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Aviation History - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 466 times
- The average score is 13 of 30
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| He sketched an 'aerial screw' in 1489, an early predecessor to the helicopter | Leonardo da Vinci | 74%
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| Nickname of WW1 fighter ace, Manfred von Richthofen | Red Baron | 69%
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| European aircraft manufacturer and major competitor to Boeing | Airbus | 66%
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| Common name for an aircraft's Flight Data Recorder or Cockpit Voice Recorder | Black Box | 64%
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| Name of Boeing's successful 787 twin engine airliner | Dreamliner | 58%
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| First name of the Wright brother who made the first successful powered flight in 1903 | Orville | 58%
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| Pilot of the aircraft in the "Miracle on the Hudson" crash landing in 2009 | Chesley Sullenberger | 57%
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| Nickname of the Boeing Superfortress which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima | Enola Gay | 56%
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| Large German passenger-carrying rigid airship which crashed spectacularly in 1937 | Hindenburg | 56%
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| Year in which the Boeing 747 'Jumbo Jet' made its maiden flight | 1969 | 54%
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| Spy plane in which Gary Powers was shot down over the USSR in 1960 | Lockheed U2 | 51%
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| Year in which Charles Lindbergh made his non-stop solo transatlantic flight | 1927 | 50%
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| National airline of Spain | Iberia | 49%
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| USA's largest international air carrier from 1927 until its collapse in 1991 | Panam | 49%
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| Brazilian aerospace company that produces a large range of different aircraft types | Embraer | 45%
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| Nickname for the giant wooden aircraft designed by Howard Hughes | Spruce Goose | 45%
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| Name of either of Tokyo's major international airports | Narita or Haneda | 44%
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| ... and the name of the aircraft used for that transatlantic flight | Spirit of St. Louis | 44%
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| Soviet supersonic competitor to Concorde | Tupulev Tu-144 | 44%
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| Company responsible for the design of the legendary Spitfire aircraft | Supermarine | 43%
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| UK's iconic delta wing strategic bomber which saw its RAF introduction in 1956 | Avro Vulcan | 41%
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| Aircraft in which Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947 | Bell X-1 | 41%
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| First purpose-built jet airliner which first flew in 1949 | de Havilland Comet | 40%
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| Russian-American aviation pioneer, particularly in the field of helicopters | Igor Sikorsky | 39%
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| Last name of the French brothers who made the first manned flight in a hot air balloon | Montgolfier | 35%
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| First person to cross the English Channel in a heavier than air aircraft | Louis Bleriot | 21%
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| German pioneer who was the first person to make successful glider flights in the 1890's | Otto Lilienthal | 16%
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| Holder of the first patent for a turbojet engine on which most modern jets are based | Frank Whittle | 15%
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| Name of the aircraft which made the first non-stop, around the world, flight in 1986 | Voyager | 12%
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| Early aviation pioneer and the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia in 1930 | Amy Johnson | 8%
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