NAVAL AVIATION HERITAGE

Question 1

WHEN WAS THE FIRST SHIPBOARD AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF?

Answer 1

14 NOVEMBER 1910 BY EUGENE ELY, IN A 50 HP CURTIS PLANE OFF THE DECK OF THE USS BIRMINGHAM(CL-2)

Question 2

BIRTH OF NAVAL AVIATION

Answer 2

8 MAY 1911

Question 3

FIRST NAVAL AIRCRAFT

Answer 3

A-1 TRIAD

Question 4

FIRST FATALITY OF NAVAL AVIATION

Answer 4

ENS. WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY ON 20 JUN 1913

Question 5

BIRTH OF NAVAL AVIATION QA PROGRAM

Answer 5

22 OCTOBER 1917

Question 6

NAVY’S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER

Answer 6

USS LANGLEY(CV-1) CONVERTED FROM FORMER COAL CARRIER USS JUPITER ON 20 MARCH 1922.

Question 7

FIRST NAVY JET MAKES FIRST CARRIER LANDING.

Answer 7

FJ-1 FURY LANDS ON USS BOXER(CV-21) ON 10 MARCH 1948.

Question 8

BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA

Answer 8

7-8 MAY 1942. FIRST CARRIER VS. CARRIER BATTLE IN WHICH THE USS LEXINGTON WAS SUNK AND THE USS YORKTOWN WAS DAMAGED.

Question 9

BATTLE OF MIDWAY

Answer 9

3-5 JUNE 1942. TURNING POINT OF THE PACIFIC WAR IN WHICH THE YORKTOWN WAS SUNK, AND JAPAN LOST 4 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.

Question 10

GUADALCANAL

Answer 10

13-15 NOVEMBER 1942. JAPAN LOST 2 CRUISERS AND 6 DESTROYERS. WE LOST USS JUNEAU AND 700 OF ITS CREW INCLUDING THE FIVE SULLIVAN BROTHERS.