William Billiam Exam 3

Rex Barber

The man who shot down Japanese admiral Yamamoto (cool dude honestly) and he did so in a P38 LIGHTNING, during OPERATION VENGEANCE

Charles Lindbergh's flight

May 20th 1927

Amelia Earhart's Atlantic Flight

May 20th 1932

Charles Lindbergh

United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974). His airplane's name was the Spirit of St. Louis

B17

B25 Liberator

Can't put a picture here cause quizlet is ass, but it's a two engine tactical bomber.

P38 Lightning

B29 Superfortress

What is/was NACA?

NACA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, was founded on March 3, 1915, and was the predecessor to NASA. And was ordered to "supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution."

What is/was NASA?

NASA, the National Aerospace and Space Administration, was founded on July 29, 1958, and is the United States's Space agency.

The first man in space

Yuri Gagarin, a SOVIET, 1961

The First Russian in Space

Also, Yuri Gagarin, 1961. If you know the names of more than 1 Kardashia but not the first dude to strap himself to a giant ass rocket and send himself to space and come back alive, it doesn't mean alot honestly but you should probably re-evaluate your internet and reading habbits.

First American in space

Alan Shepard, 1961

First American woman in space

Sally Ride, 1983

First Russian Woman in space

Valentina Tereshkova, 1963

Who was Bessie Coleman?

Bessie Coleman was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first self-identified Native American to hold a pilot license. She also died by NOT HAVING HER SEATBELT ON!

First nation to develop RADAR?

The United Kingdom, 1930's

First American to Spacewalk

Ed White, 1965

First Russian to Spacewalk

Aleksei Leonov, 1965

Apollo 11 (Landing on the moon), crew

Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.

Gary Powers

An American U-2 Dragon Lady pilot that got shot down and he didn't kill himself, which is honestly kinda based if you ask me.

Buran Spaceshuttle

The Buran was a copycat spaceshuttle of the Soviet's, and was unmanned. 1988

First Soviet Satelite

Sputnik, 1957

First American Communications Satelite

Telstar 1, 1962

First American Satelite

Explorer 1, 1958

LORAN System

American radio navigation system that used radio waves to calculate positions up to 1500 Mi, they were also put on balloons in 1945.

Operations Vikkles

What was largely the Berlin Airlift, it lasted 247 days, for 279,114 sorties, and delievered 2.3m tons of cargo. Some dude wrote thesis on this and it ultimately became Fedex

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization, April 4, 1947

Korean War takeaways

First time that jets encountered each other in combat.
Jets were far more reliable, due to FUEL CONTROLLERS.

Four cycles of the jet engine

Intake, Compression, Combustion, Expansion

German Vengeance weapons

V1 and V2 rockets equipped gyroscopes, they mostly targeted civilian infrastructure due to poor accuracy.

American Airmen volunteers in China during WW2

The Flying Tigers

American Strategic Bombing in Japan

900,000 Killed, 1.3m Injured

German aircraft innovations in WW2

Gyros and Autopilot