Lesson 4 Cool, Calm and Heroic

Multiple Choice

No passengers on board the plane that day were hurt.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What happened to the aircraft?

• One of its engines failed.

• It blew up.

• It lost electric power.

• It caught fire.

Multiple Choice

In what way was Tammie Jo Shults a pioneer as a woman?

• She engaged in combat.

• She started a flight club.

• She trained on the F/A-18 Hornet.

• She flew in the Air Force.

Multiple Choice

For Shults, handling this kind of accident was an easy task.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How did Shults’ landing differ from the Miracle on the Hudson?

• She lost both her engines.

• She could not rely on her plane’s automatic systems.

• She was flying an F-18.

• She did not panic.

Multiple Choice

How do some people explain how Captain Shults landed the plane so well?

• She was trained as a naval pilot.

• She had well-developed muscles.

• She knew the history of her aircraft.

• She had been barred from combat.

Open Ended

(1) If you were one of the passengers on the plane, what would you do?

(2) How would you feel?