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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. Where was test pilot Bill Park cruising in a Blackbird when his plane experienced an unstart?

2. How large of a crew was needed to operate the stealth ship?

3. What did islanders at Okinawa nickname the Blackbird?

4. How many years was the Blackbird in service before it was retired?

5. In 1961, where did President Kennedy attend his first summit with Khrushchev?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shattered Dick Bissell's career?

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

3. Why was it easier in the past to get a project like the Blackbird project rolling?

4. Where was the drone built at Skunk Works?

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

6. Why was the Blackbird's safety record so amazing?

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

8. Why did Rich think aerospace got a bum rap from its critics?

9. 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.

10. What was done to prepare the route for the truck that would carry the Blackbird to the test site?

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

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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