WWI
Eddie Rickenbacker is forever beloved by his fighter pilot cadre for getting them this key piece of survival equipment.
What is a parachute?
It prevented pilots from crashing due to spatial disorientation.
What is the turn and bank indicator?
An ancient aircraft designed to get its lift by flying like a bird.
What is an ornithopter?
This service brought aviation into mainstream in 1918.
What is airmail service?
This Chinese invention is used in the rockets of today.
What is gunpowder?
He was the only African American servicemember to serve as a pilot in World War I.
Who is Eugene Bullard?
100 cadets or 10% of the student population, whichever is less.
What is the minimum number of students required in JROTC to be viable?
This famous scientist created the first known designs for parachutes and helicopters.
Who is Leonardo Di Vinci?
Approximately 3000 units.
What is the number of JROTC units nationwide?
His advanced engines won him the prestigious RHEIMS AIR meet in France in 1909.
Who is Glenn Curtiss?
Billy Mitchells strategy for airpower included establishing air superiority over the battlefield and then bombing these things.
What are ground troops, supply lines, railroads and airdromes?
3 Days.
First invented in approximately 1000 B.C. by the Chinese, the Wright Brothers also used these during their early experimentation.
What are kites?
The 1964 ROTC Vitalization Act expanded this program to ALL military services.
What is Junior ROTC?
Who is Amelia Earhart?
He is America's ACE of ACES in World War I.
Who is Eddie Rickenbacker?
Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence in All We Do
What are the AF Core Values?
Thrust, Drag, Lift, Weight
What are the primary 4 forces on an airplane?
The Latin words "una" and "forma" mean, "One Form", which means this.
What is Uniform?
This aircraft stayed aloft for almost a week, setting an endurance record for air refueling.
What is the Question Mark?
Fokker's ingenious interrupting gear prevented bullets from hitting this key piece of equipment.
What is an aircraft propeller?
Forging for the Future.
What is the SC-941 motto and vision?
It is who the Wright Brothers sold their first airplane to for $30,000.
What is the US Military?
As a military courtesy, individuals with higher rank than ourselves should be positioned here?
What is to our right?
He was the first to cross the Atlantic ocean in an airplane.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?