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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 much would Northrop Aircraft Company have increased Rich's salary if he went to work for them?
2. What did islanders at Okinawa nickname the Blackbird?
3. Where was test pilot Bill Park cruising in a Blackbird when his plane experienced an unstart?
4. What tanker was used to fuel the Blackbirds in the air?
5. When was the CIA ordered out of the spy plane business?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Rich think aerospace got a bum rap from its critics?
2. 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.
3. What type of problems might be encountered if the A-12 was made from titanium?
4. What type of a plane did Johnson propose to build after the U-2?
5. How did Rich believe large, expensive airplanes would be built in the future?
6. What shattered Dick Bissell's career?
7. Why was it easier in the past to get a project like the Blackbird project rolling?
8. What was done to prepare the route for the truck that would carry the Blackbird to the test site?
9. Where was the drone built at Skunk Works?
10. Why was the stealth project photographer getting fuzzy pictures of the stealth airplane model?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the missions that pilots and Reconnaissance Systems Officers undertook when flying Blackbirds.
Essay Topic 2
Rich felt he had become the director of Skunk Works at a bad time. Discuss why it was a bad time for Rich to take over control of Skunk Works.
Essay Topic 3
From the American people to the government, it was believed in the 1950s that the Soviets were a major military threat to the United States. Discuss why it was believed the Soviets were a military threat to the United States.
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