Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? Chapters 2 & 3

Tuskegee Institute was a famous black college founded by ______ _. __________.

How close was the nearest airport to Tuskegee Institute?

A ______ is a building where airplanes are kept.

The Tuskegee Institute started out in a one-room shack with only thirty students.

• True

• False

How many students did the Civilian Pilot Training Program at Tuskegee train?

After the start of World War II, almost one thousand army pilots were trained as part of the ________ ______ _______.

The first part of learning to fly is called ______ ______.

Students learn how to check the weather, read maps, and learn the different parts of an airplane and how each one works in ______ ______.

Chief Pilot Charles Alfred Anderson was one of the first African Americans to ever hold a pilot's license.

• True

• False

The entire first class of students passed the _______ ____ for ground school, which no other classes in the area-- black or white-- had everyone pass.