Famous dates | Whatcha flyin' | Sci-Fi spacecraft | Pieces and parts | Who made dat? |
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What is landing on the moon?
From the Sea of T: July 20, 1969
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What is the Cessna 182?
Civil Air Patrol has over 500.
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What is Apollo 13?
Tom Hanks got rides in the Vomit Comet to pretend he was in this.
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What is wings?
These make lift.
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What is Boeing?
This company in Everett makes the 787 and 777.
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What is the day Lindbergh landed in Paris?
Le Bourget: May 21, 1927
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What is the B-29?
Enola Gay and Bockscar made big booms.
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What is Galactica?
Starbuck and Apollo called this their home.
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What is the cockpit?
Captain and co-pilot sit here.
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What is Airbus?
They make the world's biggest commercial passenger plane, the A-380.
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What is the Columbia shuttle disaster?
Reentry mishap: Feb. 1, 2003
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What is the SR-71?
Stealthy black lawn dart, still holds speed records.
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What is Jupiter 2?
The Robinsons were Lost in Space with Dr. Smith.
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What is fuselage?
It's a big tube everything else is attached to.
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What is MiG, Mikoyan?
The Serbian air force just took delivery of two number "-29s," fighter jets from this Russian company.
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What is when did Yeager break the sound barrier?
Glamorous Glennis: Oct. 14, 1947
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What is the F-18?
They fly in formation from Whidbey down to Forks.
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What is the NSEA Protector?
Tim Allen was Capt. Jason Nesmith, saving the Thermians from the evil Sarris.
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What is elevators?
Way in the back, these things change pitch.
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What is Lockheed?
This company's Skunk Works created icons -- the SR-71, the U-2, the F-117 stealth fighter and others.
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What is the Challenger shuttle disaster?
Big bada boom: January 28, 1986
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What is the U-2?
Francis Gary Powers got shot down in one in 1960.
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What is Discovery?
Bowman and Poole faced HAL in 2001.
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What is winglets?
These small things on the end of the wings can reduce drag.
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What is Grumman?
This Long Island, N.Y., company made all the lunar landers for Apollo.
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