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Quiz Questions on Airplanes
Quiz: airplanes of the past and present
- What is longer, the Boeing 747's wing-span or the distance of the Wright Brothers' first flight?
- Broughton in North Wales manufacture the enormous wings for which aerospace corporation?
- Where did the first ever scheduled flight of Concorde from London fly to on 21 January 1976?
- Which town in North Carolina is associated with the Wright Brothers' first ever controlled flight in 1903?
- Which successor to the Sopwith Pup became one of the best known fighter aircraft of World War I?
- Which American aviation aircraft manufacturer produced its 100,000th single-engine airplane in 1975?
- Name the British aircraft designer who designed the Second World War fighter the Supermarine Spitfire?
- By what name was the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat better known?
- By what name do we better know the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit?
- By what nickname do we better know the Lockheed SR-71 long-range, high-altitude aircraft, retired in 1999?
- Which airplane was the first and original jumbo jet?
- Complete the nickname of the single-engine five-seat composite aircraft, the Cirrus SR22: "the plane with the ...?"
- What is the official air traffic control call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States?
- What name did Charles Lindbergh give to the aircraft that made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
- Which aircraft company produces the G280 twin-engine business jet?
- The Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner - it was developed and manufactured by which British aviation manufacturer?
- The Lancaster, a British WWII heavy bomber, was designed and manufactured by which company?
- What was the name of the Hawker Siddeley maritime patrol aircraft retired by the Royal Airforce in 2011?
- By what alternative name do we know the electronic recording device called the flight recorder?
- What name links a 2018 American science fiction film with the first military "drone"?
Answers:
- A Boeing 747's wing-span (wing span is 195 feet and the Wright Brothers first flight was 120ft)
- Airbus
- Bahrain
- Kitty Hawk
- Sopwith Camel
- Cessna
- R. J. Mitchell (Reginald Joseph Mitchell)
- The Spruce Goose
- Stealth Bomber
- Blackbird
- Boeing 747
- Parachute
- Air Force One
- Spirit of St. Louis
- Gulfstream
- de Havilland
- Avro
- Nimrod
- Black box
- The Predator