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Aviation quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many propeller blades did the first 74 Spitfires have? What material were they?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

Wooden

d)

Metal

2.

How many knots are there to Mach 1?

a)

1000 knots

b)

1300 knots

c)

666 knots

d)

900 knots

3.

What was the first aircraft ever to reach Mach 1?

a)

Concorde

b)

Euro fighter Typhoon

c)

Bell X-1

d)

Sr-71 Blackbird

4.

Who was Douglas Bader?

a)

World War II fighter ace

b)

Royal Air force Policeman

c)

An escaped prisoner of war

d)

A front line World War I medic

5.

What is the fastest fighter jet currently in military use (globally)

a)

Eurofighter Typhoon

b)

Dassault Rafale

c)

Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-25 "foxbat"

d)

Sukhoi SU-34 "Fullback"

6.

What are the two runway directions in use at Shobdon Airfield? (think of bearings)

a)

10

b)

25

c)

08

d)

26

7.

In what year was the Boeing B-52 bomber commissioned?

a)

1955

b)

1976

c)

1952

d)

1960

8.

What is the highest recorded G-load that a human has survived?

a)

46.2G

b)

31.5G

c)

23G

d)

60G

9.

What company manufactured the Russian "Bear" aircraft?

a)

Mikoyan Gurevich (MiG)

b)

Ilyushin (Il)

c)

Sukhoi (Su)

d)

Tupolev (Tu)

10.

What is a SAM?

a)

That one Squadron Leader everyone calls by his first name

b)

Surface-to-air missile

c)

Sensor-activated missile

d)

Speed-arming missile