Stewart Wilson's Aviation Quiz

JULY 2003
Welcome to our second 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!

11. Which NSW country town was East-West Airlines' base for many years?
a) Dubbo, b) Broken Hill, c) Tamworth

12. What type of RAAF aircraft finished second outright in the 1953 England-New Zealand air race?
a) CAC Sabre, b) English Electric Canberra, c) DH Vampire

13. In what year did Qantas introduce the Boeing 707 to service?
a) 1959, b) 1961, c) 1954

14. The Lockheed P-38 was originally going to be called another name before the British 'Lightning' was adopted. What was it?
a) Philadelphia, b) Atlanta, c) Chicago

15. How many Douglas DC-1s were built?
a) 96, b) over 10,000, c) 1

16. Which manufacturer often names its aircraft after heavenly bodies?
a) Lockheed (Orion, Neptune, Shooting Star, Electra, Starfighter, etc), b) SIAI-Marchetti, c) Scruggs Aircraft

17. Australian aviation pioneer Harry Hawker died in what year and at what age?
a) 1953 - 80 years old, b) 1921 - 31 years old, c) 1939 - 68 years old

18. The Australian Air Force was proclaimed on 31 March 1921. When was the 'Royal' prefix added?
a) July 1925, b) September 1939, c) August 1921

19. Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis was what type of aircraft ?
a) Ryan NYP for 'New York-Paris, based on the M-1 cabin monoplane, b) Douglas World Cruiser, c) Stinson Detroiter

20. What was the Australian Army Aviation Corps' first helicopter?
a) Bristol Sycamore, b) Bell 47G Sioux, c) Bell Iroquois

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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