Historic Aviation Quiz

Question 1) Which of these aircraft was often known by its nickname the ‘Twin Mustang’?

Question 2) Which of these WWII aircraft had the highest top speed?

Question 3) What was the official given name for the 'Dambusters' mission?

Question 4) What invention allowed the bullets of a mounted machine gun to be synchronized with the propeller of an aeroplane, allowing bullets to travel through gaps in the rotating propellor?

Question 5) What was the Allied reporting name of the Nakajima Ki-43?

Question 6) Commander Charles Samson was the first to take off from a moving ship. When did he do it?

Question 7) What was claimed to be the world's busiest airport in the year 1970?

Question 8) In what year did the Avro Lancaster retire from active service?

Question 9) Which of these aeroplanes had the shortest length?

Question 10) By 1918, the German Luftstreitkräfte had acquired 2,709 what?