Hidden Figures - Part 1

What did the engineers consider a plane to be?

What did physics mean for the engineers?

What did physics entail for the engineers at Langley?

What government agency placed the newspaper ad mentioned in the passage?

• NASA

• NACA

• FBI

• CIA

What did tiny improvements in speed and efficiency do?

• Increased fuel consumption

• Decreased airplane performance

• Multiplied over millions of pilot miles, making a significant difference

• None of the above

Where was the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory located?

• California

• Texas

• Virginia

• Florida

What was the primary focus of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory?

• Developing new airplane designs

• Testing airplane parts

• Processing data

• All of the above

What did pilots do after engineers tested the airplanes in wind tunnels?

• Flew the planes

• Fixed the airplanes

• Designed new planes

• None of the above

Who challenged the nation to increase airplane production to fifty thousand units a year?

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• President Harry S. Truman

• President Dwight D. Eisenhower

• President John F. Kennedy

What did engineers at Langley use wind tunnels for?

• To simulate different flying conditions

• To test airplane parts and whole aircraft

• Both a) and b)

• None of the above