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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. What did it cost Northrop to build the B-2?

2. When was the first mission to send drones over Lop Nor?

3. What metal was used to build the drone?

4. How much money did Northrop lose on the F-20 twin engine fighter?

5. Who was Britain engaged in hostilities against in 1982?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was done to win over the community of Susanville when they continually experienced the affects of sonic booms?

2. What did the Skunk Works do to make the Blackbird even more safe?

3. Where was a model of the stealth ship tested?

4. How did Rich believe large, expensive airplanes would be built in the future?

5. Why wasn't the Navy interested in the stealth ship?

6. Why did Johnson call the F-111 a national scandal?

7. What were the tiny black dots that appeared on Blackbird windshields after a flight?

8. What happened to a Blackbird flight pilot over West Virginia?

9. Why did the U.S. want to gain information about Lop Nor?

10. What was the most sensitive project Rich worked on at Skunk Works? The most sensitive project Rich ever worked on began in 1962 and had the code name Tagboard. The operation was to design spy drones to fly over Communist China's most remote and secret nuclear test facilities.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the type of information the Blackbirds were able to procure and how it was used.

Essay Topic 2

The division Johnson and Rich headed up at Lockheed had an unusual name. Discuss the origins of Skunk Works and how Skunk Works got its name.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why and how Rich would have implemented cost-cutting methods in the aerospace industry.

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