Historic Aviation Quiz

In which order did the UK’s V-Bombers make their maiden flights?

Which British type made its first flight on 19 May 1969?

Which helicopter — responsible for pioneering the Fenestron — made its first

flight on 7 April 1967?

Which famous Vietnam-era helicopter first flew on 7 September 1965?

The VFW-Fokker VFW 614 and Dassault Mercure made their first flights in what

year?

The Tupolev Tu-114 made its first flight in 1957, but on which bomber was the

airliner based?

The Tupolev Tu-16 made its first flight in 1952, and variants of the bomber

continue to serve with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force today. What are

Chinese examples of the bomber known as?

Which famous New Zealander is reported to have made the first powered,

heavier-than-air flight nine months before Orville and Wilbur Wright first flew

their Wright Flyer I?

There are two routes to fly from Australia to the United Kingdom, the Kangaroo

Route across Asia, the Middle East and Europe, and the other, across the Pacific,

the Americas and the Atlantic. What is the latter known as?

Which airline flew the ‘Double Sunrise’ non-stop flights between Crawley

(Western Australia) and RAF Station Koggala in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during

World War Two?