Wings of Green Preflight Knowledge Review

Practice vocabulary and key facts from the Wings of Green Preflight Knowledge transcript, covering 98th FTS operations, historical figures, and squadron specific trivia.

De Haviland UV-18B Twin Otter

The main jump platform for the 98th FTS (Flying Training Squadron).

98th FTS Twin Otter Fleet Size

The squadron owns and maintains $3$ aircraft.

Lt. Col. Nicholas Burke

The Commander of the 98th FTS.

USPA Pro Rating Requirement

A minimum of $500$ jumps are required to apply for this rating.

AF Riptide Motto

RIP IT!

Wings of Blue Founding

The organization was founded in $1962$.

DZCO

Acronym for Drop Zone Control Officer.

Legendary PTWOB 151

Abraham Lincoln, who is known for saying "Blue skies and attack."

'See What I've Become'

The theme song for the AM-490 lesson Mock Door 3.

MSgt Cody Maisey

The squadron Senior Enlisted Leader at the 98th Flying Training Squadron.

Congo 65

The callsign for the Twin Otter painted green with invasion stripes.

Arizona Airspeed

The world champion skydiving team that Dan Brodsky-Chenfield helped form.

First 8 AM-490 Canopy Colors

Red, Blue, Gold, Silver, Blue, Red, Silver, Gold.

Original Band of Cadets (1962)

Aronoff, Davis, Kelley, McCurdy, and Sijan; they made the first demonstration/competition jumps and won the first Collegiate Nationals gold title.

PTWOB 445, Stuart Allen Eichenberger

The otter pilot who holds the record for most sorties flown in a day with $50$ sorties.

Senior 4-way Teams

AF Barnyard and AF Riptide.

CRW

Acronym for Canopy Relative Work.

Average Terminal Velocity

Approximately $120\,\text{mph}$ for a belly-down freefall skydiver.

AM-490 Creation

This course was created in Spring $1967$.

Swift 4

The callsign for the drop zone vehicle.

Senior Freefly Teams

AF Jokers and AF High Noon.

Wings of Green Course Directors

TSgt Charles Perez and SSgt Tyler Summers.

MSgt Jesse Waldron

The camera flyer for the senior 4-way team AF Barnyard.

PTWOB 723, Chandler Ferguson

The Wings of Blue Booster Club Commander.

USPA A-License Requirement

A minimum of $25$ jumps are needed to earn this license.

PTWOBS in Space

A total of $2$ members have been to space.

MSgt Robert Tolli

A 98th FTS Staff Member famously known for jumping barrels.

Summer AM-490 Lunch Rotation

Logan's Lasagna, Kyle's Cornbread, Wyatt's Watermelon, Garrison's Goldfish, Trevor's Trex-Mix.

Capt. Jacob Volin

The Jump Flight Commander who previously flew the C-5 Galaxy airframe.

PTWOB 734, Damon "FCR" Robb

The individual who jumped the American Flag into the $2026$ All Star Game.

PTWOB 726, Logan Gray's Professional Title

AM-490 Enterprise Digital Transformation, Mission Operations Information Systems, Application Development, Workflow Automation, Operational Data Integration, Business Process Optimization, Performance Analytics, and Organizational Innovation Lead.

"Freefall!" / "Morning" Call Response

Hua!

"There I was…" Call Response

There you were…