Chiltern Aviation Christmas Quiz – 2017

1) Photographed in the November 1943 Meccano Magazine, what was unusual about this model?

a) It was never sold to the public

b) It was the first to be made of Bakelite

c) It was made in Canada.

2) In which year did the Canberra depart from RAF service?

a) 2006

b) 2008

c) 2010

3) A model of a British transatlantic airliner, three of which were under construction in 1940, but were abandoned due to the Company’s more important warplane commitments. It was designed by?

a)Vickers b) Shorts c) Avro

4) This plastic model box art contains a serious mistake. What is it?

a) The P-70 was named the Nightstar

b) The P-70 was named the Nightowl

c) The P-70 was built by Douglas

5) The B-45 Tornado was a product of which manufacturer?

a) Northrop b) Martin c) North American

6) The F-7M was a Chinese licence-built version of which Russian aircraft?

a) MiG 21 b) Su-22 c) MiG 19

7) Using the “power egg” from a Beaufighter, this fighter prototype was constructed by?

a) Gloster b) Miles c) Blackburn

8) Where was this photograph taken?

a) Kuala Lumpur b) San Francisco c) Tokyo

9) Who is the famous actor providing flight training?

a) Harrison Ford b) Eliot Gould c) Tom Hanks

10) The US Navy Seamaster flying boat was built by?

a) Boeing b) Sikorski c) Martin

11) This 1940s Heathrow fire engine is spraying?

a) water b) carbon dioxide c) carbon monoxide

12) The first aircraft to be intercepted by the Daventry Radar trials was a

a) Handley Page Heyford b) Vickers Virginia c) Boulton and Paul Overstrand

13)

This official Swissair photo shows the cockpit of a

a) Convair Coronado b) Douglas DC-4 c) Convair 440 Metropolitan

14)

This twin engine executive transport was constructed by?

a) North American b) Mitsubishi c) Aero Commander

15) Kindley Field is the name of the airport for?

a) Bermuda b) Halifax, Nova Scotia c) Nassau, Bahamas

16) The T-1A Jayhawk is the USAF’s current primary twin jet engine trainer – which company originally produced it?

a) Cessna b) Beechcraft c) Lear

17) Hypersonic flight is generally accepted as Mach 5 or faster; that represents a minimum approximate speed of?

a) 7.5 miles per second b) 1mile per second c) 2.5 miles per second

18) The US Army’s standard training helicopters are the twin-engine UH-72 Lakota, which company constructs them?

a) Bell b) Sikorski c) Airbus Helicopters

19) Which airline achieved notoriety this year by having a 69 year old doctor forcibly removed from his seat?

a) Delta b) American c) United

20) The RAF now has two main training flying bases Cranwell and Barkston Heath. In which county is the latter located?

a) Lincolnshire b) Shropshire c) North Yorkshire

21) The Pentagon is the Headquarters of the American Department of Defense. In which year was is dedicated?

a) 1943 b) 1907 c) 1891

22) Which European capital city is the Wizz Air Airbus flying past?

a) Budapest b) Bucharest c) Prague

23)

The XP-56 first flew on 30 September 1943, but who made it ( primarily out of magnesium!)?

a) Consolidated -Vultee b) Northrop c) Hughes Aircraft

24)

Which celebrity ignored the warning not to walk behind an operating jet engine?

a) Gwyneth Paltrow b) Reese Witherspoon c) Julia Roberts

25) When the prototype Avro Vulcan made its first flight on 30 August 1952 with which engines was it powered?

a) Armstrong Siddeley Sapphires b) Rolls-Royce Avons c) Bristol Olympus

Brian A L Jones

November 2017