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Germans perform first military airlift with this aircraft and shuttle 20,000 troops during the Spanish Civil War
turned into a bomber by the Condor Legion |
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| 5,000 Germans who go to Spain and turn the JU 52 into a bomber |
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| flies the I-16 Mosca during the Spanish Civil War and gets paid for every plane he shoots down |
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| where civilians are bombed/killed during Spanish Civil War; however, civilians do not lose morale and actually unite |
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| German bombers attack here at the Polish's last stand |
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German's Fear Oder Number 17 to take over the British in an all out assault
Fail (attack civilians instead of RAF) |
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| Japanese build the first true aircraft carrier |
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| develops the two position hub that allowed the pilot to control the propeller pitch |
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| America's first superior twin-engine bomber |
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American bomber that flies faster than fighter aircraft
all metal, monocoque fuselage, retractable landing gear |
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Douglas takes a DC-2 and turns it into this
used extensively by ARMY as a bomber |
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debates that fighters are still vital (bombers are not obsolete)
smokes 80 cigarettes a day |
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| Owns a gyroscope company that assists with Norden bombsight development |
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| Radio direction and ranging (RADAR) |
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| these stations at Peal Harbor saw aircraft coming before the attack but assumed they were friendlies from California |
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| Identification Friend or Foe |
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Invented by British
Able to tell whether good/bad
ARMY Signal Corp does not employ it at Pearl Harbor |
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In North Africa
U.S. planes intercept and kill German JU-52/fighter escorts |
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| Americans unsuccesfully (deadliest mission) perform low 50' (AGL) bombing raids in Italy |
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Americans lose many bombers in Germany
reconsider the bomber-fighter |
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1944
Long range (makes it to Berlin)
Changes the War |
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Flies in a P-51 Mustang and takes on 30 German fighters by diving on them
Medal of Honor |
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| Operation Chattanooga Choo-Choo |
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| 800 fighters launched tactical airstrikes against rail centers and bridges in order to slow down any potential German response |
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| becomes an ace in a day because a German plane he was attacking crashed into his wingman (2 kills) |
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| Creates the Doolittle Raid where B-25s take off on aircraft carriers |
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| engage Japanese in China flying P-40s; painted teeth on their aircraft; become part of the 14th Air Force |
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| used to fly over “The Hump” (Himilayas) to supply China |
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| Told pilots to: not fly at high altitudes (100 – 300’), employ parafragging, and skip bombing |
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| top American ace (40 kills) of WWII in his P-38 |
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NAVY’s first monoplane scout bomber;
Not built for combat
low winged; metal and fabric; upward folding wings; tandem canopy for pilot and observer |
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| in charge of the Black Sheep squadron (Marines) that is very successful as an ace; 28 kills |
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takes command of strategic bombing
1944, drop incendiary bombs (firebombing) on Japan from low altitudes (300’) |
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| develops landing procedures for C-54 Skymasters in Berlin - IFR only |
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American airfield in Germany
hated
Black Friday - many planes crash |
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Violent storm hits Templehof Field and causes planes to crash
As a result, Tunner takes action |
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created in 1948 with motto ‘Peace is our Profession’ with Lemay in charge
Plans to drop bombs on Soviets |
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Crashes in a YB-49 and dies
AFB named after him |
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| massive nuclear powered (first) aircraft with JATA |
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| finds that swept wings reduce drag |
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| Pratt & Whitney make this engine that produces 10,000 lb. of thrust and goes on the B-52 |
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| Finds large rotor diamater is necessary for hovering efficiency |
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| Frenchmen who claims first in flight for helicopters |
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| Berliner-Williams Helicopter |
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| First succesful American helicopter (flying, production, tail rotor) |
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| builds first American piloted helicopter |
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One of the first succesful helicopters (bi-plane fuselage) that breaks every record
Hanna Reitsch |
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| Sikorsky builds the world's first multi-engine aircraft |
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Sikokrsky builds this aircraft that was designed for passenger comfort
New record for flying 16 passengers at 7,000' and traveled 1,400 miles with one stop
Used for reconnaissance/bombing during WWI |
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| Sikorsky's 'world's safest aircraft' (flying boat) |
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ran by Juan Trippe
Only intercontinental air mail service
with flights from Miami to Latin America and California to Philippines |
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with the ARMY
Gets a contract with the Sikorsky VS-300 with funding from the Dorsey Bill |
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| flies a helicopter into Japanese occupied Burma to rescue soldiers |
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| commands Far East Air force in Korean war |
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| outstanding straight wing fighter Used in Korea |
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| Radio controlled (range and azimuth) tail fin to guide bombs to their Korean targets |
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fighter that shifts the balance of air power to the communists
swept wing and tails
Built to shoot down the B-29 |
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guided 12,000# bomb designed to take out bridges
failure and discontinued |
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| NAVY's first jet fighter (swept wing/tail) that is built to pass Mach 1 in a dive |
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| air combat between Sabre's and MiG 15 occur here along the China/Korea border due to the fuel inefficiency of the MiG and Soviets not wanting to fly deep into Korea |
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| first jet ace in history with 15 kills |
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| Helicopter used in Korean war used in Air Rescue Squadrons (MASH) |
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| failed NATO effort to prevent supplies from coming from China into N. Korea |
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German rocketteer who believes in liquid multi-stage rockets, creates the society for space travel, and writes 'By Rocketry to Interplanetary Space'
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members have an interest in rockets
some members include: Hermann Oberth, Rudolf Nebel, and Wernher von Braun |
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Member of Society for Space Travel
tests physical forces of rocketing into space flight with mice |
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| American in charge of rockets with help from Nebel and von Braun |
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| Where Nebel and von Braun move their operations and establish their rocket research center and test site |
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the A4 rocket becomes known as this, ‘Vengeance Weapon Number 2’ with a 200 mile range
Cost the Nazis $3B
Many fired at London, England |
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| Searches for von Braun and other rocketeers in Operation Paperclip |
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| von Braun launches solid fuel V-2 rockets for American test purposes |
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Combination of WAC Corporal (1st stage) and V-2 (2nd stage)
First man-made object to make it into space |
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| build an intermediate range ballistic missile with a Navaho engine to be used on the Thor IRBM |
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| American in charge of ICBM |
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| Russia launches this first ICBM rocket in history |
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first aircraft to make sustained flights of Mach 2
100,000' altitude
1,000 + mph |
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Group examining technological applications to improve nations offensive forces, intelligence collection, and defense efforts
Makes camera for U-2 |
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in charge of intelligence panel of Killian commission
Polaroid camera inventor |
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| U-2 test pilot at "the Ranch" who has to stall the plane to land it |
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Eisenhower asked Khrushchev if they wanted this policy (I spy on you, you spy on me) to reduce tensions and prevent a possible war
Khrushchev declines |
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| Most experienced U-2 pilot who flies the final mission but it shot down by SAM missiles and is captured |
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| Lockheed aircraft that replaces the U-2, becomes known as the SR-71, is capable of Mach 3, and has a chime |
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| flat area down the fuselage that reduces the radar cross section by 90% |
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fly across country without landing
land for non-traffic purposes
put passengers down in other countries
passengers/mail/cargo from other nations
passengers/mail/cargo to other countries |
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Runs TWA
Builds H1 (first flush riveted aircraft)
Sets a speed record of 352 mph
Flies around the world
Has biggest contract with Lockheed for 40 Constellations |
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| Royal Aircraft Establishment |
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| Investigates the de Havilland Comet disasters and claims metal fatigue |
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| Boeing guy who studies jet Comet, but no American wants one so he hurns to tanker/cargo |
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Boeing president
707 with J-57 engine
Dash-80 = KC 135 jet tanker |
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| Engine used on the DC-8 that allows for non-stop travel across the Atlantic (better than the J-57 on 707) |
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1956, United DC-7 and a TWA Constellation are flying same track over Arizona after leaving L.A. and they collide and both go down into the Grand Canyon killing everyone
Federal Aviation Act, 1958 is passed as a result |
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1968
Boeing's wide body aircraft that is very efficient |
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German who thought airline engines should be replaced by rockets
wrote: the advance in space |
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wanted to build a reusable rocket plane and keeps the idea alive
writes: rocket flight technology
designs the Silverbird |
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| Eugen Sanger's supersonic bomb propelled by a rocket |
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| Von braun writes this and discusses maned space flight to Mars via a giant wheel space station |
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| flies the Bell X-1 (from a B-29) and flies faster than Mach 1 |
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| North American rocket powered aircraft that flies near the edge of space and reaches Mach 6.7 |
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| Manned orbiting laboratory |
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| supposed to be first space based covert operations designed for spying |
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| builds the orbiter for NASA |
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| first (of five) orbiters that is only used for tests |
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| first American woman to go into space |
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| small unmanned test vehicle by Rockwell |
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| Boeing's reusable unmanned spacecraft |
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Found by Burt and Dick Rutan
Space Ship One
All about private initiative |
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NAVYs contract to put a satellite into space via a 3-stage rocket that cost $110 M
Failure |
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| Father of Soviet rocketry who designs Sputnik |
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ARMYs Jupiter C rocket put this satellite into space (American first)
we learn more than the Russians |
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Russians launch these rockets to hit the moon
First to orbit the sun; photograph dark side; no magnetic field |
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| American human spaceflight program to put a man in orbit |
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| Russian cosmonaut who becomes first human to orbit and survive |
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| First American to orbit the Earth |
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uses spurt gun when spacewalking on Gemini
belief: first country man on moon |
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| were able to close within 1' of each other (rendezvous) and fly together in orbit for 8 hours |
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| American program that took men to the moon |
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| Military assistance and advisory group |
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| American military group who advise and supply aid to French to fight Vietnamese |
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| US will launch air strikes (carriers) against Vietnam from Okinawa and Philippines; however, Eisenhower declines |
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Deal between French/Vietnam
Splits Vietnam into N. and S. at 17th parallel
Election will occur later to unite the country |
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| if one country goes red, all of the dominoes will fall down (Thailand, Burma, India, Indonesia, Philippines, China, etc.) |
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| North Vietnam builds this to get supplies and forces into South Vietnam to assassinate opposing officials |
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| 1962, Americans dump chemicals (‘Agent Orange’) onto South Vietnam |
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heaviest single fighter that can carry the bomb load of a B-17
Vietnam |
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the main aircraft after 1967
Vietnam |
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| 500 – 3,000 lb laser guided smart bombs introduced in Vietnam under Nixon and Linebacker I |
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| America makes S. Vietnam the fourth largest air force in the build after they will not agree to a deal after Linebacker I |
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