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103 Cards in this Set
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1-1 In what year was the Navy first interested in airplanes as naval weapons? |
1898 |
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1-2 Who staged the first demonstration of the new flying machine? |
Wright Brothers |
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1-3 Eugene Ely first flew a biplane from a wooden platform off of what ship? |
USS Birmingham |
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1-4 What was the name of the Navy's first angled deck aircraft carrier? |
USS Antietam |
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1-5 What was the first operationally equipped jet plane in history to fly faster than 1000 mph? |
F8U-1 Crusader |
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1-6 In 1959, four naval aviators were selected as prospective astronauts for what space project? |
Project Mercury |
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1-7 Who was the first American and naval aviator to go into space? |
Alan B. Shepard Jr. |
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1-8 What major battle in 1942 was the first of opposing ships NOT making contact with each other? |
Coral Sea |
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1-9 In October 1943, the Navy accepted its first helicopter. What designation was assigned to that helicopter? |
YR-4B |
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1-10 The Westinghouse 19A jet engine was developed for the Navy in what year? |
1943 |
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1-11 What rating makes visual and instrumental observations of weather and sea conditions? |
AG |
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1-12 What rating packs and rigs parachutes and life rafts? |
PR |
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1-13 What task is performed by the ABH rating? |
Direct the movement and spotting of aircraft |
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1-14 What rating maintains and repairs gasoline engines and associated automotive systems? |
AS |
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1-15 In what total number of service ratings is the Aviation Boatswain's Mate (AB) divided? |
3 |
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1-16 Which rating operates, maintains, and performs maintenance on aviation fueling and lubricating oil systems? |
ABF |
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1-17 What year was the Airman rate established? |
1948 |
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1-18 What year was the paygrades E-8/E-9 (Senior/Master Chief) established? |
1958 |
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1-19 What year was the Naval Aviation Museum established at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida? |
1962 |
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1-20 What ship conducted contingent operations during the Iranian hostage crisis? |
USS Kittyhawk |
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1-21 How many service ratings is the AW rate made up of? |
5 |
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1-22 Which of the following rates performs intermediate-level maintenance on aviation electronic components? |
AT(I) |
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1-23 Which Battle in 1942 caused the Japanese to abandon their attempt to land at Port Moresby? |
Coral Sea |
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1-24 Which rating fit and maintain oxygen masks, flight clothing, and anti-exposure suits? |
PR |
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2-1 Who is the senior officer in the Department of the Navy? |
CNO |
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2-2 What officer is next in the chain of command after the executive officer? |
SO |
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2-3 What person is next in the chain of command after the division chief? |
DCPO |
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2-4 What is the highest level of maintenance performed at a naval air station? |
Depot |
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2-5 What department is responsible for preventing sabotage, espionage, theft, and fire? |
Security |
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2-6 What department is responsible for mail distribution, communications, and maintenance of personnel files? |
Admin |
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2-7 What department consists of utilities, transportation, and engineering? |
Public Works |
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2-8 What department's primary purpose is preventing defects? |
Quality Assurance |
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2-9 What level of maintenance is performed by a squadron? |
Organizational |
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2-10 What level of maintenance is performed at a Naval Air Facility (NAF)? |
Organizational and Intermediate |
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2-11 What type of squadron's mission is strike fighter? |
VFA |
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2-12 What type of squadron provides training to new pilots? |
VT |
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2-13 What type of squadron's mission is airborne early-warning? |
VAW |
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2-14 What officer in the maintenance department is responsible for production? |
MMCO |
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2-15 In what division is the power plants branch? |
Aircraft |
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2-16 In what division is the plane captains' branch? |
Line |
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2-17 In what division is the airframes branch? |
Aircraft |
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2-18 What department is responsible for readiness and tactical efficiency of the squadron? |
Quality Assurance |
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2-19 In what department is the avionics/armament division? |
Maintenance |
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2-20 In what department is Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures (NATOPS)? |
Safety |
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2-21 In what division is the electronics branch? |
Avionic/Armament |
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2-22 What division on an aircraft carrier is responsible for the maintenance of arresting gear? |
V-2 |
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2-23 What division on an aircraft carrier is responsible for aircraft crash, fire, and rescue? |
V-1 |
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2-24 What division on an aircraft carrier is responsible for the handling of all aircraft on the flight deck? |
V-1 |
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2-25 What division on an aircraft carrier is responsible for operation and upkeep of the carrier's aviation fuel system? |
V-4 |
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2-26 What department is responsible for all machinery, propulsion, ventilation, water supply, piping systems, electrical systems, and electronic devices on board the ship? |
Engineering |
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2-27 What department is responsible to the CO for the safe navigation and piloting of the aircraft carrier? |
Navigation |
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2-28 What AIMD division is powerplants? |
IM2 |
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2-29 What AIMD division is QA? |
IM1 |
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2-30 What AIMD division is SE? |
IM3 |
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2-31 What AIMD division is avionics? |
IM4 |
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2-32 What AIMD division is airframes? |
IM2 |
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2-33 What period of an aircraft carrier cycle is the ship checked for satisfactory operation of machinery, equipment, and systems? |
Shakedown |
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2-34 What period of an aircraft carrier cycle is the carrier refitted and re-supplied? |
Home port |
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2-35 What is the designation of a transport aircraft? |
C |
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2-36 What is the designation of a research aircraft? |
X |
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2-37 What is the designation of a tanker aircraft? |
K |
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2-38 What is the designation of a cold weather aircraft? |
L |
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2-39 Who is the manufacturer of the P-8 Poseidon? |
Boeing |
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2-40 Who is the manufacturer of the C-40 Clipper? |
Boeing |
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2-41 Who is the manufacturer of the UH-1 Huey? |
Bell |
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2-42 Who is the manufacturer of the C-130 Hercules? |
Lockheed |
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2-43 What aircraft was manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas? |
AV-8 Harrier |
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2-44 What aircraft is manufactured by Beech? |
T-34 Mentor |
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2-45 What aircraft is manufactured by Grumman? |
E-2 Hawkeye |
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2-46 What is the design number of the Orion? |
P-3 |
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2-47 What is the design number of the Sea Stallion? |
H-53 |
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2-48 What is the design number of the Greyhound? |
C-2 |
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2-49 What is the design number of the Jet Ranger? |
H-57 |
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2-50 What aircraft is armed with the M61A1 (20mm) gun? |
F/A-18 Hornet |
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2-51 What aircraft is armed with the GAU-22 25mm gun? |
F-35 |
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2-52 What aircraft was originally designed based on a French engine concept, which was adopted and improved upon by the British? |
AV-8 |
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2-53 What aircraft has a 24-foot revolving radar dish for tracking, detecting, or directing targets? |
E-2 |
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2-54 What aircraft can be armed with 2 x 7.62mm M60 machine guns, or 2 x 7.62 mm GAU-17/A machine guns? |
UH-1 Huey |
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2-55 What aircraft's primary mission is to provide intermediate and advanced strike fighter training? |
T-45 |
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3-1 What is the definition of motion? |
The act or process of changing place or position |
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3-2 Which term refers to Newton's first law of motion? |
Inertia |
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3-3 On a fixed wing aircraft, which components (or more applicable/appropriate wording) is an example of an airfoil? |
Wing |
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3-4 What is the front edge surface of the airfoil? |
Leading edge |
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3-5 What is the imaginary straight line from the leading edge to the trailing edge of an airfoil? |
Chord line |
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3-6 What is the rear edge or surface of the airfoil? |
Trailing edge |
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3-7 What is the curve of departure from a straight line from the leading edge of an airfoil? |
Camber |
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3-8 What force acts in an upward direction to support the aircraft in the air? |
Lift |
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3-9 What force acts downward on the aircraft? |
Weight |
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3-10 What force tends to hold an aircraft back? |
Drag |
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3-11 What force is developed by the aircraft's engine? |
Thrust |
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3-12 What axis is the pivot point about which an aircraft rolls? |
Longitudinal |
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3-13 What axis runs from the top to the bottom of an aircraft? |
Vertical |
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3-14 What axis is the pivot point about which the aircraft pitches? |
Lateral |
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3-15 What movement is associated with the vertical axis? |
Yaw |
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3-16 What movement is associated with the lateral axis? |
Pitch |
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3-17 What movement is associated with the longitudinal axis? |
Roll |
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3-18 What component provides motion on an aircraft? |
Engine |
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3-19 What reaction happens when the helicopter's main rotor turns in one direction, and the body of the helicopter rotates in the opposite direction? |
Torque reaction |
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3-20 What component does the pilot tilt to control the direction of flight in a helicopter? |
Main rotor |
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3-21 By what method is lift changed on a helicopter? |
Increasing the angle of attack |
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3-22 What term is defined as maintaining a position above a fixed spot on the ground? |
Hovering |
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3-23 Changing the angle of attack causes the aircraft to pivot on what axis? |
Lateral or Pitch |
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3-24 When you lower the right wing of the aircraft and the left wing rises, on what axis will the aircraft pivot? |
Longitudinal or Roll |