Airienteering with 13MIKE

AirLeg 78

Aircraft Position:

1) “NORTH” to “17090.1703” — [N040° 43'57.8970]

2) “EAST” to “21176.1115” — [W073° 24' 59.4709]

3) “ALTITUDE” to “88” — [0]

4) “HEADING” to “005”

note: At this point you may wish to save this setup for future use.

5) Takeoff on runway 19, Farmingdale/Republic airport

6) At “700” feet AGL, make a RIGHT downwind departure

“A Royal Air Force pilot of renown during World War II was Group Captain Douglas Bader. He was called 'the legless wonder'! On December 14, 1931, he crashed with the result that both his legs got amputated. He acquired duraluminum legs but was informed that there was no regulation concerning a legless pilot, so that he would have to be released from the service. With persistence, he was returned to active duty as a Flying Officer on November 26, 1939. He became the Commander of the No. 242 Canadian Hurricane Squadron before the Battle of Britain. In the Spring of 1941, Bader was given command of the Tangmere Wing. On August 9, 1941, when he led his fighters over France, they were intercepted by Messerschmidt 109s. He shot one of them out of the sky, but in turning away he had another 109 collide with the tail of his aircraft. He tried to leave the airplane, but one of his duraluminum legs was trapped, so he broke free without it, pulled his ripcord and became a German prisoner of war. A new leg was dropped to him on a bombing mission by the R.A.F., where he used it to escape. He was recaptured and placed in a top security prison until the end of the war.”

7) America's highest-scoring ace, in World War II, had how many kills?

   If your answer is “26”, go to AirLeg 31

   If your answer is “40”, go to AirLeg 9