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Question | Answer |
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Give the exact date and place of the Wright brothers' first flight. | December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. |
Give the exact date and place of takeoff for the Voyager aircraft and the total length of its epic around-the-world flight. | December 14, 1986, Edwards Air Force Base, 9 days 3 minutes 44 seconds |
Aircraft ground safety is important. When going to and from parked aircraft: | Do not run on the aircraft ramp. |
There are four forces of flight that act on an aircraft in motion. What are they? | Lift, weight, drag, thrust. |
Name the designer of the Voyager: | Burt Rutan. |
Name the two pilots of the Voyager: | Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. |
When approaching an aircraft prior to "pre-flight" and after exiting the aircraft, do not enter within: | the radius of the propeller. |
Complete the sentence which Jimmy Doolittle said 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... | within our capabilities, a better place in which to live." |
The author Harry Combs in the first Wright Flight lesson called the Wright brothers what? | Doers with Dreams. |
What process did Jimmy Doolittle say accounted for his successes? Complete the thought: "He set goals and achieved them; and his failures he... | pushed them aside, gained from them, and would go on to another goal." |
Dead Reckoning Navigation uses the following components to determine your future position: | current position, time/speed, distance, and heading |