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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the CIA purchase titanium?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Australia.
(c) Soviet Union.
(d) Ghana.

2. How much faster was the Blackbird than the Concorde?
(a) 40 percent.
(b) 20 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 30 percent.

3. How many planes did Rich work on during his employment at Lockheed?
(a) 31.
(b) 24.
(c) 27.
(d) 15.

4. What vehicle passed too closely to a truck carrying the Blackbird?
(a) School bus.
(b) Recreational vehicle.
(c) Greyhound bus.
(d) Semi-truck.

5. When was the Blackbird retired?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years was the Blackbird in service before it was retired?

2. How large of a crew was needed to operate the stealth ship?

3. How much was Rich earning at Lockheed in 1972?

4. What did Rich say would be the surface heat on the fuselage of a plane that would fly at Mach 12?

5. From what distance could the U.S. early-warning radar net track a baseball-size object?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the Blackbird's safety record so amazing?

2. Why wasn't the Navy interested in the stealth ship?

3. When the stealth boat was being tested on the ocean, how were curious fishing boats and yachtsmen kept away?

4. Why did President Johnson authorize the Blackbird to overfly North Vietnam in May 1967?

5. What did the Skunk Works do to make the Blackbird even more safe?

6. Why was it easier in the past to get a project like the Blackbird project rolling?

7. Why did Rich hesitate to tell Johnson he had been offered a job at Northrop?

8. Why did Rich think aerospace got a bum rap from its critics?

9. Why wasn't it possible to cut corners when building the Blackbird?

10. What was the most sensitive project Rich worked on at Skunk Works? The most sensitive project Rich ever worked on began in 1962 and had the code name Tagboard. The operation was to design spy drones to fly over Communist China's most remote and secret nuclear test facilities.

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