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So You Want to Be a WWI Flying Ace

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So You Want to Be a WWI Flying Ace game quiz
"Do you like the idea of dogfighting to the death in a rickety, underpowered airplane? Do you look good in a helmet and goggles? Do you own a helmet and goggles? Really? Then you might have what it took to be a World War I flying ace."

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1. In order to be classified as an ace, you would need a certain number of "kills" or aircraft shot down. How many "kills" does it take to earn the title of "Ace?"
    One
    Actually, all you need are five landings you can walk away from
    Ten
    Five


2. Which of the following squadrons would an American pilot have joined at the start of World War I?
    Lafayette Escadrille
    Doolittle's Raiders
    94th Pursuit Squadron
    175th Tactical Fighter Squadron


3. Assume you were in the German Air Force. Your commander told you to go out to the flightline and take the triplane for a spin. Which of the following aircraft did the commander want you to fly?
    Fokker Eindecker
    Fokker F27 Friendship
    Fokker F.VII
    Fokker Dr.1 Dreidecker


4. If a plane's guns were not synchronized, the pilot could end up shooting off the propeller.
    True
    False


5. Going up and boring holes in the sky in a wire and fabric airplane is all good fun but when the Air Corps hired you, they kind of expected you to shoot other airplanes out of the sky and enemy ones at that. Which of the following would be the best position from which to attack an enemy fighter?
    Head on, like the macho pilot you are
    From below
    Out of the Sun
    From the side


6. What was a Lufbery Circle?
    A defensive formation
    A dance
    A machine gun aiming reticle
    A decoration for valor


7. Observation balloons were also targets. What kind of mission involved shooting down observation balloons?
    Gas bag sortie
    Balloon busting
    Zeppelin sweep
    There was no such mission. That would have been unsporting.


8. If you wanted to be a flying ace this next bit of information would have been very important in your decision of which air service to join. Royal Flying Corps pilots who jumped out of their stricken planes had a terrible survival rate. Why was this?
    German pilots would shoot at the descending aviator
    All the interplane wires on the biplanes made it dangerous to jump
    They were not issued with parachutes
    British parachutes were not very reliable


9. Before a WWI flying ace blasted off into the sky in search of enemy planes it was important that he knew how to recognize an enemy plane. One way to do that could have been to fly alongside the enemy pilot and see what his uniform looked like. If it was different from yours, he might be the enemy. A better way could have been to fly alongside and engage the pilot in conversation. If he spoke the same language as the enemy he would have been someone you should attack. The best way, though, was to look for the national insignia on the sides and/or wings of the plane. If you were looking for a German plane, what insignia would be on the plane?
    Black cross
    Red, white and blue roundel
    Blue, white and red roundel
    Rising sun


10. Manfred von Richthofen of Germany was the highest scoring ace of World War I with 80 victories. What was his nickname?
    Red Baron
    Black Knight
    Blue Max
    White Lightning


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Compiled Jun 28 12