QUIZ: Historia de la aviación en el Reino Unido: ¡1972-2022!

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Este mes la Autoridad de Aviación Civil del Reino Unido celebra su 50º aniversario. Con motivo de este acontecimiento, hemos preparado un cuestionario especial para poner a prueba sus conocimientos sobre los acontecimientos que han dado forma a la organización en las últimas cinco décadas. Buena suerte.

Question 1 of 10

1. The UK CAA was formed as part of which new law? 

Commercial Aviation Act 1971
Civil Aviation Act 1971
Aviation Authority Improvement Act 1972
Civil Aviation Act 1972

Question 2 of 10

2. Before the CAA, who was responsible for the regulation of aviation in the UK?

 

The UK Aviation Board of Industry
The British Aviation Registration Board
The Air Safety Branch and Board of Industrial Relations
The Air Registration Board and the Board of Trade

Question 3 of 10

3. The catastrophic collapse of which company in 1974 led to improved consumer protection for package holidays?

Laker Airways
Clarksons Holidays
Fiesta Tours
Stamford Holiday Tours

Question 4 of 10

4. In what year did the CAA award Concorde its Certificate of Airworthiness?

 

1974
1975
1976
1977

Question 5 of 10

5. In 1982 the CAA certified a pair of civil airliners - what were they?

 

Boeing 757 and Airbus A310
Airbus A300 and BAe 146
Airbus A310 and Boeing 767
Boeing 757 and 767

Question 6 of 10

6. The CAA played a key role in the aftermath of 1985's British Airtours tragedy. At which airport did the accident take place?

 

Manchester
Birmingham
East Midlands
Liverpool

Question 7 of 10

7. By 1997, how many aircraft were on the CAA's register?

 

15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000

Question 8 of 10

8. The 2010 'ash cloud crisis' was caused by the eruption of an Icelandic volcano. What is its name?

Snæfellsjökull
Brennisteinsfjöll
Eyjafjallajökull
Öræfajökull

Question 9 of 10

9. When Thomas Cook collapsed the CAA launched the largest repatriation in peacetime history. What year did this happen?

 

2016
2017
2018
2019

Question 10 of 10

10. In 2021, the CAA took on new regulatory powers to oversee what?

 

Cryptocurrency payments
The space industry
Hyperloop travel
The Channel Tunnel

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Oh, querida, ¡vuelve a los libros de historia para ti!

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No es la mejor actuación, pero definitivamente hemos visto cosas peores. ¡Mejor suerte la próxima vez!

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Un esfuerzo justo, pero definitivamente mejorable...

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¡Un gran resultado! Sin duda conoce la historia de la aviación del Reino Unido. Bien hecho.