Quiz  /  History of Flight Quiz

  • 1. 
    What was Hugo Junkers’s J-1 Blechesel, nicknamed the “Sheet Metal Donkey”?

  • the first hot-air balloon
  • the first stealth bomber
  • the first all-metal airplane
  • the first functioning blimp

  • 2. 
    What was the Wright brothers’ name for their unique method of controlling aircraft in flight?

  • weight shifting
  • fly-by-wire
  • wing warping
  • movable rudder

  • 3. 
    How did Swiss-born physicist Auguste Piccard achieve fame even before he built the first successful deep-sea submersible in 1948?

  • explosives
  • seaplane racing
  • rocketry
  • ballooning

  • 4. 
    What vertical and short take-off and landing, or V/STOL, jet has been flown by both the Royal Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps?

  • Mirage
  • Harrier
  • Spitfire
  • Mosquito

  • 5. 
    What is hypersonic speed?

  • a speed in excess of Mach 3
  • a speed of 50,000 km per hour
  • a speed in excess of Mach 5
  • a speed of 10,000 km per hour

  • 6. 
    Which two aeronautical engineers, serving opposing sides during World War II, independently invented the jet engine?

  • Aleksandr Yakovlev and Wernher von Braun
  • Frank Whittle and Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain
  • Geoffrey de Havilland and Willy Messerschmitt
  • Leroy Randle Grumman and Ernst Heinrich Heinkel

  • 7. 
    Which early U.S. and Soviet jet fighters engaged in history’s first large-scale jet fighter combat?

  • F-86 Sabres and MiG-15s
  • F-104 Starfighters and MiG-17s
  • P-51 Mustangs and MiG-3s
  • F-4 Phantom IIs and MiG-21s

  • 8. 
    What jet-powered bomber was at first designed for supersonic, high-altitude flight but entered service as a subsonic, low-level bomber incorporating stealth technology?

  • Tu-95
  • Avro Vulcan
  • B-1
  • B-2

  • 9. 
    What did English nobleman George Cayley successfully test in 1853 after studying stability, lift, and control?

  • the first helium-filled balloon
  • the first man-carrying glider
  • the first elevator
  • the first blimp

  • 10. 
    What airline manufacturer grew to challenge the Boeing Company through its technical innovations and fleet of diverse aircraft?

  • Rockwell International
  • British Aerospace
  • Airbus Industrie
  • McDonnell Douglas

  • 11. 
    What is Igor Sikorsky best known for developing?

  • helicopter
  • racing seaplane
  • hovercraft
  • hydrofoil

  • 12. 
    What aeronautical engineer was the guiding genius behind the Soviet ballistic missile and spaceflight programs?

  • Sergey Korolyov
  • Andrey Tupolev
  • Nikolay Zhukovsky
  • Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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