WorksheetsPart 3: The Escape
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
What were Cooper's next set of demands?
Wanted the plane to fly to Havana, with landing gear deployed, at lowest possible speed, a maximum height of 10,000 feet, with aft staircase lowered
Wanted the plane to fly to Mexico City, with landing gear deployed, at the highest speed, a maximum height of 10,000 feet, with aft staircase raised
Wanted the plane to fly to Mexico City, with landing gear deployed, at lowest possible speed, a maximum height of 10,000 feet, with aft staircase lowered
What is aerodynamics?
Aerodynamics is the study of how airplanes were made
Aerodynamics is the study of how forces keep things grounded
Aerodynamics is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
What does the word "drag" mean in aerodynamics?
Drag is the force that acts in agreement with motion known as friction
Drag is the force that acts opposite to the direction of motion known as friction
Drag is the force that has no effect on motion known as friction
Why was it decided not to fly straight to Mexico?
It was too dangerous because of the weather
Cooper changed his mind because the pilot told him that the plane did not have enough gas
The drag created by some of Cooper's demands meant that the plane wouldn't have enough gas to make it
The drag created by some of Cooper's demands meant that the plane would have a mechanical failure
What two things did Cooper have to change about his demands because of the pilot's concerns about safety?
Fly to Nevada to refuel then fly to Mexico AND not take off with the aft staircase lowered at takeoff
Fly to California to refuel then fly to Mexico AND not take off with the aft staircase lowered at takeoff
Fly to Nevada to refuel then fly to Mexico AND call the airport control tower in Mexico to help them to land safely
Why did Cooper choose to hijack Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305?
It was the smallest plane and there wasn't a lot of people that could stop his plan
It was a Boeing 3000 and the most sophisticated plane to help his plan be successful.
It was a Boeing 727 and it was the only commercial plane that had an aft (rear) staircase
How many people were on the flight at takeoff AND what was the weather like?
Four people, chilly rainstorm
Three people, sunny day
Two people, cloudy
Five people, chilly rainstorm
Which flight attendant was part of Cooper's escape?
Ms. Mucklow
Ms. Schaffner
What did Cooper do with the parachutes?
Put on front parachute and used back parachute's nylon cords to make a handle for his bank bag
Put on back parachute and used front parachute's nylon cords to make a handle for his bank bag
Put on back parachute and put the front parachute into the bank bag for back-up
True or False? Cooper was an experienced paratrooper (military trained parachute operator)?
True
False
True or False? The airforce sent fighter jets to follow Flight 305 and but they had trouble tracking because of poor weather and the aircraft's low speed
True
False
Cooper wanted Tina Mucklow to lower the aft staircas while they were in the air. Why didn't that happen?
Cooper asked one of the co-pilots to do it
Cooper changed his mind about the stairs being lowered
She voiced her fear of falling out of the airplane
True or False? Cooper ties the money around his waist and lowers the aft (rear) staircase himself.
True
False
Cooper jumps off the staircase into the cold wet night and plummets to Earth somewhere over the forests of...
Nevada
Southern California
Mexico
Southern Washington
