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March Field Air Museum

Yeager Family Library

Aviation Quiz

Use the books in the library to 6. The first African-American Air

answer the questions below, and Force General was
then circle the correct answer. a) David James
b) Benjamin Davis
1. The B-52 is what type of aircraft? c) James Jabara
a) a military bomber
b) a commercial jet 7. The P-38 fighter plane was used in
c) a fighter plane which war?
a) World War I
2. Another name for the Lockheed b) World War II
SR-71 is: c) Persian Gulf
a) Shooting Star
b) Blackbird 8. The U.S. Air Force was formed as a
c) Nighthawk separate military service in what
year?
3. Which was the first Space Shuttle a) 1944
launched? b) 1947
a) Columbia c) 1950
b) Challenger
c) Discovery 9. Who invented the kite about 2000
years ago ?
4. She was the first woman pilot to a) Chinese
break the sound barrier. b) Japanese
a) Sally Ride c) Russians
b) Eileen Collins
c) Jacqueline Cochran 10. Which of these aircraft
manufacturers did NOT build planes
5. MiG fighter planes are produced in California?
where? a) McDonnell Douglas
a) Brazil b) Hughes
b) Mexico c) Grumman
c) Russia