Important People
Aerospace
General Knowledge
Leadership
Miscellaneous
100
General Joseph Dunford, USMC
Who is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
100
Lift, Drag, Thrust, Weight (gravity)
What are the Four Forces of Flight?
100
December 1, 1941
When was Civil Air Patrol Founded?
100
The art of influencing and directing people to accomplish the mission.
What is the definition of Leadership?
100
Major Mark Vaccarello, CAP
Who is the Deputy Commander for Cadets?
200
This military officer was court marshaled for criticizing the "higher ups" in the Army and Navy after WWI.
Who is Brigadier General Billy Mitchell?
200
This determines the amount of lift that a wing produces as air flows around it.
What is Camber?
200
APPROXIMATLEY, how many cadets are there currently in Civil Air Patrol?
24,000 (23,771 to be exact)
200
The manner in which resources are used to achieve objectives.
What is Management?
200
What is the Civil Air Patrol, Cadet Physical Fitness Programs Pamphlet?
CAPP 52-18
300
He was the founder of the Soviet Space Program
Who is Sergei Korolev?
300
This type of cockpit features electronic flight instrument displays, rather than the traditional style of analog dials and gauges.
What is a Glass Cockpit?
300
What is the number of squadrons in the Massachusetts Wing?
18 Squadrons
300
The practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility.
What is Groupthink?
300
How many cadets in the Massachusetts Wing have received the Spaatz Award?
21 cadets
400
A retired Air Force general, he was the first Chairman of the National Board for Civil Air Patrol, from 1948-1959.
Who is General Carl A. Spaatz, USAF (Ret)?
400
Composition of Air
78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases.
400
How many total hours were flown by Civil Air Patrol back in WWII
What is 750,000 Hours?
400
What is the Goal Setting Process?
1. Dream Big 2. Identify a specific goal and write it down 3. List the steps needed to reach the goal 4. Get help and support from others 5. Work toward your goal one step at a time
400
Put the following ribbons in order: Unit Citation, Region Commanders Commendation, Achievement Award, Eaker Award, CAC, NCSA, Certificate of Life Saving, Disaster Relief, and VFW Cadet Officer of the Year.
Region Commanders Commendation, Achievement Award, Certificate of Life Saving, Unit Citation, Eaker Award, VFW Cadet Officer of the Year, Disaster Relief, CAC, NCSA.
500
This man became the 16th National Commander of Civil Air Patrol, back in August of 2011.
Who is Major General Charles L. Carr Jr., CAP?
500
A pair of two steady yellow lights that are positioned at each side of the taxiway at the hold short line - the area where a taxiway meets the runway.
What are Runway Guard Lights?
500
What Public Law did President Harry Truman sign on May 26, 1948, making Civil Air Patrol the Civilian Auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force?
What is Public Law 80-557
500
What is Ad Hominem?
Attacking of the person, not their idea.
500
How many Corporate Staff Members are there at the Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters?
100