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Intermediate Activities: Experimental Aircraft

1.	Over the years the experimental process has been split between two organizations: (Fill in the blanks - Use acronym, i.e. "FBI" instead of "Federal Bureau of investigation")
	1. 2.

2.	The Experimental Aircraft Association was established in _______. (Check the correct answer.)
	1943 1953 1955

3.	What is a "fly in's"? (Check the correct answer.)
	A Gathering or show of home built airplanes A Drive-in for airplanes A Music group formed by pilots in the 60's

4.	To qualify as a true homebuilt aircraft, the builder must do at least ______% of the work. (Check the correct answer.)
	21% 45% 51%

5.	Homebuilts can be flown for hire, used commercially, rented or leased. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

6.	What is a "fly market"? (Check the correct answer.)
	A place where you can fly-in and shop. A place were fellow builders exchange tips and ideas. A place were you can buy antiques.

7.	Each year the EAA sponsors an air show in Oshkosh. This goes on for one week during the month of _______. (Check the correct answer.)
	January August November

8.	More than ______ people from around the world attend the EAA show. (Check the correct answer.)
	300,000 400,000 500,000

9.	A that time of the year, the Oshkosh Airport is the busiest in the world. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

10.	"Research" airplanes are built to explore new areas in the science of flight. (Check the correct answers.)
	True False

11.	Thanks to _______ engineers can find out how a new or modified airplane will fly even before it is built. (Check the correct answer.)
	NASA EAA computers

12.	Flying a research plane is not easy or safe. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

13.	Only the best, highly trained pilots are candidates for test pilots. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

14.	Much of the Space Shuttle development came from the _______ projects. (Check the correct answer.)
	x-planes x-files z-planes

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