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Mission Debriefing

Mission 1
Match Game
Your mission objective was to correctly match the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame pilot with the aircraft that they are most recognized with. There were 15 targets -- let's count 'em up.

Richard Bong
became the "Ace of Aces" flying the Lockheed P-38
in the South Pacific during World War II.
Answer G is correct.

Art Scholl
flew many aerobatic aircraft but was best known
for flying the deHavilland Chipmunk.
Answer K is correct.

Warren Basler
flew cargo and passengers in the Douglas DC-3
and later made many modifications to them.
Answer H is correct.

Richard Knobloch
flew as the co-pilot of a North American "Mitchell"
B-25 on the famous Doolittle raid, April 1943.
Answer is D correct.

Lester Maitland
flew the Fokker C-2 "Bird of Paradise" from
California to Hawaii.
Answer L is correct.

Fritz Wolf
flew a Curtiss P-40 as a pilot in the American
Volunteer Group (AVG) known as the "Flying Tigers".
Answer A is correct.

Sam Johnson
flew a Sikorsky S-38 recreating a flight that his
father had made to the Amazon in search of wax.
Answer M is correct.

Logan “Jack” Vilas
achieved fame as the first pilot to fly across Lake Michigan
in a Curtiss HydroAeroplane.
Answer C is correct.

Steve Wittman
raced many aircraft including "Chief Oshkosh".
Answer F is correct.

AP Warner
was the first individual to buy an airplane and flew the
Curtiss Pusher.
Answer N is correct.

James Lovell
flew in both Gemini and Apollo missions but is best known
as commander of Apollo 13.
Answer B is correct.

Donald “Deke” Slayton
finally got to fly in space as a crewmember on the
Apollo-Soyuz mission.
Answer O is correct.

John Schwister
built Wisconsin's first homebuilt aircraft the "Minnesota Badger".
Answer D is correct.

Daniel Brandenstein
flew as commander of the Space Shuttle.
Answer I is correct.

Alfred Lawson
designed, built and flew the Lawson Airliner.
Answer J is correct.

Scoring -- 12-15 correct.      Excellent! you certainly know your Wisconsin aviation history.
               11-9 correct.        Pretty good, you have a good start on knowing Wisconsin's aviation pioneers and their aircraft.
               8 or less correct. Review the stories about the pilots that have been inducted into the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of
                                         Fame. You'll do better next time.

 

Mission 2
Crossword Puzzle

 

Your mission was to complete Flight Leader Mission 2, a crossword puzzle.
Let's see if your training and efforts paid off on this mission. Here are the answers.
Down
1   RADIO
2   AILERON
3   COWL
4   FUSELAGE
5   HANGAR
6   HELICOPTER
7   TACHOMETER
8   ELEVATOR
9   RUNWAY
10 GLIDER
11 RUDDER
12 FLAP
Across
13 WING
14 COCKPIT
15 SOLO
16 BALLOON
17 WING STRUT
18 PROPELLER
19 COMPASS
20 ALTIMETER
No scoring on this mission but if you didn't do well we suggest that you review the glossary entries for the words used in this crossword puzzle. Go to the Tool Crib and click on Glossary under the General Tools section.

 

Mission 3
Airplane Parts Identification

 

Many of the parts names were used in Mission 2. If you reviewed your training and used the correct tools this mission
should have been successful. Here are the answers.
1 RUDDER
2 VERTICAL STABILIZER
3 ELEVATOR
4 HORIZONTAL STABILIZER
5 FLAP
6 AILERON
7 WING (or wing leading edge)
8 WING STRUT
9 PROPELLER (or prop spinner)
10 LANDING GEAR
Scoring
9 or 10 correct.  Great job! You are ready to preflight your airplane.
7 or 8 right.        Pretty good. A little more review and you'll be ready for preflight training.
Less than 7.      A review of the parts of an airplane will help you do better next time.

 

Mission 4
Word Find

 

Did you think that this word find was a little more of a challenge?
Your mission was to complete Flight Leader Mission 4. Let's see how well you did, compare your answers
with the answer sheet .

 

Mission 5
Word Find

 

Using new words can make this game more challenging. Learning the names of Wisconsin Aviation Hall
of Fame inductees is rewarding too! How did you do? Let's compare answers with the solution .

 

Mission 6
Create a Timeline

 

This is the final Junior Leader Mission and a real test of your training and creativity. The Wisconsin Aviation
Hall of Fame would like to put your timeline on this website. Send it to us at:
Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame
8550 Greenway Blvd, Suite 413
Middleton, WI 53562-4724.

We'll post it on this website. We will only use your first name and hometown to protect your identity.