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What are opinio juris, as pertaining to space law?

These are legal opinions of scholars and respected authorities.

Who was the first man in space?

Yuri Gagarin

Who was the pilot for the first eight flights of the X-15?

Scott Crossfield

What airplane was developed from the agreement between British Aircraft Corporation and Aerospatiale?

Concorde

The United States launched its first weather satellite in 1960. What was it called?

Tiros 1

In 1985, what was sent to explore Halleys Comet?

Giotto

Who was the first American woman in space?

Sally Ride

What satellite was designed to update the inertial navigation system on Polaris submarines?

TRANSIT

All of the following space shuttles have gone into space except A. Challenger. B. Atlantis. C. Columbia. D. Enterprise.

Enterprise.

The purposes of satellites can be divided into which of the following four categories?

communication, navigation, observation and scientific

Which space treaty established the principle of freedom of use and called space the province of all mankind?

The 1967 Outer Space Treaty

Which one of the following is an accomplishment of John Glenns?

He was the first American to orbit the Earth

What happened on July 29, 1958?

. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created.

What was the name of the orbiting laboratory designed by the European Space Agency that flew in the space shuttles cargo bay and investigated a variety of scientific topics?

Spacelab

What was the name of the worlds first artificial satellite?

. Sputnik 1

The Soviets had several firsts in space. Which one of the following was NOT a first for the Soviets?

A. The Soviets put the first man in space.

B. The Soviets conducted the first walk in space.

C. The Soviets were the first to launch a space station.

D. All of these choices are correct Soviet firsts in space.

. All of these choices are correct Soviet firsts in space. (

Which of the following aircraft is considered to be a stealth aircraft? A. F-117A B. C-5A C. X-33 D. B-52

F-117A

Which of the following probes gave us the first close-up pictures of Jupiter in 1973? A. The Vikings B. The Rangers C. The Mariners D. The Pioneers

The Pioneers

Who was NOT one of the seven original United States astronauts? A. Chuck Yeager B. Scott Carpenter C. Alan Shepard D. John Glenn

Chuck Yeager

When astronauts go on an EVA, what do we mean?

The astronauts are going on an extra-vehicular activity.

Which of the following satellites was dedicated to distributing cable television programming? A. Telstar 1 B. Galaxy 1 C. Courier 1 D. Score 1

. Galaxy 1

What happened on July 20, 1969?

The United States space program landed on the Moon

What was the mission or objective of the United States manned space flight program, Project Gemini?

to develop techniques for a rendezvous in space (

What is the technology called that allows an aircraft to change form during flight for optimum lift under different circumstances?

oblique wing

Which aircraft revolutionized the commercial aviation industry?

Boeing 707

Generally, there are two types of fuel systems on an aircraft. They are

gravity-feed and force-feed systems. (

On an aircraft, what is the function of a spoiler?

to disrupt the laminar airflow

Which of the following statements accurately reflects something Samuel Pierpont Langley attempted? A. In the Civil War, he attempted to convince the military of the benefits of using balloons for observations. B. He built and tested the first dirigible, the Ariel. C. He built the Aerodrome and tried to launch it with a catapult from a barge. D. He was the first to attempt to fly across the English Channel.

He built the Aerodrome and tried to launch it with a catapult from a barge.

Which of the following are the movements about the three axes? A. longitudinal, vertical and lateral B. roll, pitch and yaw C. longitudinal, vertical and horizontal D. convergence, divergence and nonvergence

roll, pitch and yaw

A resistance to flow is a definition of what scientific term?

viscosity

Weight is a serious consideration in all flights. A pilot can determine the useful load by

subtracting the empty weight from the maximum gross weight.

The angle, created during takeoff, between the chord line and the oncoming relative wind is called the angle of

attack

A propeller converts the useful energy of the engine into

thrust.

Which of the following is the most often used fuselage design for high-performance aircraft? A. truss B. semimonocoque C. conventional D. monocoque

semimonocoque

When an airfoil passes through the relative wind, high-pressure air on the underside tries to spill over to fill the low pressure that has been created on the top. This creates a swirling effect known as

wingtip vortex.

The Bernoulli principle states:

As the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure decreases.

What are the three basic landing gear types?

conventional, tricycle and tandem

An aircrafts three axes converge at a point called the

. center of gravity.

In the language of aviation technology, what does the word vector mean?

. It is a mathematical illustration showing both direction and magnitude. (

Which type of engine takes in air, accelerates it, and pushes it out the exhaust nozzle to produce thrust that pushes the aircraft forward?

turbine engine

Which of the following was a great artist, architect and man of science who made the first scientific experiments in the field of aviation?

. Leonardo da Vinci

Instruments classified by their use fall into two major groups:

performance and control.

Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved success in controlled, sustained and powered flight. Which of the following is a true statement about their success?

They developed the idea of twisting the wings and called this their wing-warping technique

There is a point where the streamlines, located in the boundary layer of air right next to the wings surface, will separate from the airfoil. This point is called

a stall

The first men to fly in a lighter-than-air craft rode a Montgolfier balloon into the air over Paris on November 21, 1783. Who were these men?

Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes

An airplanes maximum weight limitation is known as its

gross weight.

The four forces of flight are

lift, thrust, drag and gravity.

Which of the following is NOT a component of an airfoil? A. leading camber B. chord C. upper camber D. lower camber

leading camber

What happened on December 17, 1903 that was of major significance for aviation?

The Wright Flyer flew for 12 seconds, traveled 120 feet and landed safely

What aircraft instrument is nicknamed the artificial horizon?

attitude indicator

Name one of Harriet Quimbys accomplishments. A. She won the Gordon Bennett Trophy in 1909 for flying the two f

. In 1911, she became America's first licensed female pilot.

A straight line drawn between two points on an aeronautical chart is a

true course.

Pilotage means navigating by

reference to visible landmarks

The area of an airport where people, baggage and cargo are processed is called the

passenger terminal.

Which one of the following statements about the Wright Brothers is correct? A. In 1905 the Wright Brothers offered to build an aircraft for the US government. The response to their offer was overwhelmingly positive. B. In 1904-1905, there were many aviators more qualified than the Wright Brothers who could build the aircraft that the US government wanted. C. In January 1904, the Wright Brothers issued a public statement about their flight to the press. The statement was front-page news across the country. D. While the Wright Brothers were building an airplane for the US government, Wilbur also went to France and demonstrated their plane to European governments.

While the Wright Brothers were building an airplane for the US government, Wilbur also went to France and demonstrated their plane to European governments.

Airport runways are numbered at both ends. Which one of the following statements is most correct concerning runway numbers?

A runway number is the first two digits of a compass direction rounded to the nearest 10 degrees.

True North is

the location of the Earth's north geographic pole.

A system that has been developed to provide precise guidance to aircraft on final approach during inclement weather is known as

the Instrument Landing System

Lines running north and south on a map connecting the two poles are known as

lines of longitude.

By definition, hemisphere means

half of a sphere

On a sectional chart, how is the highest point on a hill displayed?

by a black dot

A three-dimensional highway in the sky is called

. an airway.

A navigation aid that helps people locate the airport at night and in bad weather is the rotating beacon. At civilian airports, the beacon consists of a

green light and a white light

. The primary function of the control tower is to _________.

control the runway

The prime meridian is the starting point for

longitude

The FBO is the service station for airplanes. What do the letters stand for?

fixed-base operation

What color are the lights that border the edges along the length of the runway?

white

The _________ is a large paved area for parking airplanes.

ramp

A pathway that pilots use to get aircraft to the runway is called a

taxiway

The most common taxiway is called the

parallel taxiway.

A system of horizontal and vertical lines drawn on an image of planet Earth is known as

global coordinate system.

The most commonly used general aviation map is

the Sectional Aeronautical Chart.

When World War I started in 1914, the average airplane had a speed of ___ to ___ mph and could not go higher than about _______ feet.

70 to 80, and 10,000

GPS receivers convert

signals coming from satellites into position coordinates.

The equator divides the northern and southern

. hemispheres

What organization was established in 1915 with the purpose of supervising and directing the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view of their practical solutions?

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

The ocean of air surrounding the Earth is called

atmosphere

On a weather map, lines of equal pressure are called

isobars

What is the process by which liquid water molecules change to a gas or vapor?

evaporation

. A downdraft shear, associated with a thunderstorm, is called a

microburst.

What type of fog is formed when the wind blows moist air over a cold surface and the surface cools the air to its dew point temperature?

advection

Air is said to be ____________ when it cannot hold any more water vapor.

saturated

When a warm air mass, lying between two cold air masses, is lifted up by the cold air mass behind it, it is called ___ _________ _______

an occluded front

What tends to slow air movement from the Earths surface up to about 6,000 feet?

friction

Our atmosphere is composed of

78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen.

What is the name of the region where most people live, work and play?

Troposphere

What is a large body of air that usually covers 1,000 miles or more and generally has the same temperature and moisture content?

an air mass

What are the three general types of clouds?

cumulus, stratus and cirrus

An air mass acquires its characteristics from which of the following?

A. the surface over which it forms B. the surface over which it travels C. the length of time it has been away from its source D. all answers are correct

all answers are correct

What airplane made the first airline crossing of both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?

Pan American Clipper

A boundary between air masses of different characteristics is called a __________.

front

____________ refers to that part of the atmosphere that extends from the Earths surface to about 60 miles altitude where the gaseous composition and mixing are relatively constant.

. Homosphere

The rate at which the Earths surface is heated by solar radiation is called

. insolation

Where was the first air mail route in the United States?

between Washington DC and New York City

Which of the following statements about General Billy Mitchell is NOT true? A. General Mitchell thought airplanes could shorten wars and save lives. B. General Mitchell's pilots did little damage to the giant battleship Ostfriesland. C. General Mitchell thought airplanes could bomb military and industrial targets deep inside an enemy's homeland. D. General Mitchell wanted to prove that an airplane could sink a battleship.

General Mitchell's pilots did little damage to the giant battleship Ostfriesland

_________ is the point in the orbital trajectory or flight path where the orbiting body is most distant from the body being orbited.

Apogee

At the moment a rocket engine ceases to produce thrust, it is at ____________.

burnout

_________ __________ is the number of pounds of thrust delivered by consuming one pound of propellant in one second.

specific impulse

During World War II in the Pacific Theater, what two battles, fought entirely by air power, stopped the Japanese advance?

Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway

Which of the following rockets took the Apollo space crew to the Moon?

saturn