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| Jimmy Doolittle once flew out to Roswell to meet this man and receive a tour and a brief course in one subject. This man patented a vacuum tube prior to Lee De Forest, and an invention by Gustaf de Laval allowed for a more than 60 percent increase in the efficiency of one of this man's developments. This author of A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes helped develop the process of two-axis control. The namesake of a space center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for the point, who was this pioneer of the liquid-fuel rocket? | Robert H (utchings) Goddard (accept Goddard Space Flight Center) |
| This mission was the first to be classified by the letter "J" and to thus focus on "extensive scientific investigation" of the central body. Hadley Rille [[RILL]] served as a landing point for this mission, during which orbits were made by Alfred Worden, who took part in the first deep space EVA during this mission. James Irwin and David Scott made a lunar landing during this mission, which involved the controversial taking of payments for postal covers. Occurring in 1971, for the point, what was this fourth Apollo mission to accomplish a crewed landing on the Moon? | Apollo 15 |
| Stephen Palumbi claimed that one consequence of these events had an effect as great as over 210 entire Empire State Buildings. Lacrosse and Cherokee were used during one of these events, in which observers from the USS McKinley notably included civilians among their ranks. Baker and Able were among the objects used in these events, another of which was known as Operation Castle. Plutonium-made objects were often used during these events, one of which affected reefs around the Marshall Islands. For the point, what were these events, carried out on a namesake atoll? | Nuclear weapons testing at Bikini Atoll (anti-prompt on "Operation Crossroads"; anti-prompt on "Operation Redwings"; anti-prompt on "Operation Dominic"; anti-prompt on "Operation Castle"; prompt on partial answers; accept nuclear tests in the Republic of the Marshall Islands before "Marshall" is mentioned; accept Atomic in place of Nuclear) |
| In 2001, Impulse Airlines was purchased by this company, which was founded in the city of Winton. Though temporarily halted during World War Two, this company re-launched flying boat services from the city of Crawley on the Swan River. The COVID-19 pandemic limited flights of this company's low-cost subsidiary Jetstar, which often takes travelers to a city containing Bondi Beach and Adelaide Airport. Sometimes known as "the Flying Kangaroo," for the point, what is this largest Australian airline? | Qantas Airways Unlimited (accept Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services) |
| This member of the 32 finalists for the Mercury Seven program was eliminated due to an erroneous medical diagnosis. John Young, Gene Cernan, and this man are the only astronauts who have ever traveled twice to the Moon. Along with journalist Jeffrey Kluger, this man co-authored the book Lost Moon. The ignition of wire insulating an oxygen tank led to an explosion during a mission commanded by this man in 1970. Commanding a mission planned to be the third to land a man on the moon, for the point, who is this astronaut who led the Apollo 13 mission? | Jim Lovell (or James Arthur Lovell Jr.) |
| Letters written by one man killed during this event served as the basis of the play To Pay the Price. 245 Kenyans were killed in the aftermath of this event, which occurred after Abu Hani ordered its precipitating action to be carried out by the PFLP. This event is sometimes known as Operation Jonathan in remembrance of the only man who died on one side, the brother of Benjamin Netanyahu. Idi Amin welcomed the hijackers who were killed in this event by commandos from the IDF. For the point, name this event in which Israeli commandos rescued hostages at a Uganda airport. | Operation Entebbe (accept Operation Thunderbolt; accept Operation Jonathan before mentioned; accept Entebbe Airport Raid; accept clear-knowledge equivalents) |
| This man and Helisaeus Roeslin came to different conclusions regarding a nova, resulting in a prolonged pamphlet war. David Fabricius engaged in a lengthy correspondence with this man regarding the orbit of Mars, which provided material for this man's book New Astronomy. A set of planetary tables developed by this man were named in honor of his patron, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II [[the Second]]. A contemporary of Tycho Brahe, for the point, who was this German astronomer who developed three laws of planetary motion? | Johannes Kepler |
| During a mission involving this figure, the failure of the separation of the "Block A" core may have contributed to an increased amount of time for this figure's pulse rate to return to normal. Surgeries allowing measurements of this figure's blood pressure and breathing were done at Baikonur Cosmodrome. The name "Curly" was sometimes given to this figure, who took part in Sputnik 2. Part Samoyed and part Husky, this is, for the point, what Soviet dog, the first animal to complete an orbit of Earth? | Laika (accept Curly before mentioned; accept Kudryavka; accept Zhuchka; accept Limonchik) |
| The name "Fan" was used instead of the first syllable of this airline for a set of eight aircraft used during the 2014 World Cup. Along with Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways International, Air Canada, and United, this airline was one of the five founding members of the Star Alliance. With a name partly inspired by a collection of guilds in medieval Europe, this airline operates a low-cost carrier with the word "Wings" appended to the name of its nationality. Operating in cities like Frankfurt and Munich, for the point, what is this major airline based in Germany? | Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
| Citing this event, Donald J. Devine claimed, "American business leaders were given a lesson in managerial leadership." Alan Greenspan claimed that one action taken as a result of this event was one man's "most important... domestic initiative." Robert Poli was held in contempt of court after this event, which prompted one man to say, "If they do not report... within 48 hours, they... will be terminated." A 32-hour work week was among the goals of one side in this 1981 event that was put down by Ronald Reagan. For the point, name this event in which union members who directed flights demanded higher pay. | 1981 PATCO Strike (accept 1981 Air Traffic Controllers Strike; accept ATC in place of Air Traffic Controllers; prompt on descriptive answers) |
| The Udvar-Hazy Center serves as an annex to this building created by a 1946 Congressional Act. Once standing where the Armory Square Hospital was located, this building houses a Richard Lippold-designed vertical sculpture of stainless steel known as the Ad Astra. The "Tin Shed" can be found within this building, in which Michael Collins helped open a hall in during the Bicentennial. Found near L'Enfant Plaza on the National Mall, the Wright Flyer is displayed in, for the point, what aviation museum in Washington D.C.? | National Air and Space Museum (accept National Air Museum before "Ad Astra" is mentioned; prompt on "NASM") |
| To meet a purchase presented by Henry Self, this aircraft entered production after its company believed that coming up with its design would prove easier than setting up a production line for a Curtiss model. Before being killed by friendly fire, George Preddy achieved 23 of his 26.83 aerial victories aboard this aircraft. James Kindelberger oversaw the design of this aircraft by North American Aviation. Before jet fighters took over, this was the primary fighter used by the U.S. during the Korean War. For the point, name this fighter plane, sometimes called the "Mustang." | North American Aviation P-51 Mustang (accept North American Aviation P-51 Mustang before mentioned; accept F-51 in place of P-51) |
| In October 2021, Sanjay Bhargava was announced as the head of this project in India. Over 7,500 V-band units were announced as part of a shell in this effort with a name inspired by a John Green novel. Announced to the public in 2015 after its company opened a Redmond, Washington facility, this project revealed plans for a Business version that can achieve 500 megabits per second speeds. A competitor to OneWeb and developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX, this is, for the point, what satellite constellation project aiming to expand global Internet access? | Starlink |
| Herbert James Draper was inspired by the story of this man to paint a "Lament" for him which won the gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exhibition. Other than a group of attendants, this is the younger of two men depicted in a Roman mosaic at Zeugma next to Queen Pasiphae. Before one effort, this man was told that "the fogs about the earth may weigh you down," which was part of a warning against complacency. The wax in one contraption used by this man melts after he engages in an act of hubris. For the point, name this son of Daedalus who falls after flying too close to the sun. | Icarus (or Ikaros; accept The Lament for Icarus) |
| An effort in this present-day country was partly caused by an over nine-month lack of Norwegian stockfish imports, resulting in what Frederick Forsyth claimed was a "national diet [of] 100 percent starch." Six Ilyushin bombers owned by Egypt bombed hospitals during a conflict in this country from which Airstrip Annabelle operated. An effort run by an organization, sometimes called Jesus Christ Airlines, provided relief during a 1967 to 1970 conflict in this country whose head of state was Yakubu Gowon. For the point, name this country in which the Biafran Airlift occurred. | Federal Republic of Nigeria |
| Before joining Axiom's board of directors, Rob Myerson spent over a decade as president of this company. Project Jarvis was developed by this company, whose earliest flight vehicle was the Charon. With a feather represented in its logo, this company developed a VTVL aircraft called New Shepard. Based in Kent, Washington, this company was founded by a billionaire who owns The Washington Post and America's largest e-commerce company. For the point, name this space company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos. | Blue Origin, LLC |
| A zinc statue of this man was relocated to Greenwich after a stint near the Admiralty Arch in a mall complex. Command Points were used in lieu of tracking ships during an effort led by this man, which involved training aboard the Yak-18. A member of the Vanguard Six, this man is sometimes the namesake of Site 1/5 in Kazakhstan. The word Poyekhali was popularized by this man who claimed to have sung "The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows" upon re-entry aboard Vostok 1. For the point, name this cosmonaut, the first man in space. | Yuri Gagarin (or Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; accept Gagarin's Start) |
| This campaign was the subject of a New York Post cartoon displaying one leader holding a dripping sword above a group of bodies in a location labeled a "Holy City." The National Defense Junta was involved in the planning of this campaign, also known as Operation Rügen. This campaign was carried out by the Condor Legion in 1937 and gave the victorious side greater access to Bilbao in Basque Country. For the point, name this Spanish Civil War bombing campaign which inspired a Pablo Picasso painting. | Bombing of Guernica (accept Operation Rügen before mentioned; accept reasonable equivalents for "Bombing" such as "Attack") |
| Morien Morgan is often known as the "Father of [this vehicle]" which had its spelling changed by Harold McMillan. The Tupolev Tu-144 competed with this vehicle, which was suspended a year after an incident in which debris led to a crash during takeoff. That 2000 incident occurred during an Air France flight using this vehicle, which was limited to transoceanic flights due to the risk of shock waves over the ground. For the point, name this commercial plane which traveled at supersonic speeds. | BAC Concorde (accept Aérospatiale Concorde; accept Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde) |
| William III [[the Third]] assigned captainship of the Paramour to this man, who subsequently made detailed compass observations in the South Atlantic. Inspired by John Flamsteed, this man established an observatory to catalog the stars of the southern sky. In A Synopsis of the Astronomy of [certain objects], this man calculated the periodicity of a body that now bears his name and was depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. For the point, name this British astronomer and namesake of a recurring comet. | Edmond Halley (accept Halley's Comet) |
| During an occurrence of poor weather during this event, William H. Tunner ordered a group of stacked aircraft flying above the objective to disperse as he circled above. Operation Plainfare was one portion of this event, during which two sticks of Wrigley's Doublemint belonging to Gail Halvorsen inspired an effort in which Halvorsen said he'd "wiggle [his] wings" when he arrived with candy. Occurring during a Soviet blockade, for the point, what was this 1948 to1949 event in which the western portion of a European city was given supplies? | Berlin Airlift (accept Berliner Luftbrücke; accept Berlin Air Bridge; accept Operation Vittles; accept Operation Pelican; accept Operation Plainfare before mentioned) |
| After working for Shell, Idris Jala served as CEO of this company, which evolved out of Wearne's Air Service. Jesselton was among the early sites at which this airline focused its traffic. Khazanah Nasional led attempts to de-list this airline after an incident for which Najib Razak proposed one explanation. That incident involved this company's Flight 370 journeying over the Andaman Sea before losing contact with its country's radar. A 2014 flight mysteriously disappeared when operating under, for the point, what airline based in Kuala Lumpur? | Malaysia Airlines Berhad (accept Malaysia Airlines System; accept Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad; accept Sistem Penerbangan Malaysia; accept Malayan Airways Limited; prompt on "MAL" or "MAS" or "MAB") |
| This organization thwarted a 1988 coup attempt by a businessman against a leader of another country during Operation Cactus. A motto meaning "Touch the sky with Glory" is used by this air force, whose Distinguished Flying Cross awardees include "Laddie" Roy. The Atlantic shootdown was carried out by this air force above Rann of Kutch. Numerous 1999 airstrikes were conducted by this air force against that smaller neighbor during the Kargil War. For the point, name this air force, serving a South Asian country of over a billion people. | Indian Air Force (prompt on "IAF"; accept Indian Armed Forces before "air force" is mentioned) |
| This ship received its current name after LHA-6 was instead given the originally intended name of USS America. This ship entered service to replace the decommissioned USS Enterprise and is the namesake of a class that replaced the Nimitz class. The bill calling for the current name of this ship was proposed when its namesake was still alive. Dedicated to a man who "met the staggering challenges of restoring trust... and healing the nation's wounds after Watergate," for the point, what is this aircraft carrier named for a U.S. president? | USS Gerald R. Ford (accept CVN-78; accept Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers; prompt on partial answers) |
| A forerunner to this location was Orchard Place, where C-54 Skymasters were manufactured by Douglas. A lieutenant commander who names this location often went by "Butch" and received the first World War Two Medal of Honor among U.S. Navy servicemen. In 2018, a claim that this location, the "busiest square mile in the world," was the best- connected airport was made by Mayor Rahm Emmanuel. Found less than 20 miles from its city's Loop, for the point, what is this airport in a major Midwestern U.S. city? | Chicago O'Hare International Airport (accept KORD; accept Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare) |
| Members of this organization conducted an attack on Nizwa Fort during the Jebel Akhdar War. Pilots from other countries who were educated in this air force's country often served in Article XV [[Fifteen]] squadrons. Hugh Trenchard is sometimes known as the "Father of [this organization]," which included a group whose campaigns against one country's hydroelectric infrastructure named them the "Dambusters." The quote "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" referenced this group. For the point, name this Air Force which served Winston Churchill's military. | Royal Air Force (accept RAF; prompt on answers indicating the Air Force of "England," the "U.K.," the "United Kingdom," "Britain," or "Great Britain") |
| An attempt to address this claim included experiments involving the movement of items in a void. Wernher von Braun's trip to Antarctica had an ulterior motive according to these claims, some of which drew on the proximity of the release of a Stanley Kubrick film. Attempts to counter these claims point to the existence of five flags at the central location. The disposal of telemetry tapes and rock samples is often cited in these claims. For the point, name these claims that NASA fabricated certain lunar voyages. | Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories (accept Theory that the moon Landings were faked; accept clear-knowledge equivalents) |
| Guglielmo Libri spent three years studying Manuscript B of a work by this man, which remained in France in the 19th century. This man was inspired by a design from a work by Mariano Taccola, which this man extended to 10 meters in diameter. A set of 18 folios analyzes the techniques of birds, leading to a theory of machine-based flight in one of this man's codices [[KOH-dih-sees]]. Once employed by Francis I [[the First]], this is, for the point, what inventor and polymath who created the Vitruvian Man and the Mona Lisa? | Leonardo da Vinci (or Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci; accept either underlined portion) |
| Willy Ley claimed that a period in which "everything that needs doing has been done" was "the worst" part for those "involved in" this process. The L and T varieties of a certain object are used in this practice, which may have originated in a 1929 film by Fritz Lang. The words "ignition sequence starts" and "all engines running" can be heard in a filmed example of these processes, which are often finalized with the words "blast off." For the point, name this practice of saying descending numbers before a rocket's takeoff. | Countdown (accept 3, 2, 1 blast off; accept clear-knowledge equivalents and word forms; prompt on "Blast Off" or "Take Off"; prompt on Rocket "Launch" or similar answers) |
| An event involving this man ended at a location at which The White Bird had attempted a similar event. A $25,000 offering by Raymond Orteig was claimed by this man, who notably opted to store additional gasoline instead of a parachute. Upon that event's completion, this man exclaimed, "Alcock and Brown showed me the way!" In 1927, this man began a trip in Mineola and ended in Paris aboard the Spirit of St. Louis. For the point, name this American aviator, the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic | Charles Lindbergh (or Charles Augustus Lindbergh) |
| Seventeen days after the discovery of this planet, one of its satellites was found by William Lassell. George Airy assisted John Couch Adams with providing data for the study of this planet's orbit. Adams first observed this planet independently of the French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier. The 1989 Voyager 2 flyby of this planet observed its Great Dark Spot. In England, the original name given to this planet was Oceanus. For the point, name this eighth planet from the Sun. | Neptune (accept Oceanus before mentioned) |