HOW MUCH OF AN AVIATOR ARE YOU?

Aviators

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First woman to solo across the Atlantic

Amelia Earhart

2

Aviator who led the first raid against mainland Japan during WW2

General James "Jimmy" Doolittle

3

This president served as a fighter pilot in the Air National Guard

Honorable George W. Bush

4

First woman to break the sound barrier

Jacqueline Cochran

5

Who is the final USAF flying ace

Brigadier General Richard Steve Ritchie

Aircraft

1

First aircraft to break the sound barrier

Bell X-1

2

Fastest airbreathing aircraft in history

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

3

This aircraft was notorious amongst American pilots in the pacific during early WW2

A6M2 Zero

4

Most produced military aircraft in US history

C-47 Skytrain

5

The US aircraft that destroyed the most enemy aircraft in history

P-51 Mustang (5,944)

Spaceflight

1

First American in space

Rear Admiral Alan Shepard

2

First USAF officer on the Moon

Brigadier General Buzz Aldrin

3

The single most complex aircraft in human history

The Space Shuttle

4

This USSF vehicle is currently in Earth orbit on a classified DoD mission

X-37B (Orbital Test Vehicle)

5

Only US Air Force aircraft to be manually flown into space

North American X-15

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1

First US military squadron of Black aviators

Tuskegee Airmen

2

How is lift over a wing created

Airflow split over an airfoil creates a high velocity low pressure zone above the wing and lower velocity high pressure zone under the wing, creating lift

3

This airport is commonly accepted to be the most dangerous airport in the world

Tenzing-Hillary Airport (VNLK)

4

The US Military's first Aircraft Carrier

USS Langley (CV-1)

5

The year that a toilet was first installed on an aircraft

1919 (Handley Page Type W)