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Happ Arnold

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Incharge of Army corps

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Jimmy Doolittle

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Doolittle raid on Japan: bombers bombed Japan, planes didn’t get back to station, fell over China rice patties. Instrument flying

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Charles Lindbergh in WWII

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Helps with tactics, airlifts, flies missions as civilian. Berlin airlift.

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Robert Goddard

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Rocket man. 1940s - rockets have significance, denied. Rocket reseach

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Werner von Braun

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Headed Germany’s rockets. Came to US after war. V-2.

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Yamamoto

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Incharge of the battle at Midway. Fails out of pure luck

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Chuck Yeager

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WWII leading Ace for US (13). Broke speed of sound on a Bell x-1 SOS 760 mph

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Tex Johnston

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Test pilot for Bell and Boeing Aircraft company. Flew the first US Jet. Did a barrel-roll in a Boeing 707 plane

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Sir “Bomber” Harris

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Arthor Harris. Incharge of bomb command in GB. Strategic bombing, bomb cities, not factories.

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Gen. Ira Eaker

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In charge of American 8th airforce. bring Americans to Britain to help bombing. Around the clock bombing

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Herman Goering

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WWI Ace, incharge of Luftwaffe, part of the Red Baron group.

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Cold War

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No action, between USSR and US, proxy fighting. Nuclear stand off.

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Nimitz/ MacArthur

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In charge of command for the planned assaults on Japan in 1945. Both accepted Japan’s defeat on the USS Missouri

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De Havilland Comet

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First production commercial jetliner, UK 1949. Failed because of metal fatigue after 1 year

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Sputnik

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Oct. 4, 1957 Russia. First thing sent into space (like a rocket), beats US in space race

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Atomic Bombs

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Aug 6, 9, 1945 atomic bombs dropped. Equivilent of 20000 lbs of TNT. FIrst little boy, then fat man

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Manhattan Project

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Lisa Meinter, Einstein, Leslie Grovers, Robert Oppenheimer. $2 Billion. 125,000 employed. Top Secret

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Robert Oppenheimer

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Father of the atomic bomb

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Tuskegee Airmen

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Black pilots. Bombers and fighters. Paint their tails red to signify they were there for protection. Integration of the army

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Private Pilot Requirements

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Most freedom with licence, 40 hrs, flight physical every 2-3 years

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Sikorsky

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Company formed by Igor Sikorsky in 1925. Parent company to United. Airplanes and Helicoptors

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Jackie Cochran & Nancy Love

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WASP founders. School for female pilots in Texas. Transport military planes.

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Pearl Harbor

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Surprise strike on Dec 7, 1941. Intended to prevent the US from interfering with Japanese military actions. 353 Jap fighters, 4 sunk carriers, all 8 damaged.

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Fat Man

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Fell on Nagasaki (2nd bomb, Aug 9). bad accuracy, 10,000 lbs, kills 74,000 people

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Little Boy
Hiroshima. Destroys 60% of the city. 9000 lbs. 150,000 people died. Target not chosen until that day
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Jet v. Propeller
Faster top speed, doesn't get up faster than prop
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Battle of Britain
Only fought with planes, German attack on Britain. Defied numbers and odds, Britain won.
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Project Mercury
First human spaceflight for US, 1959-63. Did not beat Russia, but put a human into orbit around earth
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Project Gemini
Civilian space agency, 10 manned flights between 1965-66. First space walk, docking
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Project Apollo
Put a man on the Moon. 1968-72
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Blitzkrieg
Lightening war. all-motorized force concentration with overwhelming force and high speed. Used on Poland.
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Global Flyer
Virgin Atlantic. First aircraft to fly solo non-stop around the world, 2 days- 19 hrs, 2005.
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Goals or de-regulation of Airlines 1978
They wanted competition for prices to lower them.
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Results of de-regulation in 1978
Accidents because of lax safety regulations
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NACA
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1915-1958.
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NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1958. Established by Eisenhower. Only civilan, not military.
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Zero
A Japanese "zero flighter", or Zeke. cannot be taken on one-on-one, but with a wingman you can win
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Aircraft Carriers in WWII
Played a big part in Pacific fighting. Save US from Pearl Harbor crippling.
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Battleships in WWII
Also played big part in Pacific. Used as protection for carriers
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Battle of Coral Sea
May 1942. Us v. Japan. First battle where aircrafts engaged each other. Japan tactical victory, US stragetic victory, Jap invasion repelled
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Battle of Midway
June 1942. Most important navel battle in Pacific WWII. US beat Jap Imperial Navy, did damage. By luck, we are able to hit first, and more
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SAC
Strategic Air Command (bombers, rockets, long range stuff, offensive)
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TAC
Tactical Air Command. Closer to home, fighters, national defense
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MAC
Military Airlift Command. Big planes to take troops and equipment places. Natural disasters (used for this more), rapid response
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Voyager
Around the world in 9 days, non-stop, no refueling, two engines, used one at a time
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Burt and Dick Rutan
Burt has 3 planes in Smithsonian. Piloted Voyager. Founder of Scaled Composites Co. Burt Rutan is a Cal Poly graduate
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Skunk Works
Alias for Lockheed Martains Development Programs. Responsible to many famous planes. Skunk because it means not dealt with bureaucracy, secret projects
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Space Shuttle Program
1981-2011. Deployment, retrieval, and repair of satellites, 2 losses
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Challenger
Second space shuttle, after Columbia. 1983-86. Blew up on lift off on Jan 28, 1986. 7 crew deaths
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Columbia
First spaceworthy shuttle of NASA. 27 missions. Disintegrating on reentry on Feb 1, 2003.
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Navigation Methods - ADF/NDB
Automatic Direction Finder. Non-directional beacon.
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Navigation methods - VOR
Directional Beacon
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Navigation methods - Celestial
Angular measurements for nav based on sun, moon, planets, stars
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Navigation methods - Inertial
Computer based program. Doesnt need anything. MIlitary used
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Navigation method - Loran
Long range. Used for sea travel
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Navigation method - GPS
Global positioning system
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VFR
Visual flight rules. Look out window to see shit
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IFR
Instrument flight plan
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Enola Gay
Boeing B-29, dropped the atomic bomb, little boy
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Flying Tigers
Shark face planes. 1st American Volunteer group of Chinese Air Force to help them against Jap. 1941-42. Innovative tactical victories.
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Tokyo Raid with Doolittle
April 18, 1942. Strike Jap home islands. No victory, but good US propaganda
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Space Ship One
Suborbital Air-launched spaceplane. 2004. Dropped into orbit by White Knight.
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White Knight
Dropped Spaceshipone into orbit so it could make its spaceflight.
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Tokyo Rose
A dozen english skeaking broadcasters of Jap propaganda. Tried to disrupt Allied moral.
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Examples of Small Aircraft Companies
Piper, Cessna, Beechcraft, Commander, Lear
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Examples of Large Aircraft Companies
Boeing, Lockheed, Airbus, Saab, Convair
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Cal Poly Grads
Lockheed top guys, Boeing V.P.
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WWII USA Aces (4)
Bichard Bong (40), Pappy Boington (25), Chuck Yeager (13), Butch O'Hare (6)
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WWII British Ace (1)
J.E. Johnson (38)
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WWII German Aces (2)
Erich Hartmann (352, 10 yr POW), Gerd Barkhorn (300)
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WWII Austian Ace (1)
Walter Nowotny (258)
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WWII Jap Ace (1)
H. Nishizawa (103)
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WWII Russian Aces (2)
Ivan Kozhedeb (62), Lydia Litvak (12)
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America after WWII
We spent more money rebuilding Germany and Japan, to make sure they were our allies. Limited armies

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