Historic Aviation Quiz: August 25

Who was the first pilot credited with flying an outside loop on May 25, 1927, and in what aeroplane did they complete the manoeuvre?

What aeroplane was Gloster chief pilot Gerry Sayer flying when he disappeared on October 21, 1942?

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

How many times did the Wright brothers – seen here during the Belmont Park Aviation Meet near New York in 1910 – take to the skies together between December 17, 1903 and Wilbur’s death on May 30, 1912?

Can you identify thus ultimately cancelled 1940s British type?

What is the only aeroplane in USAF history to be removed from combat status due to high loss rates?

What was the name assigned to the raids undertaken by Avro Vulcans during the Falklands War?

True or False: Depleted uranium was used as a counterweight across hundreds of examples of early Boeing 747s?

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

It is well known that Geoffrey de Havilland Jr. was at the controls of the prototype Mosquito on November 25, 1940, but who was in the other seat?