Historic Aviation Quiz: de Havilland Edition

Question 1: What was the high speed capable of being reached by the Sea Vixen? 

Question 2: What was the original name of the Vampire? 

Question 3: Which bridge did six Horsa Gliders famously help to take on D-Day? 

Question 4: From which Scottish loch was a de Havilland-made Highball bomb retrieved in 2017? 

Question 5: What was the range of the 1930s Hornet Moth? 

Question 6: How many years after de Havilland was founded did the company design and build the DH.88 Comet? 

Question 7: In what year did de Havilland officially become fully merged into the Hawker-Siddeley company? 

Question 8: What feature on the Moth Minor caused it to be distinctive among other aeroplanes? 

Question 9: Where was the very first Mosquito built? 

Question 10: In what year was the Sea Vixen withdrawn from active service?