Aircraft Types
This is the term for an aircraft with two wings, one above the other.
What is a biplane?
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
The Wright brothers made their first powered flight in this year.
What is 1903?
LAX is the airport code for this city.
What is Los Angeles?
This agency investigates civil aviation accidents in the United States.
What is the NTSB?
This aircraft, produced by Boeing, is nicknamed the "Queen of the Skies."
What is the Boeing 747?
This American pilot broke the sound barrier in 1947.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
The first jet airliner to enter commercial service.
What is the de Havilland Comet?
JFK Airport is located in this city.
What is New York City?
Black boxes include a cockpit voice recorder and this other type of data recorder.
What is a flight data recorder?
This type of aircraft is designed to take off and land vertically.
What is a helicopter?
This man made the first powered flight in 1903.
Who is Orville Wright?
This was the oldest operating airline in the world, founded in 1919.
What is KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines)?
This Canadian airport has the code YYZ.
What is Toronto Pearson International Airport ?
This 1977 disaster remains the deadliest aviation accident involving two aircraft on the ground.
What is the Tenerife airport disaster?
This supersonic jet flew passengers across the Atlantic in under 4 hours.
What is the Concorde?
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This pilot became famous for landing US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River.
Who is Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III?
The first successful solo nonstop transatlantic flight was made by this aviator.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
The code HND refers to this airport in Tokyo.
What is Haneda Airport?
The disappearance of this Malaysia Airlines flight in 2014 remains unsolved.
What is MH370?
This stealthy bomber used by the U.S. Air Force has a flying wing design.
What is the B-2 Spirit?
This German World War I flying ace was known as the “Red Baron.”
Who is Manfred von Richthofen?
In 1969, this supersonic commercial jet made its maiden flight.
What is the Concorde?
CDG is the airport code for this city’s main international airport.
What is Paris?
This crash in 1988 involved a midair structural failure of an Aloha Airlines 737.
What is Aloha Airlines Flight 243?