Aero 310
The edge of space is often defined at 100 KM above the Earth's surface. This is referred to as the:
the karman line
Early Airmail pilots were called?
the suicide club
Jimmy Doolittle is famous for his 1942 raid on?
tokyo
Alberto Santos-Dumont flew from Parc Saint Cloud to the Eiffel Tower and bank in 1901.
true
An Aircraft's Drag Polar is one of the most important ways to assess the overall vehicle aerodynamics.
true
An Aircraft's Drag Polar is one of the most important ways to assess the overall vehicle aerodynamics?
true
Marilyn Monroe was "Discovered" making Drones?
true
Other people were flying before Wilbur Wright's famous 2 hour flight of 1908?
true
The Lafayette Escadrille were Americans volunteers flying in support of the French before the US joined WW I?
true
True or false: A "Pork Chop plot" is useful in determining when to launch for travel to another planet?
true
True or false: Cal Poly Students have built satellites that have flown in space?
true
True or false: Space debris is considered a series risk to Astronauts on orbit?
true
In what year did Sputnik orbit the Earth?
1957
In what year did President Kennedy announce the goal to go to the Moon?
1961
In what year did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon?
1969
In what year did the first Space Shuttle launch into orbit?
1981
The Hubble Space Telescope was finally put on orbit in what year?
1990
About How many miles away is the Moon from Earth?
240,000
What keeps us from having supersonic airliners now?
A law prohibiting supersonic flight over land limits the possible routes and profitability
Adm. Grace Hooper coined the term "Computer Bug" when she found what, in the computer she was testing?
A moth
The Wright Brothers were successful in being the first to fly a powered manned heavier than air vehicle because they addresses the issue of:
Aerodynamics Propulsion Structures Controls
Which of the following is not a type of propulsion?
Jet **Warp (Space dilation)** Propeller Rocket
Actor who flew B-17s and B-24s, retired from USAFR as a General?
Jimmy Stewart
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
John Glenn
What was the name of the designer of the SR-71?
Kelly Johnson
Spirit and Opportunity are two of the many?
Mars Rovers
The point of closest approach (The minimum distance) between a satellite and the object it is orbiting is known as?
Perigee
Which of the following was not a deep space probe?
Pioneer 10 **Viking 2** Pioneer 11 Voyager 1 Voyager 2
The sound barrier was first broken by what aircraft?
the Bell X-1
This event is associated with the start of the "Cold War"?
The Berlin Blockade (Airlift)
True or false: 14 CFR FAA Part 107 regulations require that drone operators respect the privacy of those whose property they are overflying below 400 ft altitude above the ground?
false
True or false: A "New moon" is when the "Dark side" of the moon is pointing towards the Earth?
false
True or false: Apollo 17 was the last Apollo mission?
false
True or false: The United States Department of Defense official rules of engagement do not address armed drones?
false
Large jet aircraft are designed such that there are fewer than 1 accident per 10 Billion miles of flight?
false, actually 1 Billion hours
Which of these aircraft companies was Not formed before the start of World War I (WW I)?
**Boeing** Curtiss Ford Lockheed
How many astronauts have walked on the moon?
12
In what year did the first "Drone" fly?
1896
What year did the Wright Brother fly the first powered manned heavier than air airplane?
1903
In what year did World War 1 start?
1914
In what year did the United States enter WWI?
1917
In what year did World War I end?
1918
In what year did the "Kettering Bug," the first production drone, or flying torpedo first fly?
1918
In what year did Robert Goddard fly his first liquid Rocket?
1926
In what year did Cal Poly start it's Aeronautical Engineering program?
1927
In what year did WWII start?
1939
What year did the US enter WWII officially?
1941
In what year did World War II end?
1945
In What year was the "Sound Barrier" Broken?
1947
In what year did the first commercial jet aircraft enter service?
1952
Who was the first American to travel into space?
Alan Shepard
There were 6 Space Shuttles Built, which one did not travel to space?
Atlantis Challenger Columbia **Enterprise** Endeavor Discovery
Whose equation tells us the pressure of air is Ptotal = Pstatic + 1/2 *Density * Velocity2
Bernoulli
The U-2 aircraft was first used to disprove the existence of a "_________" gap between the US and USSR.
Bomber
What does Archimedes principle deal with?
Buoyancy
This Cal Poly Alumni has had more than 45 of his aircraft designs built and flown?
Burt Rutan
Who was the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, Solo, from West to East?
Charles Lindbergh
What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier flying the X-1
Chuck Yeager
Who said "Never was so much owed by so many to so few"?
Churchill
The famous Apollo 8 picture "Earth-rise" was taken on what date?
Dec 24, 1968
Which of the following is not considered a source of space debris?
Derelict launch vehicle components **Trash bags left by previous missions** Tools dropped by astronauts while on space walks Parts from destroyed satellites No longer functioning satellites
The X-59 is being designed to determine acceptable sound levels for what purpose?
Develop new laws that would permit supersonic aircraft flight over land
The first living creature to orbit the earth was a?
Dog, Laika
What technology did Not start in or before WWII?
Drones **Laser Guided Weapons** Stealth RADAR
True or false: The Metric used by passenger Airlines to show profitability is Revenue per pound mile?
False
True or false: An orbit with an eccentricity of 1.0 is a perfectly circular orbit?
False, its 0.0
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
First man to travel into space
This person was hired by Lockheed as a Test Pilot in 1929?
Florence "Poncho" Barnes
Put the components of the Atmosphere in order of greatest to least concentration
N2, O2, CO2
His laws provide the basis for most of engineering.
Newton
This device was responsible for making precision bombing possible?
Norden
This was the first large campaign with the US as part of the Allied forces?
North Africa
Which of these Billionaires is not funding an Aerospace company or project?
Richard Branson Elon Musk **Warren Buffet** Jeff Bezos
This event led to the United States to take sides in World War I?
sinking of the Lusitania
Who was the first Cal Poly Alumni to travel into space?
Robert Gibson
To be in "Straight and Level Flight" The following must be true:
Rolling Moment = 0.0 Pitching Moment = 0.0 Lift = Weight Thrust = Drag
Where was Winston Churchill when he commented "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"?
The Battle of Britain
The first operational aircraft designed specifically to be nearly invisible to radar was the?
The F-117A Nighthawk
The new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), is also known as the?
The F-35 Lightning II
What agency creates the regulations that govern how aircraft are built?
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
What aircraft is considered NASA's most successful X-plane?
The X-15
The 1990's Advanced Tactical Fighter Competition fly off pitted the:
The YF-22 Lightning II vs. the YF-23 Black Widow
True or False, The Speed of sound at sea level is about 760 MPH?
True
True or false: Ships can be made Stealthy?
True
What man made object is the furthest away from the Earth?
Voyage 1
Who was the Chief designer of the Saturn Rocket used for Apollo?
Werner Van Braun
In 1927 Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (From Paris to New York) solo?
false
The Lafayette Escadrille were the first squadron of the French Air Force?
false
The Speed of sound at sea level is about 1020 MPH?
false
What was Sputnik? What does it mean?
a satellite, fellow traveler
While Cal Poly Alumni Victor Glover was on the International Space Station 400 KM above the Earth's surface. About how fast was he traveling relative to the earth's surface?
about 17,500 mph
About how many aircraft did the US make in World War II?
about 300,000
P*V = n*R*T is known as the?
ideal gas law
Which of these items must be addresses to make eVTOL Urban Air Mobility viable?
increased energy density in batteries
The Astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first astronauts or cosmonauts to do what?
orbit the moon
What were the two major theaters of WWII?
pacific and european
