Historic Aviation Quiz

Taking to the air for the first time in August 1945, what kind of aeroplane was Japan’s twin-engined Nakajima Kikka?

By what nickname was Cutiss-Wright’s XP-55 experimental fighter (below) better known by?

Can you identify the below type?

On December 17, 1960, British European Airways introduced what aeroplane into service?

Handley-Page Halifax LV907 ‘Friday the 13th’ completed more operational missions than any other examples of the famed type. But how many was it?

What was the unofficial name given to Gloster’s revolutionary Gloster F. 9/37 night-fighter?

Who was the pilot at the controls of the prototype Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess (G-ALUN) for its maiden sortie on August 22, 1952?

What aeroplane did the United Sates Navy use to set a world speed record averaging 1,452km/h over a 3km course at a height of just 125ft throughout in 1961?

Which British ace credited with downing German ace Werner Voss on September 23, 1917?

What helicopter is acknowledged as the first example of the type to fly in combat on April 25, 1944?