Aerospace
Four Forces of Flight
What is Thrust, Drag, Lift, and Weight (Gravity)?
Civil Air Patrol's Core Values
What are Integrity, Volunteer Service, Excellence, and Respect?
Three Things you can do at ATTENTION
What is Breathe, Blink, and Swallow?
US Air Force Core Values
What are Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence In All We Do?
The Achievement named after Mary Feik
What is C/Senior Airman?
Inventors of the Airplane
(For 100 Bonus Points: Date of First Flight)
Who are Orville and Wilbur Wright?
When is 17th December, 1903?
Civil Air Patrol's Three Main Missions
What are Emergency Services, Aerospace Education and Cadet Programs?
Difference between Present, ARMS and Hand, SALUTE
What is "Present, ARMS: On ARMS the right hand follows up the gig-line until reaching the corner of the right eyebrow (or glasses/cover). The hand is flat with the thumb untucked, the pinky is pointing at a 45o slant towards the ground in a salute. This stays until the command Order, ARMS is called. Hand, SALUTE: this is the same as Present, ARMS but in a 1, 2, cadence the salute is lowered?"
US Air Force Founding Date
What is 18th September, 1947?
Greeting for a group of male officers and a female officer after a midday meal
(For 100 Bonus Points: Greeting for a group of female officers and an NCO before a midday meal)
What is "Good afternoon Ma'am, Gentlemen?"
What is "Good morning Sergeant, Ladies?"
Newton's Third Law
What is "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?"
CAP Cadet Oath
What is "I pledge that I will serve faithfully in the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program, and that I will attend meetings regularly, participate actively in unit activities, obey my officers, wear my uniform properly, and advance my education and training rapidly to prepare myself to be of service to my community, state, and nation?"
Difference between Left Flank, HARCH and Column Left, HARCH
What is "Left Flank: on MARCH whole flight pivots 90o to the left and continues to march forward. Column Left: on MARCH the 1st person furthest left makes an immediate 90o to the left and the rest of the column follows, the 2nd person makes a 45o takes two steps and then another 45o, the 3rd will take four steps, etc. The flight goes to half-step until the flight is back in line, then Forward, MARCH is called and the flight continues to march forward.
US Air Force Song
(Spoken)
What is “Off we go into the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun; Here they come zooming to meet our thunder, At ‘em boy, Give 'em the gun! give em the gun! Down we dive, spouting our flame from under, Off with one helluva roar! We live in fame or go down in flames. Hey! Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!”
When to Salute
What is "When in uniform outdoors to officers and SMs, when reporting in, when in formation as a command, when the National Anthem plays outdoors, when the colors are being raised or lowered, and when the colors march by?"
Three Axis of Flight
(For 100 Bonus Points: Three Primary Flight Controls)
What is Roll, Pitch, and Yaw?
What is Ailerons, Elevator, and Rudder?
Civil Air Patrol's Founding Date
(For 100 Bonus Points: Cadet Programs Founding Date)
What is the 1st December, 1941?
What is the 2nd October, 1942?
Column of Files, From the Right, Forward, MARCH
What is "On MARCH, the furthest right columns element leader commands FORWARD, the next element leader commands STANDFAST, etc. the first element leader commands MARCH leading the column forward. The element leader of each remaining element commands Forward, MARCH inclining to the right until the flight is in a single line?"
Definition of Leadership
What is "The art and science of influencing and directing people to accomplish the assigned mission?"
Rank with 3 Stripes, 2 Rockers, and 2 Chevrons
(For 100 Bonus Points: Rank/Position with 3 Stripes, 2 Rockers, 2 Chevrons, and a Diamond)
What is the Rank of C/Senior Master Sergeant?
What is the Rank of C/Senior Master Sergeant and Position of 1st Sergeant?
Bernoulli's Principle
What is “When air accelerates, pressure decreases. When air decelerates, pressure increases?”
Preamble to the Constitution
What is "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America?"
Times you can improvise/ignore commands
What is when there is an obstacle three paces ahead and/or when the drill commander makes a mistake?
Definition of Military Discipline
What is "The mental attitude and state of training which renders willing obedience instinctive under all conditions?"
Explain Reporting In
(For 100 Bonus Points: Report in to the closest Cadet Staff)
What is "Come to attention to paces before the officer (title varies), salute and report; Cadet (Rank/Name) reporting as ordered. Wait for the officer to return the salute and then lower yours. Remain at attention till put At, Ease. When dismissed snap to attention, take a step back, salute (wait for it to be returned), before an About, Face and then leave?"