GAC Aviation Test - Beginner   Global Aircraft -- Aviation Test - Beginner 1.) Which aircraft has a more powerful powerplant (engine) for a SINGLE engine, the F-16A or F-15C? (F-15 has 2, only calculate 1) A) F-16 B) F-15 C) Both the same 2.) Which has a faster turning rate, the F-16 or the Su-37? A) Su-37 B) F-16 C) Both the same 3.) What is the top supercruise speed of the F-22 Raptor in mach? A) Mach 3.9 B) Mach 1.58 C) Mach 1.382 4.) What U-2 Pilot was shot down on a reconn. mission over the U.S.S.R.? A) Maj. Michael J. Adams B) Gary Powers C) Sophearith Moeng 5.) What plane company produced the B-2 Spirit? A) Northrop B) Lockheed C) NASA 6.) Of the 732 KC-135 built, how many had a short fin? A) 582 B) 103 C) 702 7.) How many bombs can the F-117A Nighthawk carry total? A) 5 B) 2 C) 15 8.) How many HELLFIRE missiles can the RAH-66 Comanche carry internally total? A) 10 B) 3 C) 6 9.) Which U.S. carrier won the Baldrige Award, the highest award for quality? A) C-5 Galaxy B) C-17 Globemaster III C) C-141 StarLifter 10.) What do the C-17 Globemaster’s wings do at their tips? A) Fold up B) Turn jagged edged C) Curve back 11.) What plane, which never made it into production, was the F/A-18 made from? A) F-19 B) YF-17 C) YF-13 12.) What plane was the first supersonic bomber? A) XB-70 B) B-58 C) B-17 13.) What is the most distinct feature that the AV-8B Harrier II has? A) V/STOL technology B) Mach 3 flight C) Extreme largeness 14.) In the Gulf War, the F-117A made 2% of all ground attacks during the war, yet it made ___% of all strategic ground target kills. A) 40 B) 99 C) 62 15.) What McDonnell aircraft was originally designed as a shipboard interceptor for the USN and USMC? A) F-4 Phantom II B) S-3 Viking C) F-15 Eagle 16.) On radar, which animal size would the F-117A show up like? A) Medium bird B) Small cat C) Bear 17.) Which aircraft was the West’s most widely used and versatile military transport? A) C-130 Hercules B) C-17 Globemaster III C) An-124 Condor 18.) How many B-2 Spirit aircraft did the USAF originally need? A) 217 B) 133 C) 75 19.) What is currently the world’s most expensive aircraft? A) An-225 B) B-2 C) F-117 20.) What are the windows of the F-117A plated with to reduce its Radar Cross Section? A) Copper B) Gold C) Aluminum 21.) On the first day of Desert Storm how many 2,000lb LGBs did the F-117A drop total? A) 13 B) 119 C) 62 22.) Throughout the 7,550 hours of flight time and 1,261 sorties for the F-117A in Desert Storm, how many aircraft were lost OR damaged? A) 1 B) None C) 3 23.) What 3 colors do the F-117As drag chutes always come in? A) Black, yellow, green B) Black, blue, red C) Yellow, white, brown 24.) What were the only 3 planes that were originally equipped to carry the AIR-2A Genie Nuclear AAM? A) F-106, YF,12A, YF-22 B) F-106, F-101B, F-89J C) F-101A, F-89B, F-16C 25.) How many miles away can the F-117A be seen in the desert in the daytime? A) 29 miles B) 32 miles C) 10 miles 26.) IMAGINE THIS A plane flies overhead and drops a BLU-82 bomb on a base. What most likely is the plane that dropped the bomb? A) C-130 B) B-1b C) F-16 27.) What is the top speed of the HyStrike/Fast Hawk missile in MACH? A) Mach 3.5 B) Mach 7 C) Mach 2.1 28.) TRUE or FALSE, an F-15 has successfully shot a satellite out of space. True False 29.) TRUE or FALSE, the YF-23’s rudders are about the same size as the F/A-18’s wings. True False 30.) What is the most recent and probably the last of the U.S. nuclear bomb designs? A) B 61 B) B 101 C) B 83 Test Levels Beginner Level Intermediate Level Expert Level