AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2025 - 48

BRIEFING
Test Pilot Answers / from p.37
1 The correct answer is C. The Red Baron was credited
with 80 kills during World War I and became the " ace
of aces " of that war. He unwittingly demonstrated
that someone having difficulty learning to fly can
nevertheless become an outstanding pilot.
2 True. The center of the original windshield could not
withstand a bird strike (simulated by shooting a fourpound
chicken carcass from a cannon at 250 knots).
The knife literally divided the load and spread it right
and left.
3 Pratt & Whitney (radial engines). The two best known
" insect " engines are the Wasp and the Hornet.
4 The correct answer is D. McQueen spent a few years
at the Chino Reform School for boys in Southern
California.
5 True. The computer kit was first offered in 1978, and
the kit for building the Heath Parasol airplane was
first offered by the Heath Company in 1926. Almost
1,000 Parasol kits were sold, and some examples
still exist.
6 It was a Dassault Falcon 20 named Wendy after the
daughter of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith. FedEx
eventually had 33 Falcons.
7 A nagigator is a passenger who provides turn-by-turn
and unnecessary driving instructions. They are also
found in some airplanes.
8 The correct answer is D. The French pilot and famed
author wrote Wind, Sand and Stars, The Little Prince,
Night Flight, Flight to Arras, and others.
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