FEBRUARY 2004
Welcome to our fourth aviation quiz. Stewart has put together these questions for you. Each month we will put up a new quiz and at the same time give you the correct answers to our previous quiz.

If you have any suggestions to improve the quiz please drop us an e-mail. You may send us your answers and we'll send you the correct answers at the start of the following month. Enjoy the quiz!

31. What is the world's longestairliner?
a) Boeing 747-400, b) Boeing 777-300, c) Airbus A340-600

32. Put names to these de Havilland model numbers?
DH.60 Moth, DH.82 Tiger Moth, DH.83 Fox Moth, DH.89 Dragon Rapide, DH.94 Moth Minor, DH.98 Mosquito, DH.103 Hornet/Sea Hornet, DH.104 Dove, DH.106 Comet, DH.114 Heron

33. The Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter can be ordered with a choice of two powerplants. What are they?
a) General Electric J79 or General Electric F404, b) Pratt & Whitney F100 or General Electric F110, c) Pratt & Whitney TF30 or General Electric F118

34. Who was the prime contractor for the aborted naval variant of the General Dynamics F-III. the F-IIIB?
a) Boeing, b) Grumman, c) Lockheed

35. The Avro Lincoln was originally known as what?
a) London, b) Birmingham, c) Lancaster Mk.IV

36. What was the code given to the 'bouncing bomb' weapon used by 617 Squadron's Lancasters in the famous Ruhr Valley dams raid of May 1943?
a) Capstan, b) Upkeep, c) Market Garden

37. The RAAF's 77 Squadron flew which types in combat during the Korean War?
a) P-51 Mustang and Meteor, b) Spitfire and Vampire, c) P-40 Kittyhawk and F9F Panther

38. What were William E Boeing's business interests before he started playing with aircraft?
a) Publishing, entertainment and chiropody, b) Dentistry, jewellery and the stock market, c) Timber, real estate and boat building

39. What was the first pressurised single engined light aircraft to enter production?
a) Cessna P210 Centurion, b) Mooney Mustang, c) Moyner Jupiter

40. In which year was the first Australian International Airshow at Avalon held?
a) 1988, b) 1990, c) 1992

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The above questions cover many aspects of aviation but are in no particular order - they're presented as they randomly popped into the compiler's head and are multiple choice to make things a little easier. There's no prizes but we thought it might be of interest.