AVMG 1010 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Reconnaissance - Answers - Airplanes, dirigibles, and airships flew ______ missions;
the crew looked at the enemy, recorded, position, and reported during the beginning of
WWI.
Bombers - Answers - Soon Germany developed the Zeppelins as ______, though they
proved more effective in the war as reconnaissance vehicles.
England - Answers - Germany launched the first Zeppelin raid against ______ in
January 1915.
Airship missions - Answers - The German Navy launched a total of 53 ______ against
England.
Battleships and submarines - Answers - The German airships would also attack ______
at sea.
Six - Answers - By 1917, the Zeppelin factory took only ______ weeks to build an
airship
Land bomber; Naval reconnaissance - Answers - The overall war experience
demonstrated failure of the airship as a ______ and its effectiveness for ______.
Four - Answers - Great Britain started the war with ______ lighter than air craft.
Drachen - Answers - The ______, or kite balloon, was a balloon tethered to the ground
or naval vessel on water.
Drachen/Kite balloon - Answers - The ______ was used for observation, sector
reconnaissance, battery ranging, and verification of demolition.
Reconnaissance, observation, and scouting missions - Answers - Most air forces
entered WWI with aircraft and crews suitable for only ______.
France - Answers - ______ had the leading air force among the Allies.
Fifty - Answers - Despite a large number of aircraft available, Russia had maybe
______ airplanes that were combat ready and fewer than 100 pilots at the start of the
war.
, Canada or Great Britain - Answers - Some Americans went to ______ or ______ to
enlist before the US entered the war, often under assumed names to avoid loosing
citizenship.
American - Answers - The Lafayette Escadrille was a group of men that trained and
served as a(n) ______ unit within the French Foreign Legion.
Eugene Bullard - Answers - The one pilot who did not transfer back to the US Units was
the first black American military aviator, ______.
Royal Flying Corps - Answers - In the fall of 1914, after the war was started, Britain
began expanding the ______.
Confirmed air-to-air kill - Answers - In October 1914, the two man crew of a French
Voisin Biplane shot down a two man German Aviatik biplane. This was the first ______.
Artillery spotting - Answers - ______ is the practice in which the aircraft and artillery
units cooperate during a battle.
Message bags - Answers - Early in the war, military forces tried various methods of air
to ground communications. One of the simpler methods was dropping ______
connected to long streamers.
Anthony Fokker - Answers - ______ developed and produced a machine gun that was
synchronized with the propellor by an interrupted gear.
Red baron - Answers - Manfred von Richtolfen became known as the ______.
France - Answers - Of all the combat nations ______ dropped the most bombs during
the war.
Stimulant - Answers - WWI was a grand ______ to the aviation industry.
France - Answers - ______ was the leading producer of aircraft before and during WWI.
Standardization - Answers - ______ developed as WWI was fought, and the
combatants selected what designs would be appropriate to their respective and
changing needs.
Royal Aircraft Factory - Answers - The British government's aircraft manufacturing
factory was known as ______.
Curtiss - Answers - The highlight of the American production program was ______.
Lightness and strength - Answers - The aircraft production program needed spruce for
propellers and much more. Spruce was valued for its ______ and ______.
ANSWERS
Reconnaissance - Answers - Airplanes, dirigibles, and airships flew ______ missions;
the crew looked at the enemy, recorded, position, and reported during the beginning of
WWI.
Bombers - Answers - Soon Germany developed the Zeppelins as ______, though they
proved more effective in the war as reconnaissance vehicles.
England - Answers - Germany launched the first Zeppelin raid against ______ in
January 1915.
Airship missions - Answers - The German Navy launched a total of 53 ______ against
England.
Battleships and submarines - Answers - The German airships would also attack ______
at sea.
Six - Answers - By 1917, the Zeppelin factory took only ______ weeks to build an
airship
Land bomber; Naval reconnaissance - Answers - The overall war experience
demonstrated failure of the airship as a ______ and its effectiveness for ______.
Four - Answers - Great Britain started the war with ______ lighter than air craft.
Drachen - Answers - The ______, or kite balloon, was a balloon tethered to the ground
or naval vessel on water.
Drachen/Kite balloon - Answers - The ______ was used for observation, sector
reconnaissance, battery ranging, and verification of demolition.
Reconnaissance, observation, and scouting missions - Answers - Most air forces
entered WWI with aircraft and crews suitable for only ______.
France - Answers - ______ had the leading air force among the Allies.
Fifty - Answers - Despite a large number of aircraft available, Russia had maybe
______ airplanes that were combat ready and fewer than 100 pilots at the start of the
war.
, Canada or Great Britain - Answers - Some Americans went to ______ or ______ to
enlist before the US entered the war, often under assumed names to avoid loosing
citizenship.
American - Answers - The Lafayette Escadrille was a group of men that trained and
served as a(n) ______ unit within the French Foreign Legion.
Eugene Bullard - Answers - The one pilot who did not transfer back to the US Units was
the first black American military aviator, ______.
Royal Flying Corps - Answers - In the fall of 1914, after the war was started, Britain
began expanding the ______.
Confirmed air-to-air kill - Answers - In October 1914, the two man crew of a French
Voisin Biplane shot down a two man German Aviatik biplane. This was the first ______.
Artillery spotting - Answers - ______ is the practice in which the aircraft and artillery
units cooperate during a battle.
Message bags - Answers - Early in the war, military forces tried various methods of air
to ground communications. One of the simpler methods was dropping ______
connected to long streamers.
Anthony Fokker - Answers - ______ developed and produced a machine gun that was
synchronized with the propellor by an interrupted gear.
Red baron - Answers - Manfred von Richtolfen became known as the ______.
France - Answers - Of all the combat nations ______ dropped the most bombs during
the war.
Stimulant - Answers - WWI was a grand ______ to the aviation industry.
France - Answers - ______ was the leading producer of aircraft before and during WWI.
Standardization - Answers - ______ developed as WWI was fought, and the
combatants selected what designs would be appropriate to their respective and
changing needs.
Royal Aircraft Factory - Answers - The British government's aircraft manufacturing
factory was known as ______.
Curtiss - Answers - The highlight of the American production program was ______.
Lightness and strength - Answers - The aircraft production program needed spruce for
propellers and much more. Spruce was valued for its ______ and ______.
