WAPS – SSgt (All possible questions with 100% correct answers)

Who achieved the first powered, sustained, controlled, heavier-than-air airplane flight in 1903? correct answers The Wright Brothers The Wright Brothers 1903 flyer design was built with a relatively lightweight gasoline engine and revolutionary, highly efficient propellers. When and where did the aircraft successfully fly four manned missions? correct answers 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, NC Who is considered the "father" of flying? correct answers Orville Wright He was an *airpower visionary* who called for an air force independent of the US Army. correct answers Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell He became the *youngest captain* ever selected to join the General Staff in 1912. correct answers William "Billy" Mitchell He joined the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1915* and *commanded most US air combat units* during much of *1918*. correct answers Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell He became *Assistant to the Chief of the Air Service* and led *battleship bombing trails* in 1921. correct answers Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell The high point of his military career was likely the sinking of the former German battleship *Ostfriesland* by the 1st Provisional Air Brigade under his leadership. correct answers Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell What lead to Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell eventual court-martial ordered by President Coolidge? correct answers outspoken advocacy of a separate air force, critical remarks about the poor quality of the Air Service, and criticism of superiors He was a *pioneer aviator* and the *first commander* of an American air unit in the field. correct answers Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois He entered the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps in *1907* and participated in the acceptance tests of the *Army's first semirigid dirigible* and it's first airplane, a Wright flyer designated Signal Corps No. 1, in 1908 and 1909. correct answers Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois *He* completed the organization of the *Army's first* operational unit, the *1st Aero Squadron*, in 1915. correct answers Major General Benjamin D. "Benny" Foulois