Aviation Milestones Quiz
Instructions: From the Wright Brothers to supersonic flight, test your recall of the major milestones in aviation history.
- 1.
In what year did the Wright Brothers achieve the first powered flight?
A1901B1899C1903D1907 - 2.
Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
AAmelia EarhartBWiley PostCCharles LindberghDHoward Hughes - 3.
What was the name of Charles Lindbergh's famous airplane?
AThe FlyerBMemphis BelleCEnola GayDSpirit of St. Louis - 4.
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
AAmelia EarhartBHarriet QuimbyCBessie ColemanDJacqueline Cochran - 5.
What was the first jet-powered aircraft to enter service?
AGloster MeteorBDe Havilland VampireCMe 262DP-80 Shooting Star - 6.
Who first broke the sound barrier in 1947?
AScott CrossfieldBJohn GlennCChuck YeagerDNeil Armstrong - 7.
What was the name of the aircraft Chuck Yeager flew to break the sound barrier?
AX-1BSR-71CF-86DX-15 - 8.
Which supersonic passenger jet operated from 1976 to 2003?
ABoeing 747BTupolev Tu-144CAirbus A380DConcorde - 9.
What is the Boeing 747 commonly nicknamed?
ADreamlinerBSuper JetCJumbo JetDStratofortress - 10.
Where did the Wright Brothers make their historic first flight?
AWashington, D.C.BDayton, OhioCCape Canaveral, FloridaDKitty Hawk, North Carolina - 11.
What was the first commercial jet airliner to enter service?
ABoeing 707BConvair 880CDouglas DC-8DDe Havilland Comet - 12.
Who invented the helicopter as we know it today?
AIgor SikorskyBJuan de la CiervaCHeinrich FockeDLeonardo da Vinci - 13.
What was the fastest manned aircraft ever built?
ASR-71 BlackbirdBX-15CF-22 RaptorDConcorde - 14.
In what year did the first non-stop flight around the world without refueling take place (Voyager)?
A1976B1991C1986D1981 - 15.
What principle explains how airplane wings generate lift?
ABernoulli's PrincipleBArchimedes' PrincipleCNewton's Third Law onlyDHooke's Law