Aviators and Astronauts
These brothers are credited with the first controlled, powered heavier-than-air flight in 1903.
Who were the Wright brothers?
The supersonic passenger jet that flew passengers transatlantic and retired in 2003.
What is Concorde?
In 1969, this mission first landed humans on the Moon.
What is Apollo 11?
The first airline to introduce a frequent flyer program, “AAdvantage,” in 1981.
What is American Airlines?
This Boeing jet is the world’s most produced commercial aircraft, with over 10,000 built.
What is the Boeing 737?
The first person to walk on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This NASA vehicle looked like an airplane and was reused many times.
What is the Space Shuttle?
This orbiting laboratory has been home to astronauts since 2000.
What is the International Space Station (ISS)?
This airline’s logo features a red maple leaf.
What is Air Canada?
This Boeing aircraft, nicknamed the “Jumbo Jet,” revolutionized long-haul travel when it entered service in 1970.
What is the Boeing 747?
This female American aviator disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 attempting a circumnavigation flight.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This British fighter plane helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.
What is the Spitfire?
The company founded by Elon Musk that builds rockets like Falcon 9 and Starship.
What is SpaceX?
The first successful low-cost airline in the U.S., famous for its “bags fly free” slogan. (But not anymore)
What is Southwest Airlines?
This double-decker “superjumbo” Airbus jet is the largest passenger aircraft in service.
What is the Airbus A380?
He followed Armstrong onto the lunar surface during the same mission.
Who was Buzz Aldrin?
This big Boeing jet, called the “Queen of the Skies,” has an upstairs deck.
What is the Boeing 747?
This NASA program aims to return humans to the Moon in the 2020s.
What is Artemis?
This airline, founded in 1920 in Queensland, Australia, stands for “Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services.”
What is Qantas?
The U.S. bomber nicknamed the “Stealth Bomber.”
What is the B-2 Spirit?
The first American woman in space, she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983
Who was Sally Ride?
This American WWII plane was called the “Flying Fortress.”
What is the Boeing B-17?
In 2021, these two companies launched civilians into space for the first time: SpaceX and ____.
What is Blue Origin (or Virgin Galactic)?
“Speedbird” is the famous callsign used by this British carrier.
What is British Airways?
NASA’s airplane used to train shuttle astronauts by simulating zero gravity.
What is the “Vomit Comet”?