Lecture Notes

Question 1

What is the stall speed of a Pterodactyl?

Answer 1

Seriously, you don’t know this? Back to freshman!

Question 2

What organization did Kelly Johnson found?

Answer 2

Skunkworks

Question 3

Why did the Wright company ultimately fail?

Answer 3

They used the wrong configuration.

Question 4

What aircraft did the Aurora project intend to replace?

Answer 4

The SR-71

Question 5

How do you quickly exit an airplane on fire while collecting cold hard cash?

Answer 5

Supersonic army crawl.

Question 6

What is the ultimate answer to life and the existence of the universe?

Answer 6

Build your library, or 42 (depending on who you ask).

Question 7

What is special about a Sears-Haack body?

Answer 7

The Sears–Haack body is the shape with the lowest theoretical wave drag in supersonic flow, for a given body length and given volume.