Historic Aviation Quiz - September 1

In what year did the US Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, accept its first McDonell Douglas F-4 Phantom?

Can you identify this famous 1930s sports aircraft? 

What was the misspelt anagram used by Handley Page to disguise parts of the prototype as a boat when transferring them between the production site at Radlett and Boscombe Down for the first flight?

On what date did the Avro CF-105 Arrow take to the skies for the final time?

Can you identify this British fighter from the 1920s?

On June 6, 1944, a United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47 led the main airborne invasion of Normandy – what was the name of that aeroplane?

How many pilots in total flew the ultimately cancelled TSR-2?

Although the USAF officially withdrew the F-104 in 1969, the US Air National Guard (USANG) continued operating the type until 1975. Which USANG was the last user?

Can you identify this experimental type of the 1950s?

During World War Two, the Short Stirling was credited with flying some 18,440 sorties, dropping 27,821 tons of bombs and laying some 20,000 mines were laid. But how many examples were lost in action?