Stewart Wilson's Aviation Quiz

JUNE 2003
Welcome to our first aviation quiz, a regular addition to our web site. 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 month's 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!

1. The Boeing Globemaster III military transport is the C-17 and the Globemaster II was the C-124. What was the original Globemaster's military designation?
a) C-74, b) C-54, c) P-51

2. Light aircraft manufacturer Beagle usually named its aircraft after dogs. There was the Terrier, Basset, Pup, Husky, Bulldog and one other. What was it?
a) Labrador, b) Airedale, c) Poodle

3. Who was the second highest scoring American ace of World War II?
a) Maj Richard Bong, b) Maj Thomas McGuire, c) Lt-Col Gregory Boyington
McGuire scored 38 kills, top scorer was Maj Richard Bong with 40 kills.

4. Who was the pilot of the prototype Supermarine Spitfire on its maiden flight?
a) Capt Joseph 'Mutt' Summers, b) Geoffrey Quill, c) Alex Henshaw

5. In September 1953 Mike Lithgow set a new world's air speed record of 737.7mph (1,187.2km/h). What type of aircraft was he flying?
a) Supermarine Swift, b) Hawker Hunter, c) Lockheed Starlifter

6. What type of aircraft was Charles Kingsford Smith's Southern Cross?
a) Avro 642, b) Fokker F.VIIb/3m, c) Douglas DC-2

7. Which airliner can be heard at the start of The Beatles' song Back In The USSR?
a) Tupolev Tu-124, b) Boeing 707, c) Vickers Viscount

8. Which was the first aircraft in RAAF service to feature a rectractable undercarriage?
a) Avro Anson, b) CAC Wirraway, c) DH.9A

9. How many Bristol Beauforts were manufactured under licenced in Australia during WWII?
a) 365, b) 700, c) none

10. What was the first fighter in regular service to completely dispense with guns and rely entirely on missiles instead?
a) Messerschmitt Me 262, b) North American F-86D Sabre, c) MiG-19

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.

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