Lesson 1

Question 1

Chuck Yeager

Answer 1

made world history on Oct. 14, 1947, when he became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound

Question 2

ME-262 Schwable

Answer 2

The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) was the world’s first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft.

Question 3

38th parallel

Answer 3

a circle of latitude that runs 38 degrees north of the Earth’s equator and roughly divides North and South Korea

Question 4

CV-6 or CV-65

Answer 4

The USS Enterprise (CV-6) and the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) are both aircraft carriers in the United States Navy

Question 5

Enola Gay

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Beech Bonanza

Answer 6

The Beechcraft Bonanza is a single-engine, six-seater American general aviation aircraft that first flew in 1947 and is still in production today

Question 6

MIG Alley

Answer 6

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

Question 6

F-86 Sabre

Answer 6

America’s 1st swept-wing jet fighter

Question 7

Cold war

Answer 7

a decades-long political, economic, and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that began after World War II

Question 8

James Jabara

Answer 8

The world’s first jet-versus-jet ace

Question 8

DeHavilland Comet

Answer 8

The de Havilland Comet was the world’s first jet airliner

Question 9

B-36 Peace Maker

Answer 9

The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built

Question 10

Creation of the FAA

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Jet lag

Answer 11

A temporary sleep issue that can occur when traveling across multiple times zone

Question 12

ICBM

Answer 12

An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a land-based, nuclear-armed missile with a range of more than 3,500 miles (5,600 km)

Question 13

XB-70 Valkyrie

Answer 13

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)

Question 13

Spunik l

Answer 13

Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957

Question 14

X-15 and Scott Crossfield

Answer 14

Crossfield flew 14 of the 199 total X-15 flight tests

Question 15

Creation Of NASA

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Mercury Space Program

Answer 16

The US 1st manned space flight program, which ran from 1958 to 1963.

Question 17

B-52A

Answer 17

A long-range, sub-sonic, jet powered bomber that was flown in 1954

Question 18

Radar Transponder

Answer 18

Electronic devices that respond

Question 19

Alan Shepard

Answer 19

Alan Shepard is an american astronaut. He became the 2nd person and

Question 20

Yuri Gagarin

Answer 20

Yuri Gagarin was an Soviet Pilot and cosmonaut who became the 1st human to journey into outer space.