Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Quiz SD-050

The four forces of flight are:

• Power, Drag, Mass, Lift

• Thrust, Drag, Weight, Lift

• Forward Force, Backward Force, Upward Force, Downward Force

• Acceleration, Decceleration,

  Upward Force, Downward Force

What percentage of space is normal matter?

• 0.2%

• 1%

• 4%

• 24%

The crew of Apollo XI was made up of

• Armstrong, Aldrin,

  Glenn

• Armstrong, Glenn, Shepard

• Armstrong, Glenn, Collins

• Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins

The first selfie in space was taken by

• Micheal Collins

• Alan Shephard

• Buzz Aldrin

• John Glenn

Answer explanation

Buzz Aldrin took a self portrait while spacewalking during Gemini XII in 1966

What was the first manned aircraft to break the sound barrier?

(Easy Points Here!)

• Bell X-1

• Spirit of St. Louis

• Wright Flyer

• Cessna 172

What is the Sioux Falls Airport's 4-Letter code?

• JSUX

• JFSD

• KSUX

• KFSD

Answer explanation

"K" is used for airports in America. KSUX is Sioux City's airport.

What is the meaning of life?

What is the code for the Sioux Falls Composite Squadron?

• SD-001

• SD-043

• SD-050

• WY-069

Answer explanation

WY-069 was my old squadron!

What forces act upon an accelerating spacecraft in a hypothetical space without gravity?

• Thrust and Drag

• Thrust and Weight

• Thrust only

• Nothing

What is meant by a pressure altitude of 1500 ft?

• The air pressure is as if there was 1500 ft. of air above you.

• The air pressure is as if there was 1500 ft. of air between you and the ground

• The air pressure is as if there was 1500 ft. of air between you and the ground on a standard day

• What?