INTRO TO AIR POWER

ADOLESCENCE OF AIR POWER

THE GOLDEN AGE 1919-39

AIR POWER GOES TO

WAR

FROM THE COLD WAR TO

DESERT STORM

ADVANCES IN AERONAUTICS

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JEOPARDY

INTRO TO AIR POWER

ADOLESCENCE OF AIR POWER

THE GOLDEN

AGE 1919-39

AIR POWER GOES TO

WAR

FROM THE COLD WAR TO

DESERT STORM

ADVANCES IN AERONAUTICS

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DOUBLE JEOPARDY

THEY INVENTED GUNPOWDER

THE CHINESE

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THE U.S. MILITARY FIRST USED BALLOONS DURING THIS WAR

THE CIVIL WAR

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HE BUILT AND FLEW THE WORLD’S FIRST SUCCESSFUL RIGID DIRIGIBLE

FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN

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HE WAS A GREAT ARTIST AND CONDUCTED THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION

LEONARDO DA VINCI

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IN 1911 SHE BECAME AMERICA’S FIRST LICENSED FEMALE PILOT

HARRIET QUIMBY

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HE BUILT THE FIRST POWERED MONOPLANE

LOUIS BLERIOT

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HE DESIGNED AND FLEW THE FIRST FOUR-ENGINE AIRCRAFT

IGOR SIKORSKY

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THIS GROUP OF AMERICANS FLEW FOR FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR I

LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE

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HE WAS A VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR A SEPARATE AIR SERVICE, EQUAL TO THE ARMY AND NAVY

GENERAL BILLY MITCHELL

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THESE WERE THE NAMES OF THE FOUR AIRCRAFT USED BY THE U.S. ARMY FOR THE FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT IN 1924

BOSTON, CHICAGO, SEATTLE, AND NEW ORLEANS

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THIS TRANSCONTINENTAL RACE WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL AIR RACES IN 1931

BENDIX TROPHY RACE

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THE FIRST U.S. AIR MAIL ROUTE WAS BETWEEN THESE CITIES

NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, DC

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THESE TWO BATTLES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WERE FOUGHT ENTIRELY BY AIRCRAFT WITHOUT THE OPPOSING SURFACE SHIPS SEEING EACH OTHER

MIDWAY AND CORAL SEA

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A U.S. B-29 WITH THIS NICKNAME DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON THIS JAPANESE CITY

ENOLA GAY … HIROSHIMA

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THIS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE LUFTWAFFE’S BOMBER FORCES AND THE RAF FIGHTER FORCES

BATTLE OF BRITAIN

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THE GERMANS GAVE THIS NAME TO THEIR CONCEPT OF COMBINED ARMS OPERATIONS

BLITZKRIEG (LIGHTNING WAR)

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THESE COUNTRIES WERE THE TWO MAJOR POWERS IN THE COLD WAR

THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION

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THE USAF CAME INTO BEING IN 1947 WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS ACT

NATIONAL SECURITY ACT

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HE DESIGNED THE WORLD’S FIRST TURBOJET ENGINE FOR USE IN AN AIRPLANE

FRANK WHITTLE

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THIS WAS AMERICA’S FIRST PRIORITY IN THE KOREAN WAR

STOP THE ADVANCE OF THE NORTH KOREAN TROOPS

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THIS BOMBER IS A “STEALTH” AIRCRAFT DESIGNED TO BE INVISIBLE TO ENEMY RADAR

B-2 “SPIRIT”

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THIS JET REVOLUTIONIZED THE COMMERCIAL AVIATION INDUSTRY AND BECAME THE STANDARD LONG-RANGE JET OF THE 1960s

BOEING 707

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THESE TWO X-SERIES AIRCRAFT WERE FLOWN DURING THE 1950s AND 1960s

X-15 AND XB-70

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THE X-29A WAS BUILT TO DEMONSTRATE THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS DESIGN CONFIGURATION

FORWARD SWEPT WING

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HE HAS BEEN CALLED THE FATHER OF MODERN AVIATION

OTTO LILIENTHAL

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ACCORDING TO LEGEND, THEY ESCAPED FROM PRISON BY FLYING WITH WINGS MADE OF FEATHERS AND WAX

ICARUS AND DAEDALUS

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THESE BROTHERS DEMONSTRATED FLIGHT IN A HOT AIR BALLOON IN 1783

MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS

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HE DESIGNED THE FIRST POWERED AIRPLANE, CALLED THE “AERODROME,” BUT IT CRASHED INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER TWICE.

SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY

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HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO LOSE HIS LIFE IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH

ARMY LT THOMAS SELFRIDGE

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IN 1908 HE WON THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TROPHY IN A PLANE CALLED THE “JUNE BUG”

GLENN CURTISS

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IN 1906 HE FLEW THE FIRST POWERED AIRPLANE IN EUROPE

ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT

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HE WAS THE LEADING AMERICAN ACE OF WORLD WAR I AND WAS AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR

EDDIE RICKENBACKER

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HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

CHARLES LINDBERGH

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IN 1915 PRESIDENT WILSON FORMED THIS ORGANIZATION TO SUPERVISE AND DIRECT THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF FLIGHT

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS (NACA)

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THIS GROUP OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN PILOTS FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS IN WORLD WAR II

TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

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THE WOMEN’S AIR DERBY LED TO THE FORMATION OF THIS ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN FLIERS

NINETY-NINES

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GERMANY MARCHED INTO AND OCCUPIED THESE COUNTRIES IN 1938 AND 1939

AUSTRIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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BY 1941 THIS COUNTRY WAS THE ONLY MAJOR POWER OF WORLD WAR II TO USE WOMEN PILOTS IN COMBAT

SOVIET UNION

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HE LED THE FIRST AERIAL BOMBING ATTACK ON JAPAN IN 1942

JIMMY DOOLITTLE

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HE WAS GENERAL MacARTHUR’S AIR COMMANDER IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER

MAJ GEN KENNEY

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THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST AIRLINER POWERED BY PURE TURBOJETS

DeHAVILLAND COMET

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HE WAS THE FIRST PILOT TO FLY FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND

CHUCK YEAGER

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THIS WAS THE ONLY TRUE STRATEGIC BOMBING CAMPAIGN OF THE VIETNAM WAR, AND IT RESULTED IN NORTH VIETNAM RETURNING TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE

LINEBACKER II

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ENTERING PRODUCTION IN 1953, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST FIGHTER THAT COULD EXCEED MACH I IN LEVEL FLIGHT

F-100 “SUPER SABRE”

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THE CIA USED THIS LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT FOR HIGH-ALTITUDE SPY MISSIONS OVER THE SOVIET UNION IN THE 1950s AND 1960s

U-2

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HE PILOTED THE FIRST EIGHT FLIGHTS OF THE X-15

SCOTT CROSSFIELD

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THIS SPY PLANE COULD FLY AT SPEEDS EXCEEDING MACH 3 AND ALTITUDES MORE THAN 80,000 FEET

SR-71

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THESE THREE COMPANIES ENTERED THE JUMBO JET FIELD IN 1966

BOEING (747), LOCKEED (L-1011), AND DOUGLAS (DC-10)

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