WAPS Testing exam 2023 with 100% correct answers

151. Who achieved the first powered, sustained, controlled, heavier-than-air airplane flight in 1903? - correct answerThe Wright Brothers. 152. The Wright brothers' 1903 flyer design was built with a relatively lightweight gasoline engine and revolutionary, highly efficient _______. - correct answerPropellers. 153. On 17 December 1903, the Wright brothers successfully flew how many manned missions at Kitty Hawk, NC? - correct answerFour. 154. Who is considered the "father" of flying? - correct answerOrville Wright. 155. Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell was an airpower visionary who called for an air force independent of the US Army and claimed airplanes could sink battleships. T/F - correct answerTrue. (Probably the high point of his military career was the sinking of the former German battleship Ostfriesland by the 1st Provisional Air Brigade under his leadership.) 156. What led to Colonel Mitchell not being reappointed as Assistant Chief and his eventual court-martial ordered by President C