Global Aircraft -- GAC Aviation Test

1.) What aircraft was the first to exceed mach 3?
A) SR-71 Blackbird
B) X-2 Starbuster
C) X-4 Bantam
D) X-3 Stiletto
E) D-558-II Skyrocket

2.) Scott Crossfield broke the mach 2 barrier in which aircraft?
A) Bell X-1
B) XFV-1 Salmon
C) X-2 Starbuster
D) D-558-II Skyrocket
E) X-3 Stiletto

3.) Which aircraft was the first ever to climb 100,000 feet?
A) D-558-I Skyrocket
B) X-4 Bantam
C) Bell XV-3
D) Bell X-1
E) X-2 Starbuster

4.) What was the first aircraft that could sweep its wings during flight?
A) Bell X-5
B) XV-9 Hot Cycle
C) X-4 Bantam
D) Curtiss-Wright X-19
E) Convair X-6

5.) What aircraft was the first American VTOL jet to successfully transition between horizontal and vertical flight?
A) Hiller X-18
B) X-13 Vertijet
C) Bell X-14
D) Bell X-22
E) Convair X- 11

6.) Which aircraft was cancelled because the Lockheed U-2 was chosen instead of it?
A) Bell X-16
B) X-30 NASP
C) Boeing X-20
D) Lockheed X-27
E) Convair X-6

7.) Which aircraft was the first manned hypersonic vehicle?
A) Lockheed X-7
B) Convair X-12
C) Martin X-23
D) North American X-15
E) Northrop X-21

8.) How many X-3 Stiletto aircraft were built total?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 6
E) 10

9.) What was America's first jet-powered airplane?
A) Republic XP-84
B) North American XB-45
C) XP-59 Airacomet
D) XP-80 Shooting Star
E) Douglas XA4D-1

10.) Which aircraft was America's first jet-powered bomber?
A) Northrop YB-49
B) Martin XB-48
C) Lockheed XB-41
D) Martin XB-51
E) Douglas XB-43

11.) What secret project was the XB-35 Flying Wing developed under?
A) MX-475
B) MX-140
C) MX-397
D) MX-51
E) MX-187

12.)What was the nickname of the D-558-1 Skystreak?
A) Flying Stovepipe
B) Orange Bullet
C) Skyrocket
D) Manned Missile
E) Lulu-Belle

13.) Which production jet aircraft was the first to break 1,000 mph in level flight?
A) North American YF-100
B) Lockheed XF-104
C) Vought XF8U-1
D) YF-102 Delta Dagger
E) YF-101 Voodoo

14.) What was the top glide speed of the North American X-15?
A) Mach 0.59
B) Mach 0.63
C) Mach 0.79
D) Mach 0.86
E) Mach 0.93

15.) Which aircraft was the fastest and highest flying lifting body vehicle?
A) Marin-Marietta X-23
B) Marin-Marietta X-24
C) NASA M2-F1
D) NASA M2-F3
E) Northrop HL-10

16.) What aircraft was the first to fly with a reaction control system?
A) Bell X-1A
B) Bell X-1B
C) Bell X-1E
D) Bell X-2
E) D-558-I Skyrocket

17.) America's first delta-wing aircraft was the ___.
A) Convair XF-92A
B) XB-70 Valkyrie
C) Rockwell X-31
D) YF-102 Delta Dagger
E) Marin-Marietta X-24

18.) Which of the following aircraft all have engine thrust greater than 20,000 lb. (each engine)
A) North American X-15, North American F-107, Boeing YC-14
B) Vought XF8U-3, Bell X-2, YF-12 Blackbird
C) Martin XB-51, XB-70 Valkyrie, Bell X-2
D) Douglas D-558-II, North American F-107, XB-70 Valkyrie
E) YF-12 Blackbird, Martin XB-51, Douglas D-558-II

19.) What aircraft first employed the forward swept wing?
A) HFB-320 Hansajet
B) Grumman X-29
C) S-37 Berkut
D) Junkers Ju-287
E) He 177 Greif

20.) TRUE or FALSE, the NF-104A Starfighter could fly so high it used hydrogen peroxide thrusters to control movement.
True
False

21.) TRUE or FALSE, the YF-12A Blackbird could fire a missile that could destroy aircraft more than 200 miles away.
True
False

22.) TRUE or FALSE, the North American X-15 engine could only provide thrust for 30-60 seconds before it died out.
True
False

23.) TRUE or FALSE, the X-29 FSW made a total of 374 combined flights.
True
False

24.) TRUE or FALSE, the Bell X-1E had a top speed of Mach 2.24.
True
False

25.) TRUE or FALSE, the Scaled Composites X-38 has skids instead of wheels for landing gear.
True
False

26.) TRUE or FALSE, the Bell X-14 was equipped with compressed air nozzles for aircraft controls.
True
False

27.) TRUE or FALSE, the Ryan X-13 was designed to test supersonic structure designs.
True
False

28.) TRUE or FALSE, the XB-70 Valkyrie is the largest and heaviest research plane ever.
True
False

29.) TRUE or FALSE, on some instances, the X-15's engine was noted to have reached 60,000 lb. of thrust.
True
False

30.) TRUE or FALSE, the X-3 program was technically a failure because it failed to reach supersonic speeds in level flight.
True
False

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