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John B. McKay, a Common card
John Barron McKay was an American naval officer, World War II pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and astronaut.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 84
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,600
Power 84 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
John B. McKay quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John B. McKay card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
However, this altitude did not surpass the ______ line as defined by the FAI, the FAI-accepted boundary of 100 kilometres.
Answer
Kármán. However, this altitude did not surpass the Kármán line as defined by the FAI, the FAI-accepted boundary of 100 kilometres. From the John B. McKay article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
On September 28, ____, he flew the X-15 to an altitude of 295,600 feet, thereby qualifying as an astronaut according to the United States definition of the boundary of space.
Answer
1960s. On September 28, 1965, he flew the X-15 to an altitude of 295,600 feet, thereby qualifying as an astronaut according to the United States definition of the boundary of space. From the John B. McKay article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Andrei Kovalenko. Andrei Kovalenko 60 · John B. McKay 54 · Pharnaces I of Pontus 51 · Mikhail Panikakha 48 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the United States Air Force and NASA.
- On September 28, 1965, he flew the X-15 to an altitude of 295,600 feet, thereby qualifying as an astronaut according to the United States definition of the boundary of space.
- However, this altitude did not surpass the Kármán line as defined by the FAI, the FAI-accepted boundary of 100 kilometres.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John B. McKay article was read about 7,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John B. McKay (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
