Historic Aviation Quiz: The pioneers

Who is credited with undertaking the first flight in Asia on March 29, 1910?

What was the first aeroplane to fly with a rotary engine?

Who is the first pilot credited with flying a loop in a heavier than air machine on September 9, 1913, and in what aeroplane was the feat achieved?

It is well known that the first shipboard take-off and landing by an airplane was made by a Curtiss Model D pusher on November 14, 1910. But who was at the controls?

Italy was the first nation to use the aeroplane in anger when Lt Giulio Gavotti dropped grenades on Ottoman troops in Libya on November 1, 1911. But what aeroplane was he flying?

True or False: Gavotti is also credited with undertaking the first night mission using a heavier-than-air aircraft over Libya on March 4, 1912?

Which British aviator was credited with the first known spin recovery in an aeroplane while piloting an Avro Type D (pictured)?

On May 10, 1913, pioneering French aviator. Didier Masson gained notoriety in aviation when he carried out the first what?

Who was Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya (left)?

In August 1912, a Short S.33 biplane was flown between the upper and lower parts of Tower Bridge, the then underneath London Bridge. Who was at the controls?