AOPA Pilot Magazine - June 2015 - 46

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TEST PILOT ANSWERS

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3. Tibbets took his first airplane ride
with a barnstormer in a biplane at the
age of 12 in 1927. He was assigned the
task of dropping Baby Ruth candy
bars (with small paper parachutes
attached) over the Hialeah Race Track
near Miami as part of an advertising promotion for the Curtiss Candy
Company.
4. True. Also, the worst turbulence is
found between the middle and downwind side of the gorge.

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1. On June 8, 1959, test pilot Scott
Crossfield was released from the
belly of a B-52 in an X-15 and made a
powerless descent from 38,000 feet
in 3 minutes 58 seconds, an average
descent rate of 9,579 feet per minute.
(The space shuttle, which came later,
descended more rapidly.)
2. (d) This usually results in minimal
aircraft damage and no bodily injury.
Softer surfaces can result in part of
the aircraft "digging in," and foamed
(slippery) surfaces can cause a loss of
directional control. These conditions
increase the potential for damage and
injury.

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5. True. The Open Skies Treaty of
1992 allows member nations to overfly
other nations as a trust-building and
mutual-understanding exercise.

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6. (a) Early fighter pilots flew fabriccovered airplanes and sat on stove
lids to protect their backsides against
enemy ground fire. Stove lids were the
first form of armor used in airplanes.
7. Antiques are pre-1936 aircraft.
Classic aircraft were built from 1936 to
1941. Warbirds were built from 1941 to
1945. Finally, neo-classic aircraft were
built from 1946 to 1956.
8. False. Fuel is injected into the
tailpipe and burns because of unused
oxygen in the exhaust. (Less than half
of the available oxygen is consumed in
the combustion chambers.) Afterburners are called reheaters in Great
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