What was the name of the company to build the first passenger airplane in 1927?
Ford
100
What was the first airline to make a profit?
American Airline
100
Congress passes a public law in the early 1940's that authorized an air school to prepare blacks for militart service. What was the number of that public law?
Public Law 18
100
True or False? As a youngster Jimmy Doolittle began his aviation career by building and testing his own glider. The glider flew successfully.
False
200
In what European country did the Wrights first fly their plane?
France
200
What was the name of Charles Lindburgh's plane?
The Spirit of St Louis
200
What type of bomber did the Doolittle raiders use to bomb Japan?
Mitchell B-25
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General Benjamin O. Davis, one of the first Tuskegee Airmen graduates, had a distinguished military career before retiring in 1975. General Davis said that one thing is key in combat. What is it?
Performance
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Who was the first aviator to take off and land without being able to see outside the cockpit?
Jimmy Doolittle
300
What common everyday object did the Wrights use to test their wing designs?
A bicycle.
300
In 1932 Jimmy Doolittle set a new speed record in a very dangerous airplane. What was that plane called?
The GeeBee
300
What target did the U.S. bombers want to hit in the town of Schweinfurt?
The ball bearing factories
300
What was the name of the military unit that was formed near Tuskegee Institute, Alabama?
The 99th Pursuit Squadron
300
The enemy anti-aircraft guns fired shells wihich produced black explosions near the bombers. This is called what?
Flak
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Which U.S. president was first interested in buying the Wright Flyer?
Theodore Roosevelt
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What was the designation and nickname of the aircraft used on the Schweinfurt raid?
B-17 Flying Fortress
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A total of 65 B-17 bombers were lost on the Schweinfurt raid. What percentage of the entire striking force was lost?
30%
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The 332nd Fighter Group was formed with graduates of the Tuskegee program. This group flew over 15,000 combat missions during WWII. Where did this group fly these missions?
Sicily, North Africa, and Europe
400
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt called it "a date which will live in infamy" What was that date?
December 7, 1941
500
What happened the first time the Wright Brothers tried to fly their plane in Dayton, Ohio, and how did they fix that problem?
It couldn't get off the ground. They fixed the problem by using a catapult.
500
What was the name of the aircraft that revolutionized the airline industry on 1936?
Douglas DC-3
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How did the U.S. know that the Japanese were going to attack the Island of Midway?
The U.S. broke their secret code
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On February 26, 1944 the first group of African-American aviators to train outside of Tuskegee graduated from Hondo Field, Texas. What aviation job were these men trained for?
Navigation
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The Wrights Experimented with hundreds of wing designs. Which will produce the most lift?