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Advanced Activities: Military Aircraft

1.	By ______ Orville and Wilbur Wright were demonstrating their "flying machine" to the United States Army. (Check the correct answer.)
	1905 1908 1910

2.	______ became the first nation to take airplanes to war. (Check the correct answer.)
	Italy Britain United States

3.	The German Army was the first to drop bombs on the enemy from an airplane. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

4.	Airplanes improved quickly because of war. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

5.	After the Great War, several advances were made. One of the most important was the development of the aircraft carrier.(Check the correct answer.)
	True False

6.	Another improvement was the development of the long range bomber, the P38 Lightning. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

7.	The B-10 could fly up to 28,000 feet and reach speed of over _______ mph. (Check the correct answer.)
	500 300 200

8.	New engines and better internet connections were also developed to improve long range bombers. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

9.	By _______, when Europe was beginning World War II the United States were lagging behind other nations in developing it's military. (Check the correct answer.)
	1910 1939 1941

10.	Which aircrafts were built by the US during the war. (Check the correct answers.)
	Republic P47 Thunderbolt P-51 Mustang Boeing 747 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Lockheed P-38 Lightning Mig 21

11.	The Vought F-8 Crusader was the first carrier plane to fly faster than ______ mph. (Check the correct answer.)
	3000 2000 1000

12.	The Vought F-8 was the first plane to fly across the US from the Atlantic to the Pacific at supersonic speed. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

13.	In the ______ the McDonnell F-4 Phantom was an even more advanced fighter plane. (Check the correct answer.)
	1950's 1960's 1970's

14.	The Phantom claimed over ______ dozen world records for speed and rate of climb. (Check the correct answer.)
	one two three

15.	The Corvair B-58 Hustlar became the world's first supersonic bomber, blazing over targets at Mach 2. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

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