creating NASA
Mercury Space Program
The US 1st manned space flight program, which ran from 1958 to 1963.
B-52A
A long-range, sub-sonic, jet powered bomber that was flown in 1954
Radar Transponder
Electronic devices that respond
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard is an american astronaut. He became the 2nd person and
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was an Soviet Pilot and cosmonaut who became the 1st human to journey into outer space.
