No-one took the aviation quiz! :(
Right! I guess no-one who reads my journal cares about the history of aviation. Here are the answers to the quiz:
1. The first military action to involve the dropping of bombs from aircraft was executed by the forces of:
a: Britain
b: France
c: Germany
d: Italy in the Libyan campaign of 1911 against the Ottoman Empire (according to my source... ^^; )
2. The first successful flight of a four-engined aircraft took place in:
a: France
b: Germany
c: Russia, by an aviation pioneer named Igor Sikorsky. He would emigrate to the United States after the Russian Revolution and become famous for flying boats and helicopters.
d: the United States
3. The first successful helicopter was designed and flown in:
a: Germany, by the Focke-Wulf concern. A demonstration flight was made inside an arena by female Nazi pilot Hanna Reitsch
b: the Soviet Union
c: Spain (The autogyro, a rotorcraft with an unpowered rotor and forward thrust provided by an engine and a propeller, was invented in Spain by Juan de la Cierva)
d. the United States
4. All of the following airships were destroyed in accidents except:
a: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin She was grounded after the Hindenberg disaster.
b: LZ 129 Hindenberg
c: R-101
d: ZRS-4 USS Akron
5. "The largest thing Man ever built that flew" was:
a: Airbus A380-800
b: Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose)
c: LZ 129 Hindenberg (if laid on end, the Saturn V, at 111 m tall and 10 m wide when upright, might have fit inside the 245 m long, 41 m diameter outer envelope of the Hindenberg...)
d: Saturn V (the moon rocket)
6. The Sikorsky S-38 flying boat was referred to as:
a: "Ugly Duckling"
b: "Flying Tadpole"
c: "A collection of aeroplane parts flying in formation"
d: all of the above XD
7. In September 1939, Seversky Aircraft Company was renamed:
a: Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
b: Lockheed Aircraft Comany (founded by the Loughead brothers)
c: North American Aviation Inc.
d: Republic Aviation Company The board kicked Seversky out and renamed the company.
8. Of the following WWII airplanes, the one powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine is the:
a: Hawker Tempest V (used a Napier Sabre H-24 engine, sort of like two flat-12s stacked one atop another with their crankshafts geared to each other)
b: North American P-51D Mustang The earlier versions had Allison V-12 engines and were hopelessy underpowered. The RAF flew them as ground attack aircraft until they got the idea of putting a Merlin in one. The performance was dramatically improved.
c: Republic P47G Thunderbolt (used a Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp radial engine)
d: Westland Lysander Mk III (used a Bristol Mercury radial engine)
9. The first operational turbojet-powered airliner was the:
a: Boeing 707
b: deHavilland Comet They were quite successful until they started to break apart... O_o
c: Douglas DC-8
d: Tupolev Tu-104 (Between the withdrawl of the Comet 1 from service and the introduction of the 707, this was the only jetliner in service in the world.)
10. Before the attacks on 11 September 2001, the most deadly aviation disaster occured at, around, or above:
a: The Everglades, Florida (Flight 401 involved one L-1011 and there were survivors)
b: Lockerbie, Scotland (Very bad terrorist attack but not the worst pre-9/11 disaster)
c: Paris, France (the day the Concorde died)
d: Tenerife, Canary Islands Two 747s crashed into each other on a runway.
1. The first military action to involve the dropping of bombs from aircraft was executed by the forces of:
a: Britain
b: France
c: Germany
d: Italy in the Libyan campaign of 1911 against the Ottoman Empire (according to my source... ^^; )
2. The first successful flight of a four-engined aircraft took place in:
a: France
b: Germany
c: Russia, by an aviation pioneer named Igor Sikorsky. He would emigrate to the United States after the Russian Revolution and become famous for flying boats and helicopters.
d: the United States
3. The first successful helicopter was designed and flown in:
a: Germany, by the Focke-Wulf concern. A demonstration flight was made inside an arena by female Nazi pilot Hanna Reitsch
b: the Soviet Union
c: Spain (The autogyro, a rotorcraft with an unpowered rotor and forward thrust provided by an engine and a propeller, was invented in Spain by Juan de la Cierva)
d. the United States
4. All of the following airships were destroyed in accidents except:
a: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin She was grounded after the Hindenberg disaster.
b: LZ 129 Hindenberg
c: R-101
d: ZRS-4 USS Akron
5. "The largest thing Man ever built that flew" was:
a: Airbus A380-800
b: Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose)
c: LZ 129 Hindenberg (if laid on end, the Saturn V, at 111 m tall and 10 m wide when upright, might have fit inside the 245 m long, 41 m diameter outer envelope of the Hindenberg...)
d: Saturn V (the moon rocket)
6. The Sikorsky S-38 flying boat was referred to as:
a: "Ugly Duckling"
b: "Flying Tadpole"
c: "A collection of aeroplane parts flying in formation"
d: all of the above XD
7. In September 1939, Seversky Aircraft Company was renamed:
a: Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
b: Lockheed Aircraft Comany (founded by the Loughead brothers)
c: North American Aviation Inc.
d: Republic Aviation Company The board kicked Seversky out and renamed the company.
8. Of the following WWII airplanes, the one powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine is the:
a: Hawker Tempest V (used a Napier Sabre H-24 engine, sort of like two flat-12s stacked one atop another with their crankshafts geared to each other)
b: North American P-51D Mustang The earlier versions had Allison V-12 engines and were hopelessy underpowered. The RAF flew them as ground attack aircraft until they got the idea of putting a Merlin in one. The performance was dramatically improved.
c: Republic P47G Thunderbolt (used a Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp radial engine)
d: Westland Lysander Mk III (used a Bristol Mercury radial engine)
9. The first operational turbojet-powered airliner was the:
a: Boeing 707
b: deHavilland Comet They were quite successful until they started to break apart... O_o
c: Douglas DC-8
d: Tupolev Tu-104 (Between the withdrawl of the Comet 1 from service and the introduction of the 707, this was the only jetliner in service in the world.)
10. Before the attacks on 11 September 2001, the most deadly aviation disaster occured at, around, or above:
a: The Everglades, Florida (Flight 401 involved one L-1011 and there were survivors)
b: Lockerbie, Scotland (Very bad terrorist attack but not the worst pre-9/11 disaster)
c: Paris, France (the day the Concorde died)
d: Tenerife, Canary Islands Two 747s crashed into each other on a runway.