Women In Aviation
What year was the first GIAD held at the Columbus Municipal Airport
2025!
What College operates a part 161 flight school out of KBAK
Ivy Tech- Lift Academy
What year was the airport built. At the time it was called the (Atterbury Army Air Field).
1942
What single engine aircraft is know for its distinct tail in the shape of a V?
V-Tail Bonanza
What is the name of the famous women flight that had a fatal accident in the 1930s in an attempt to fly around the world.
Amelia Earhart
What State is the 2026 37th Annual Women in Aviation Conference?
Texas
What federal funded non profit organization does there training out of our airport in the summer months?
CAP, Civil Air Patrol
What year was the airport Renamed to the Bakalar Air Force Base?
1954
What type of plane is Air Force Two? Fun Fact: Air Force 2 has landed at Columbus!
Boeing 757
what year was the first successful POWERED controlled airplane flight by the Wright brothers.
1903
About how many National members are in WAI
20,000
About how many Operations do we get here a year?
60,000
What female Air force group used the Columbus Airport as a crucial operational base for ferrying and test flights?
W.A.S.Ps (Women Airforce Service Pilots)
What type of plane do we have outside our airport that we can walk inside, this plane was made shortly after WWII and we had many based in Columbus between 1957-1969. (Flying Boxcar)
C-119
What year was the first Commercial Flight St. Petersburg to Tampa Florida, 23 minutes long.
1914
When was the first year a Girls in Aviation Day held Internationally.
2015
What was the 3 letter Identification for the Columbus Airport for the military
CMU
What African American group trained at the Columbus Municipal Airport (Formerly Atterbury Army Air Field) in WWII
The Tuskegee Airmen
What aircraft is known for its whale like shape. A heavy mortified 747 with a massive bulging fuselage, designed to haul aircraft components.
Boeing Dreamlifter
What year did Charles Lindbergh make the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic from St. Louis to New York.
1927
Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Women in Aviation International?
Lynda M Coffman
What year did the Columbus Municipal Airport gain its Municipal authority?
1949
What was the runway numbers from the 3rd runway that is now Taxi E from the original base layout from 1940s
18/36
What is the name of the supersonic French airlines that flew 1976-2003, traveling over twice the speed of sound. This plane could travel New York to London in 3.5 hours.
The Concorde
What year did the first women pilot get her license. French actress Baroness Raymonde de Laroche, 1 year before the first U.S. women pilot Harriet Quimby, and the first women solo flight.
1910