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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. How many feet per second could the Blackbird fly?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 3,500.
2. How many operational sorties did the Blackbird fly over Vietnam and other hostile countries?
(a) 3,500.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 4,500.
(d) 5,000.
3. What was the name of the town in the path of the Blackbird when it returned to Beale?
(a) Susanville.
(b) Quincy.
(c) Hamilton Branch.
(d) Greenville.
4. Who was the largest builder of planes in the aerospace industry in the 1980s?
(a) General Dynamics.
(b) Lockheed.
(c) McDonnell Douglas.
(d) Northrop.
5. What new speed record did the Blackbird establish in 1965?
(a) 2,070 mph.
(b) 2,312 mph.
(c) 1,972 mph.
(d) 1,810 mph.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which country had a satellite that was a threat against U.S. surface vessels?
2. How did Johnson's wife Althea die in 1970?
3. How many new airplanes were introduced in the 1980s?
4. Where did the CIA purchase titanium?
5. Which of Johnson's operational rules at Skunk Works said it was better to starve than to do business with the Navy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was done to win over the community of Susanville when they continually experienced the affects of sonic booms?
2. What was done to prepare the route for the truck that would carry the Blackbird to the test site?
3. Why did Rich turn down a project to design a hypersonic airplane?
4. Where was a model of the stealth ship tested?
5. Why was it easier in the past to get a project like the Blackbird project rolling?
6. How did Rich believe large, expensive airplanes would be built in the future?
7. What type of problems might be encountered if the A-12 was made from titanium?
8. Why did the U.S. want to gain information about Lop Nor?
9. What did the Skunk Works do to make the Blackbird even more safe?
10. Why wasn't the Navy interested in the stealth ship?
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