Take The “Wings Over Kansas” Aviation History Quiz #7!

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This is a fun quiz that covers the Top Aerospace Milestones, designed to test your aviation history knowledge.

If you’re like many aviation history buffs, aviation enthusiasts and aerospace professionals, you’ll enjoy testing your knowledge of major aviation achievements and accomplishments in this nine-part series of multiple questions. If you don’t know the answers, you’ll certainly learn once you’ve checked for the correct answer at the end of this quiz. However, if you’ve visited WingsOverKansas.com “100th Anniversary of Flight” page, you’ll have already learned the answers to these intriguing questions.

Now here’s “Wings Over Kansas” History Quiz, Part #7, The Seventies:

1. What was developed in the 1970’s as an ultra-precise radio beacon and receiver?

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ILS – Instrument Landing System

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2. What was the carrier interceptor aircraft built in 1972 by Grumman? It’s revered as one of the best and longest-lived of all the world’s fighter aircraft.

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F-14 Tomcat

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3. What was the first spacecraft to explore another planet? In 1973, this spaceprobe skirted Venus and flew by Mercury. Took photos of clouds on Venus and craters on Mercury.

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Mariner 2

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4. What space laboratory was put into orbit during the 1970’s? In three missions, crews spent several months in orbit, providing proof that man could tolerate weightlessness for extended periods.

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Skylab – 1973 – 1974

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5. What was America’s first environmental satellite, launched in 1972, which opened new ways of looking at the earth with the world’s first multi-spectral scanner and three television cameras?

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Landsat 1

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6. What was developed in 1976 as an Airborne Warning and Control System? It was an electronic surveillance system capable of detecting any airborne vehicles.

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E3A-AWACS

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7. Developed in 1978; what was the first really practical fixed wing vertical shot take-off and landing aircraft still in operational service? It was made by McDonnell-Douglas.

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AV8B – “”Harrier II””

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8. In 1978, what was the fighter and attack aircraft developed?

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F/A-18 – “”Hornet””

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9. What played a crucial role in managing space travel such as the Intel 4004, the first microprocessor launched on the Pioneer 10 in 1972, which will reach the star Ross in 32,000 years and is the human artifact that has traveled the farthest from Earth?

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Microchips

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10. What was the name of the 1975 test project in which NASA collaborated with Russian officials, where the two crews rendezvoused and docked? It was the last flight of the Apollo-Saturn hardware.

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Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

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11. What aircraft was developed in 1975 which has a target acquisition and designation system, pilot’s night vision sensor, Longbow radar and Hellfire missiles?

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AH-64 Apache attack helicopter

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12. What was the Act of 1978, which ended government regulation of routes and rates with airlines and increased competition, resulting in more service and lower fares for passengers? It was a major boost to air travel and resulted in airline consolidations.

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Airline Deregulation Act of 1978

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13. What were the self-guided missiles with a nuclear or conventional warhead to be deployed by a bomber, which can “see” the terrain and fly over 1,500 miles?

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Air Launched Cruise Missiles

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14. What was the Soviet-built, permanent habitation in space?

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Mir Space Station

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15. What lander touched down on Mars in 1976 and sent back more than 1,400 pictures?

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Viking 2 Mars Lander

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