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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what war did the P-80 win its first all-jet dogfight?

2. Where did Rich get his undergraduate degree?

3. What would be the equivalent radar signature of the Hopeless Diamond?

4. How many years passed before Al Whitley could explain to his wife and kids the meaning of a plaque Rich had given him after he first flew the F-117A?

5. How many hours could the U-2 fly without refueling?

Short Essay Questions

1. Until Overholser discovered the Ufimtsev theory, what possibilities had been know to reduce an airplane's radar detection?

2. Why did Major Al Whitley and his crew chiefs come to Skunk Works in February 1982?

3. What was so revolutionary about the plane Have Blue?

4. Why in Chapter 8 was Rich traveling around the country feeling like he was a secret agent?

5. How did Johnson begin his career at Lockheed?

6. Why did Rich go to work for Johnson?

7. Why did Johnson tell Rich to have the government reclassify the security for Have Blue?

8. Whose employees were the pilots who flew the U-2 and how were they paid?

9. What was the U-2 used for after the Powers tragedy?

10. What happened during the first taxi test in the U-2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Skunk Works won the contract for the stealth fighter, there was an increase in secrecy and bureaucracy. Discuss the effect of secrecy and bureaucracy on the production of the stealth fighter.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss reasons why drones were favored for gathering sensitive information over manned spy planes.

Essay Topic 3

Johnson had an unwritten rule to never do business with the Navy. Discuss why Johnson and Rich felt it was better to starve than do business with the Navy.

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