How much do you know about aviation history? Can you answer these aviation history trivia questions? Test your friends!
15 Aviation History Trivia Questions
- Question: Who was the first person to successfully fly a powered, controlled aircraft?
- Question: What was the name of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
- Question: Which famous aviator made the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1927?
- Question: What was the name of the first commercially successful airliner, produced by Boeing in the 1950s?
- Question: Which aircraft dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare during World War II?
- Question: What was the name of the first supersonic passenger airliner, introduced in the 1970s?
- Question: Which aviation pioneer is credited with inventing the first successful airplane design that used ailerons for control?
- Question: What was the name of the first successful aircraft to circumnavigate the globe without refueling in 1986?
- Question: What does supersonic mean?
- Question: What is the name of the airplane that made the first successful powered flight in Australia in 1910?
- Question: Which aircraft is known as the “Spirit of St. Louis” and made the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight?
- Question: What was the name of the first jet airliner to enter commercial service in 1952?
- Question: Who was the first African American woman to become a licensed pilot?
- Question: Which aircraft is known as “Hercules”?
- Question: Which aircraft was the first to fly nonstop around the world without refueling in 1986?
Answer: Voyager
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15 Aviation History Trivia Questions and Answers
- Question: Who was the first person to successfully fly a powered, controlled aircraft?
Answer: Orville Wright (with Wilbur Wright) in the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903. - Question: What was the name of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer: Amelia Earhart - Question: Which famous aviator made the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1927?
Answer: Charles Lindbergh - Question: What was the name of the first commercially successful airliner, produced by Boeing in the 1950s?
Answer: Boeing 707 - Question: Which aircraft dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare during World War II?
Answer: Enola Gay (a B-29 Superfortress) - Question: What was the name of the first supersonic passenger airliner, introduced in the 1970s?
Answer: Concorde - Question: Which aviation pioneer is credited with inventing the first successful airplane design that used ailerons for control?
Answer: Glenn Curtiss - Question: What was the name of the first successful aircraft to circumnavigate the globe without refueling in 1986?
Answer: Voyager - Question: What does supersonic mean?
Answer: Faster than the speed of sound. - Question: What is the name of the airplane that made the first successful powered flight in Australia in 1910?
Answer: Bristol Boxkite - Question: Which aircraft is known as the “Spirit of St. Louis” and made the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight?
Answer: Ryan NYP (flown by Charles Lindbergh) - Question: What was the name of the first jet airliner to enter commercial service in 1952?
Answer: de Havilland Comet - Question: Who was the first African American woman to become a licensed pilot?
Answer: Bessie Coleman - Question: Which aircraft is known as “Hercules”?
Answer: C-130 - Question: Which aircraft was the first to fly nonstop around the world without refueling in 1986?
Answer: Voyager
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