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
100 100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400
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
200 200 200 200 200 200
400 400 400 400 400 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 800 800
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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