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CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
What was can considered the "manned aircraft." ? -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Marco Polo, saw Chinese sailors
attached to kites being used as military observers. This
could be considered the first "manned aircraft."
The first true powered flight with humans on board was
in a hot air balloon by Brothers, Joseph, and Etienne
Montgolfier On November 21, 1783 - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔What is the first true powered flight with humans on
board?
Although they never attempted to fly, Dutch-born Daniel
Bernoulli and Englishman, Sir Isaac Newton, are very
important in the history of aerospace. - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔Who were the TWO GREAT SCIENTISTS NEVER
FLEW, BUT . . . ?
His discovery of the relationship between pressure and
fluids in motion became the cornerstone of the theory of
airfoil lift. He found that a fluid, like air in motion, has a
constant pressure. However, when that fluid is
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accelerated, the pressure drops. - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Who made the discovery of "airfoil lift"?
An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by
an unbalanced, outside force. - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔What is Isacc Newton's 1st law of motion?
A force acting upon a body causes it to accelerate in the
direction of the force. Acceleration is directly
proportional to the force and inversely proportional to
the mass of the body being accelerated. - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔What is Isacc Newton's 2nd law of motion?
For every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction. - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What is Isacc Newton's
3rd law of motion?
The upper surface of an airplane's wing (airfoil) is
designed with a greater curvature or camber on the
topside. This curved line causes the oncoming air to flow
much faster over the upper surface. - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔How dose a wing create lift?
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Even when the air is calm around the airport, as an
airplane moves forward on takeoff, it creates a "wind"
that goes in the opposite direction - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔What is relative wind?
Drag & Gravity - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What are the 2
"Natural Forces"?
Thrust & Lift - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What are the 2
"Artificial Forces"?
Pitch - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Rotation around the lateral
axis is. . .?
Roll - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Rotation around the
latitudinal axis is. . .?
Yaw - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Rotation around the veritical
axis is . . .?
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What
is a UAV ?
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Normally, the temperature will drop at a rate of 3 1/2°
F for every 1000 feet of altitude gained. The Celsius
equivalent of this is 2° C per 1000 feet of altitude. -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What rate dose the temperature
drop at?
A cadet is eligible by federal aviation regulation to solo
a glider at age 14 - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔When is a
cadet elidgible to solo a glider?
A instrument to provide the height above sea level -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What is a Altimiter?
A rocket that was used to launch the first manned Apollo
mission, Apollo 7? - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What is Saturn
IB?
What temperature scale is based on "absolute zero"
and commonly used by scientists? - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔What is Kelvin?
William Hale - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Who developed a
technique called spin stabilization?
CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
What was can considered the "manned aircraft." ? -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Marco Polo, saw Chinese sailors
attached to kites being used as military observers. This
could be considered the first "manned aircraft."
The first true powered flight with humans on board was
in a hot air balloon by Brothers, Joseph, and Etienne
Montgolfier On November 21, 1783 - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔What is the first true powered flight with humans on
board?
Although they never attempted to fly, Dutch-born Daniel
Bernoulli and Englishman, Sir Isaac Newton, are very
important in the history of aerospace. - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔Who were the TWO GREAT SCIENTISTS NEVER
FLEW, BUT . . . ?
His discovery of the relationship between pressure and
fluids in motion became the cornerstone of the theory of
airfoil lift. He found that a fluid, like air in motion, has a
constant pressure. However, when that fluid is
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accelerated, the pressure drops. - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔Who made the discovery of "airfoil lift"?
An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by
an unbalanced, outside force. - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔What is Isacc Newton's 1st law of motion?
A force acting upon a body causes it to accelerate in the
direction of the force. Acceleration is directly
proportional to the force and inversely proportional to
the mass of the body being accelerated. - ...ANSWER...
✔ ✔What is Isacc Newton's 2nd law of motion?
For every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction. - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What is Isacc Newton's
3rd law of motion?
The upper surface of an airplane's wing (airfoil) is
designed with a greater curvature or camber on the
topside. This curved line causes the oncoming air to flow
much faster over the upper surface. - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔How dose a wing create lift?
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Even when the air is calm around the airport, as an
airplane moves forward on takeoff, it creates a "wind"
that goes in the opposite direction - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔What is relative wind?
Drag & Gravity - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What are the 2
"Natural Forces"?
Thrust & Lift - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What are the 2
"Artificial Forces"?
Pitch - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Rotation around the lateral
axis is. . .?
Roll - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Rotation around the
latitudinal axis is. . .?
Yaw - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Rotation around the veritical
axis is . . .?
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What
is a UAV ?
, 4|Page
Normally, the temperature will drop at a rate of 3 1/2°
F for every 1000 feet of altitude gained. The Celsius
equivalent of this is 2° C per 1000 feet of altitude. -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What rate dose the temperature
drop at?
A cadet is eligible by federal aviation regulation to solo
a glider at age 14 - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔When is a
cadet elidgible to solo a glider?
A instrument to provide the height above sea level -
...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What is a Altimiter?
A rocket that was used to launch the first manned Apollo
mission, Apollo 7? - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔What is Saturn
IB?
What temperature scale is based on "absolute zero"
and commonly used by scientists? - ...ANSWER... ✔
✔What is Kelvin?
William Hale - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔Who developed a
technique called spin stabilization?
