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| How much does it cost to get a private pilot's license? |
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| Did Cal Poly have an airport? T/F |
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| Cal Poly recently designed an airplane that can carry people |
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| What broke records in altitude and speed? |
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| Who designed the most successful helicopter and first 4 engine plane? |
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| Who flew the X-1 when it broke the speed of sound? |
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| Hap Arnold was general of what Air Corps? |
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| What year was Pearl Harbor? |
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| What year was the Battle of Britain? |
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| What country launched Sputnik? |
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| US and Japan never saw each other, First battle that occured that ships never within site of each other |
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| What happened at the Battle of the Coral Sea? |
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| Who got the most kills in the Battle of Britain? |
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| Erich Hartmann, 352 kills |
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| What German Ace was the all-time best ace and how many kills did he have? |
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Who was the director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center? |
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| De Havilland Comet had accidents due to fatigued metal. T/F |
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| Plane that transported cargo, troops, and wounded |
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Tex Johnson test pilot in boeing model
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| Which Apollo mission was the first to land on the moon? |
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| Eric Hartmann, Germany, 352 |
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| Who was the top ace of all time? Where was he from and how many kills did he have? |
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| Mercury, Gemini, Apollo (NOT ICARUS) |
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| What were the 3 NASA Projects? |
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| Pres. Scaled Composites Co. (Voyager, Space Ship)Who helped design spaceship 1 (White Knight), Voyager (around world in 9 days), White Knight 2, Global Flyer (around the world in 67 hours), flew around the world nonstop, was a Cal Poly grad, and president of scaled composites? |
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| SAC: Strategic Air Command |
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| What is the name of the offensive branch of force that is responsible for bombers and rockets? |
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| TAC: Tactical Air Command |
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| Which command is responsible for fighters and national defense? |
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| MAC: Military Airlift Command |
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| Which command delivers supplies to other places and provides emergency assistance? |
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| Member of WASP (Women's Airforce Service Pilots) |
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| What is the name of the reconnaissance plane that flew at altitudes of 70,000 and above Cuba? |
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| Seals broke because of the cold weather |
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| What caused the Challenger explosion in 1986? |
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| Who was one of the main German officers in Lutwaffe whose idea it was to capture enemy planes and fly them? |
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| German Commander in Chief (head honcho), Luftwaffe, blamed by Hitler for Millenium hit. He was sentenced to death and then poisoned himself |
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| Who was the German success tool in charge of rocket research, developed vengeance weapons V-1 and V-2? |
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| US knew their code and knew to wait at Midway Island, US passed the picket line of submarines with 3 carriers (Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet) and found the Japanese first |
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| Why did the US win Midway? |
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| Bomber in WWII that US used against Japan |
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| strike plane used to bomb Hiroshima |
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| Where the first atomic bomb dropped on August 6, 1945 |
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Fat Man = bombing in Nagasaki (2nd)
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Fat Man and Little boy refers to what?
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| WWII ace with 40 kills, flew P38 Lightning, top US Ace |
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| Test pilot for F80 (shooting star), that was killed in a test before the war was over, overwhelmed enemies with our production capacity |
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| Boeing 247=> DC3 => Boeing 707 => Boeing 747 |
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| Order of models of Boeing Planes? |
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| French and British SST: only made 16, too expensive and damaged o-zone, had sonic booms, first mission in 1969. Which plane is this? |
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| Wright Bros and Gailbraith Rogers; following roads, rivers, railroads, not good for flight over water |
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| compass needle, accounts for wind speed |
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| ADF (Automatic DIrection Finder) |
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| radio in earliest form, turns needles to meet radio frequency |
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| VOR (Very high frequency omnidirectional range) |
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| used during WWII, can only use in good weather, used for navigation, used to see exactly where you are going, every compass has one. |
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| navigation by stars, not used as much now, used during first oceanic flights |
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| Loran (long range navigation) |
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| used by ships along coastline, can tell what direction your going and how fast and can estimate time, in and around coast |
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| How much does a pilot's license cost and how many people have one? |
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| Which type of pilot license is easiest to get? |
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| commercial plane that replaced Boeing 247 |
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| first jet to fly faster than the speed of sound, flown by Yeager |
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| first US fighter to fly over Europe after fall of France, destroyed more enemy aircraft in WWII than any other fighter, could go long distance, protection of bomber, burned less fuel, faster |
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| cost $16 million, nickname: Dash-80, pilot:Tex Johnson, brought US into jet age, now is Beoing 747 |
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| What was the nickname for the Boeing 707 |
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| Who was the pilot of the Boeing 707? |
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| What is the new name for the Beoing 707? |
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| flights to be cheaper (goal of deregulation) |
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| The Boeing 707 emerged and aviation became too expensive leading to flight deregulation in 1978. This lead to airlines competing in price which caused what? |
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| What year was NACA founded? |
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| Arthur Harris AKA Sir "Bomber" Harris |
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| Who was in charge of bomber command in Germany, civilian bombers, night bombing campaigns against Germany, and destroying cities |
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| American general that says nightbombing is stupid and supports the Daylight Campaign to attack during the day. Wanted to destroy Germany in Luftwaffe, wanted to bomb places where parts are made, replaced by Jimmy Doolittle |
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| Teflon, styrofoam, tang, UV coating, satellites: gps, weather |
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| What are some items created for the space program that are now used publicly. (spinoffs from space program) |
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| radio broadcast by Japanese women speaking English from Tokyo |
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| US vs Russia competing to advance technologically |
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| Boeing, Northrop Gruman, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Avro, Jetstream, Canadair, Fokker, Gulfstream, Tupolev, de Havilland, Saab, Convair, Antonev, Embraer, Beechcraft, Illyushin, Fairchild |
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| What are the larger aircraft companies? |
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| Piper, Cessna, Beechcraft, Mooney, Lancair, Cirrus, Maule, Aviat/Pitts, Bellanca, Commander, Socata, Citabria, American Champion, Diamond Catana, Luscombe, Lear |
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| What are the small aircraft companies? |
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| How fast is the speed of sounds |
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| Enola Gay (B-29), Paul Tibbets |
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| Who dropped the Little Boy on Hiroshimaand was named after what pilots mother? |
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| Robert Goddard developed/launched a liquid fuel rocket |
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| When NACA changed to NASA it changed its focus to space |
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| 707 emerged and aviation became too expensive, lead to flight deregualtion around 1978 which lead to airlines competing for prices |
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| What lead to cheaper flights (goal of deregulation? |
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| Only successful supersonic transport |
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| 5,000 public and 12,000 private |
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| How many airports are in the US? |
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| American General, led the top secret attack on tokyo using the B-25 bombers. |
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| WWII advised roosevelt that us shouldnt get involved in german war because if Hitlers strong airforce. Fights as a civilian |
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| Japanese fighter that out performed US planes |
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| Admiral of the Japanese Navy, he designed the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
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| Fleet Admiral, in charge of Navy, commander and chief of US Pacific Fleet after Pearl Harbor, defeated japs in battle of coral sea, midway, and solomon island |
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| General of army, commanded southwest pacific area, defeated the philippines, was on the ship when japanese surrendered considered on american soil |
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| All Black american Airman, red tailed angles, never lost a bomber, most requested bomber support group |
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| First operational jet fighter used in US airforce. this plane is known as the shooting star. |
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| this plane is Known as the sabre. its a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Americans first swept wing fighter used during the Korean War. Known as one of the best aircraft in the korean war. |
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| This plane is known as the "Blackbird" US spy plane that flys at 85,000ft. its purpose is to take pictures. high speed high altitude. |
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| Director of womens auxiliary ferry squadron (WAFS) which merged with WSTD to become the WASPs. |
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| Women's rights, no longer fear of fearing, commercial airliners for quicker travel, expanded railroad tracks |
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| Why was the US in a different situation after WWII (besides the Cold War)? |
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| Father of the atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project, Chief Advisor in US Atomic Energy Commission |
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propeller: larger engine, faster take off, lower top speed, less runway needed, quicker take off and shorter climb
jet engines: larger combustion chamber (no cylinder, no pistons), fuel is sprayed in, continuous explosion, drives turbines in front compressing air, needs more runway, slower but climbs higher, flies highest, faster |
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| Explain the difference between the jet propeller and jet engines. |
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| Blitzkrieg wiped out airfields to gain air superiority, then light bombers destroyed infrastructure, army rapidly moves in, surprise attack |
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| What was the German tactic, known as Lightening War? |
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| Which aircraft designed by Cal Poly grad Burt Ryan flew around the world nonstop in 67 hours? |
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| English fighter with an elliptical wing, 350 mph, gets most press |
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| aircraft carriers and battleships (WWII) |
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| What are teh ships that transport aricraft and accommodate the take-off and landing of airplanes called? |
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| Hornet, Enterprise, Yorktown |
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| What were the three carriers used in the Battle of Midway? |
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| What plane was built after WWII, derived from the B-29, and has a pressurized cabin? |
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| What plane was Germany's primary fighter that was used in the Battle of Britain during WWII that had short fuel duration, all metal construction, closed canopy, retractable landing gear, and was powered by a V-12 engine? |
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| What plane was the first operated jet powered fighter aircraft for Germany that was brought out too late during the war and flown by Adolf Galland? |
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| What is the primary bomber used during WWII against Germany and used in Daylight Campaign? |
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| Plane known as the Liberator, most produced American Military aircraft, main heavy bomber used against Germans |
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| Plane known as the Mitchell, medium bomber used during Doolittle Raid |
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| Plane known as the Thunderbolt, US fighter bomber, biggest, heaviest, and most expensive fighter aircraft, horrible fuel conservation |
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| Aircraft flown by Richard Bong,known as Lightening, used as a long distance fighter, dive bombing, bombing, ground attack, and reconnaissance |
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| Most capable carrier based bomber of WWII |
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| US attempt to capture German rocket scientists before Russians, specifically Werner Von Braun |
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| What was Operation Paper Clip? |
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| Plane that Burt flew around the world in 9 days, nonstop with onboard fuel only with brother Dick and Jeanne Yeager |
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| Official alias for Lockheed Martins ADP |
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| Space shuttle accident in 2003 in which frozen foam peieces around tanks hit under side of shuttle during take off knocking tiles off |
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| Russian SST: Plans stolen from French, only 20 made, crashed and failed because pilot had to bunt 1G shift down, lost popularity, unreliable, engine overheated, decompressure in cabin |
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| Plane that was too expensive, couldn't carry any passengers after filleed up with fuel |
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| Early 1941, group of American volunteer pilots left their service to fly for Chinese government to help protect China from Japanese |
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| B-25 planes snuck up close enough to Tokyo to bomb it and crash landed safely in China,caused psychological disturbances on Japanese |
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| Cal Poly graduate that was an astronaut |
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| Cal Poly Graduate that was V.P. Boeing Helicopter Sys. |
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| Cal Poly graduate that was E.V.P Lockeheed-Martin SKunk Works |
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| Cal Poly Graduate that was V.P. of Lockheed-Martin Skunk Works |
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| Cal Poly Graduate that was V.P. Boeing Aircraft |
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| Cal Poly Graduate that was V.P. Northrop-Gruman Co. |
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| Cal Poly graduate that was V.P. General Manager of Lockheed-Martin, Palmdale |
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| Cal Poly Graduate that was an astronaut in 1984 |
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| Cal Poly graduate was a Senior Engineer at Vandenburg Launch, Lockheed Martin |
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| Cal Poly graduate that was Chief Engineer of Boeing Satellite Systems |
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| Cal Poly graduate that was Manager of Simulation and Analysis of Space Sytem/Loral |
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| Cal Poly graduate that was Chief of Experimental Physics of NASA, Ames |
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| Cal Poly graduate that was Director of Air Combat Systems in Northrop-Grumman |
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