1. What was the aircraft Buddy Holly killed in called?

2. What Is The Oldest Aviation Association In The United States?

    British Pilot's Association

    American Army Flying Club

    The Ninety Nines

    AOPA

3. What is the oldest airline in the world today?

4. J F Kennedy airport was renamed after the assassination of president Kennedy a) What was it called before?

5. b) on what date did the name change take place?

    January 15, 1955

    December 24, 1963

    April 1, 1967

    September 11, 2001

6. What is the 2nd oldest airline in the world today?

7. a) What was Edmonton's City Centre Airport called before now?

8. Before that?

9. And before that?

10. In Zurich, July 1934, what was so special about Nellie Diender?

    She was the first female licensed pilot

    She was the first woman to parachute

    She became Europe's first airline stewardess, working on a Swissair Curtiss Condor

    She became the president of the first European airline, KLM

11. The Vanguard was a primary aircraft of Trans Canada Airlines. What was different about its First Class from today's aircraft?

    It allowed smoking of cigars

    It was in the back of the aircraft.

    It had a dining table for meals

    Fooled you! There was no first class

12. Name the first woman to break the sound barrier.

13. a) When did the first Airbus take to the skies?

    1972

    1969

    1974

    1971

14. b) Which airline used it first?

15. Where on the earth does a given day first begin?

    immediately east of the International Date Line

    immediately west of the International Date Line

    immediately east of the Greenwich Meridian

    immediately west of the Greenwich Meridian

16. What is the name of Fiji islands biggest airline?

17. What was the first helicopter to exceed 300 kmh (186 mph)?

18. In 1947, Bell Aircraft designed an experimental aircraft to accomplish this feat. What was it?

    Auto rotate safely

    Break the sound barrier

    Lift over 10,000 ponuds on hook

19. In 1933 a TravelAir biplane was powered by a very unusual engine. What was special about it?

    It had 17 cylinders

    It was a steam engine

    It was an early jet engine but worked a propellor

    It used corn oil for fuel

20. Who was the first Air Traffic Controller anywhere?

21. What is the name of the organization you would be eligible to join if you survived an emergency bail out from a disabled aircraft?

22. Who made the first flight across the Pacific Ocean

23. Who was the first military pilot to appear as a star in a professional and commercial motion picture?

24. The helicopter inventor, Sikorsky, designed an airplane called Le Grand. It was the first with

25. How many passengers can the 747 Domestic carry?

    498 passengers in a two class configuration.

    502 passengers in a two class configuration.

    568 passengers in a two class configuration.

    602 passengers in a two class configuration.