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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did it take to make a tight turn in a Blackbird?

2. When did Johnson die?

3. What was the farthest distance that Johnson would put an engineer from the assembly line?

4. How much did the drone weigh that Skunk Works designed?

5. Where was Lop Nor located?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was a model of the stealth ship tested?

2. Why did Rich turn down a project to design a hypersonic airplane?

3. What shattered Dick Bissell's career?

4. 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.

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

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

7. What was done to prepare the route for the truck that would carry the Blackbird to the test site?

8. What type of problems might be encountered if the A-12 was made from titanium?

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

10. Why did Johnson call the F-111 a national scandal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A U-2 piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down by the Soviets. Discuss the mission, what went wrong, and the reactions to the failed mission.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the technical and logistical problems involved in building the stealth fighter and how these problems were solved.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss the first missions and capabilities of the F-117A.

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