ARMY AVIATION AEROMED AVIATION MEDICINE ORIENTATION EXAM
|COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH 100% RATED EXPERT SOLUTIONS |2026 LATEST
UPDATED
1. Who studied the effects of altitude on people and animals during
conquests
of Peru?: Jose de Acosta
2. What is 'Acosta's disease'?: Altitude sickness
3. Who is known as the 'First Army aviator'?: Lt Thomas Selfridge
4. What did Lt Thomas Selfridge's death lead to? Wright Brothers:
Recommendation for wear of helmets
5. Who is considered the Father of military aviation medicine?: Lyster
6. Who is known as the Father of army aviation medicine?: Spurgeon Neel
7. What did experience in WW1 teach about medical standards?: They could
reduce mishap/crash rates.
8. Who experimented with 'blind flying' to prove instrument flying
capabilities?: Jimmy Doolittle
, 9. What was the first platform dedicated to MEDEVAC?: Huey (UH-1 Iroquois)
10. What was the first conflict with a resource dedicated to MEDEVAC?:
Vietnam
11. What aircraft began with balloons during the Civil War?: Civil War
Balloon Corps-
Rudimentary Ballooning (Montigolfier)
12. What is the patient load of the HH-60?: 6A or 6L
13. What is the patient load of the CH-47?: 31A (+2 medics) or 24L
14. Which aircraft have airborne drop capability?: UH-60 (Blackhawk) and
CH-47 (Chinook)
15. What is the Army flight school training aircraft?: UH-72 (Lakota)
16. What are the three flight controls in rotary wing aircraft?: Cyclic,
Collective, Anti-torque pedals
17. What does the cyclic control do?: Controls pitch and lateral/longitudinal
movement.
|COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH 100% RATED EXPERT SOLUTIONS |2026 LATEST
UPDATED
1. Who studied the effects of altitude on people and animals during
conquests
of Peru?: Jose de Acosta
2. What is 'Acosta's disease'?: Altitude sickness
3. Who is known as the 'First Army aviator'?: Lt Thomas Selfridge
4. What did Lt Thomas Selfridge's death lead to? Wright Brothers:
Recommendation for wear of helmets
5. Who is considered the Father of military aviation medicine?: Lyster
6. Who is known as the Father of army aviation medicine?: Spurgeon Neel
7. What did experience in WW1 teach about medical standards?: They could
reduce mishap/crash rates.
8. Who experimented with 'blind flying' to prove instrument flying
capabilities?: Jimmy Doolittle
, 9. What was the first platform dedicated to MEDEVAC?: Huey (UH-1 Iroquois)
10. What was the first conflict with a resource dedicated to MEDEVAC?:
Vietnam
11. What aircraft began with balloons during the Civil War?: Civil War
Balloon Corps-
Rudimentary Ballooning (Montigolfier)
12. What is the patient load of the HH-60?: 6A or 6L
13. What is the patient load of the CH-47?: 31A (+2 medics) or 24L
14. Which aircraft have airborne drop capability?: UH-60 (Blackhawk) and
CH-47 (Chinook)
15. What is the Army flight school training aircraft?: UH-72 (Lakota)
16. What are the three flight controls in rotary wing aircraft?: Cyclic,
Collective, Anti-torque pedals
17. What does the cyclic control do?: Controls pitch and lateral/longitudinal
movement.
