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| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| What was the nickname for the Hughes H-4 Hercules aircraft that made a single flight in 1947? | â–¶ Spruce Goose |
| In what year did the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh cross the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ 1927 |
| Who was the first person selected as Time Magazine’s Man of the Year? | â–¶ Charles Lindbergh in 1927. |
| In 1783, the first free flight of a hot air balloon carrying a human occurred in what city? | â–¶ Paris, France |
| Which major American airline is named after a Greek letter? | â–¶ Delta |
| What is the three letter airport code for the Los Angeles International Airport? | â–¶ LAX |
| The Concorde was a supersonic passenger airliner flown by which two airlines? | â–¶ Air France (AF) and British Airways (BA) |
| A Boeing 777 is equipped with how many engines? | â–¶ Two |
| What was the nickname for the four engine B-17 bomber planes used during WWII? | â–¶ Flying Fortress |
| In 2003, which U.S. state was officially declared the birthplace of aviation? | â–¶ Ohio (Dayton, Ohio was the home of Wilbur and Orville Wright) |
| What is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the president of the United States? | â–¶ Marine One |
| Who was the first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic? | â–¶ Amelia Earhart |
| What aviation pioneer founded the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company? | â–¶ Glenn Curtiss |
| What was the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight? | â–¶ Bell X-1 |
| What is the name of the first successful powered aircraft, built by the Wright brothers? | â–¶ Wright Flyer |
| What is the name of the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world? | â–¶ Boeing |
| Who was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ Amelia Earhart |
| What was the name of the first commercial airline? | â–¶ DELAG |
| What type of aircraft is used by the President of the United States? | â–¶ Air Force One |
| What was the first aircraft to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ Vickers Vimy |
| What is the name of the first supersonic passenger airliner? | â–¶ Concorde |
| Who was the first person to break the sound barrier? | â–¶ Chuck Yeager |
| What is the name of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ Amelia Earhart |
| Who designed the famous World War I fighter aircraft, the Sopwith Camel? | â–¶ Herbert Smith |
| What was the name of the first helicopter to receive a certificate of airworthiness? | â–¶ Sikorsky R-4 |
| Who was the first person to fly solo around the world? | â–¶ Wiley Post |
| What was the name of the first commercial jet airliner? | â–¶ De Havilland Comet |
| Who was the first person to fly across the English Channel? | ▶ Louis Blériot |
| What is the name of the first aircraft to fly faster than Mach 2? | â–¶ North American X-15 |
| Who was the first person to fly solo from New York to Paris? | â–¶ Charles Lindbergh |
| What was the name of the first aircraft to complete a circumnavigation of the world? | â–¶ Boeing B-52 Stratofortress |
| Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ John Alcock and Arthur Brown |
| Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ Charles Lindbergh |
| What was the first airplane to achieve supersonic flight? | â–¶ Bell X-1 |
| Which airplane set the record for the longest nonstop flight? | â–¶ Beechcraft Bonanza |
| What was the name of the first aircraft to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ Vickers Vimy |
| Who invented the first successful airplane with a petrol engine? | â–¶ Wilbur and Orville Wright |
| What was the name of the first commercial jet airliner? | â–¶ De Havilland Comet |
| Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ Amelia Earhart |
| What is the name of the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound with a pilot on board? | â–¶ Bell X-1 |
| What was the name of the first American astronaut to orbit Earth? | â–¶ John Glenn |
| Who was the first woman to break the sound barrier? | â–¶ Jacqueline Cochran |
| What was the name of the first airplane to be mass-produced? | â–¶ Ford Trimotor |
| What is the name of the first airplane to land on the North Pole? | â–¶ Fokker F.VIIa/3m Trimotor “Josephine Ford” |
| Who was the first person to fly faster than 1000 mph? | â–¶ Astronaut Joseph Kittinger |
| What was the name of the first airplane to be used in warfare? | â–¶ Italian Caproni Ca.1 |
| Who invented the first practical parachute? | ▶ Louis-Sébastien Lenormand |
| Which aviation pioneer was known as the “father of the modern helicopter”? | â–¶ Igor Sikorsky |
| What was the name of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ Amelia Earhart |
| Who invented the first successful human-carrying glider in 1899? | â–¶ Octave Chanute |
| What was the name of the first aircraft that was able to break the sound barrier? | â–¶ Bell X-1 |
| Who was the pilot of the first non-stop transatlantic flight? | â–¶ John Alcock and Arthur Brown |
| What was the name of the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean? | â–¶ Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock |
| Who developed the first aircraft to successfully complete a controlled powered flight? | â–¶ Wright Brothers |
| What was the name of the first aircraft to complete a non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ Junkers F13 |
| Who was the first person to fly solo around the world in a single-engine plane? | â–¶ Steve Fossett |
| What was the name of the first woman to fly as a passenger on a transatlantic flight? | â–¶ Lady Grace Drummond-Hay |
| Who developed the first successful seaplane in 1910? | â–¶ Henri Fabre |
| What was the name of the first aircraft to fly over the South Pole? | â–¶ Ford Trimotor |
| Who invented the first parachute in the late 18th century? | ▶ Louis-Sébastien Lenormand |
| What was the name of the first airline to offer scheduled commercial flights? | â–¶ St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line |
| Who was the first person to fly a hot air balloon in America? | â–¶ Jean-Pierre Blanchard |
| What was the name of the first aircraft to complete a non-stop flight around the world? | â–¶ Rutan Voyager |
| Who was the first woman to receive a pilot’s license in the United States? | â–¶ Harriet Quimby |
| What was the name of the first aircraft to fly across the English Channel? | ▶ Blériot XI |
| Who invented the first successful air-cooled engine in 1895? | â–¶ Wilhelm Maybach |
| What was the name of the first airplane to fly faster than Mach 2? | â–¶ Convair F-106 Delta Dart |
| What was the first aircraft to be used as a bomber in a conflict? | â–¶ Italian Caproni Ca.1 |
| What is the name of the first supersonic passenger aircraft? | â–¶ Concorde |
| Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? | â–¶ Amelia Earhart |
| What was the name of the first successful seaplane? | â–¶ Curtiss Model D |
| What is the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima? | â–¶ Enola Gay |
| Who was the first person to fly a plane at an altitude of over 30,000 feet? | â–¶ Lieutenant Oakley Kelly |
| What was the first aircraft to make a non-stop transatlantic flight? | â–¶ Vickers Vimy |
| Who was the first woman to break the sound barrier? | â–¶ Jacqueline Cochran |
| What is the name of the world’s largest passenger airliner? | â–¶ Airbus A380 |
| Who was the first person to fly solo around the world? | â–¶ Wiley Post |
| What was the first aircraft to fly at Mach 2? | â–¶ Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 |
| Who was the first person to fly a plane over the North Pole? | â–¶ Roald Amundsen |
| What is the name of the aircraft that broke the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe? | â–¶ North American B-1 Lancer |
| Who was the first African American woman to receive a pilot’s license? | â–¶ Bessie Coleman |
| What was the first aircraft to fly across the Pacific Ocean? | â–¶ North American Aviation P-51 Mustang |
About the Author
Tim majored in Humanities with a bachelor in English and Theatre at New York State University. He lectured on entertainment business studies for three years at Plymouth College.
Tim has been a trivia host in his current hometown of Pittsburgh for the past two years. He enjoys hanging out with people who love trivia just as much as he does.
His friends call him the Question Master.
