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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: The View from the Top.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Concord first fly?
(a) 9 years after the Blackbird.
(b) 7 years after the Blackbird.
(c) 4 years after the Blackbird.
(d) 5 years after the Blackbird.

2. During what war did the Arabs use Soviet SAM-5s, defensive surface-to-air missiles?
(a) Israel-Hamas War.
(b) Yom Kippur War.
(c) Intifada I.
(d) Six Day War.

3. What would be the equivalent radar signature of the Hopeless Diamond?
(a) D-21 drone.
(b) Piper Cub.
(c) T-38 trainer.
(d) An eagle's eyeball.

4. When there were problems using the Blackbird to carry the drone, what plane was used instead?
(a) B-58.
(b) FB-111.
(c) B-52.
(d) B-47.

5. What was the Taiwanese U-2 squadron nicknamed?
(a) Black Cats.
(b) Dark Fighters.
(c) Ninja.
(d) Black Knights.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Harold Brown Secretary of Defense?

2. When was Powers released from the Soviet Union?

3. How big was Building 82 where the first of the two Have Blue prototypes were built?

4. How much weight did paint add to the Blackbird?

5. How many new workers were added at Skunk Works by Rich's third anniversary since taking over from Johnson?

(see the answer key)

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