General Knowledge
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Aerospace
100

The four core values.

What are integrity first, volunteer service, excellence in all we do, and respect?

100

The date CAP was founded.

When was 1 December 1941?

100

The first rank a cadet earns.

What is Cadet Airmen (C/Amn)

100

The piece of equipment is carried by CAP ground teams to navigate during search and rescue missions.

What is a compass (or GPS)?

100

The four forces of flight.

What are lift, thrust, drag, and gravity?

200

The name of the Northeast Region Commander.

Who is Everett C. Hume?

200

The founder of CAP.

Who was Gill Robb Wilson?

200

The age limit for Orientation Flights.

What is 18?

200

You must have this certification in order to use radios.

What is ICUT?

200

The three axes of an aircraft are.

What is the longitudinal, vertical, and lateral axis?

300

The primary aircraft used by Civil Air Patrol for missions.

What is the Cessna 172?

300

In 2001, CAP took the first aerial photos of this significant terrorist attack site.

What is the World Trade Center?

300

The five milestones in cadet promotions.

What are the Wright Brothers, Billy Mitchell, Amelia Earhart, Ira Eaker, and Gen. Carl A. Spaatz?

300

This certification is required for CAP members to participate in emergency services missions.

What is General Emergency Services (GES) 116 certification?

300

The instrument that shows the rate at which the aircraft is climbing or descending.

What is the vertical speed indicator (VSI)?

400

The CAP motto.

What is semper vigilans?

400

The first General to command CAP during WWII.

What Army Major General John F. Curry

400

This is what NCSA stands for.

What is national cadet special activity?

400

This specialized team in CAP is trained to locate and assist downed aircraft and lost individuals.

What is a Ground Search and Rescue (SAR) team?

400

This aerodynamic principle explains why airspeed increases over the curved upper surface of a wing, creating lift.

What is Bernoulli's principle?

500

CAPs mission statement.

What is supporting America's communities with emergency response, diverse aviation and ground services, youth development, and promotion of
air, space and cyber power.

500

The origional purpose for creating CAP.

What is allowing civilian pilots to help the military in WWII?

500

This rank requires a cadet to have graduated from an encampment as one of its prerequisites.

What is the Billy Mitchell Award?

500

This emergency services exercise simulates a full-scale mission, testing the readiness and coordination of CAP cadets and senior members.

What is the SAREX (Search and Rescue Exercise)?

500

The prestigious award given to cadets who excel in aerospace education, and demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills.

What is the Brewer Award?