airlines and logos
This airline’s logo features a red maple leaf
What is Air Canada
Boeing’s most famous twin-engine widebody, nicknamed the “Dreamliner.”
What is the 787
The code “LAX” stands for this major U.S. airport
What is Los Angeles International Airport
The Wright brothers made their first powered flight in this year.
What is 1903
This instrument measures altitude.
What is the altimeter
The “Flying Kangaroo” represents this Australian airline.
What is Qantas
Airbus’s largest passenger aircraft, featuring two full decks.
What is the A380
“JFK” is located in this city.
(What is New York City
This was the first commercial jet airliner.
What is the de Havilland Comet
“ATC” stands for this
What is Air Traffic Control
Known for its “blue and yellow globe” logo, this airline is based in Chicago
What is United Airlines
This narrow-body jet is the most-sold commercial aircraft in history.
What is the Boeing 737
“DXB” is one of the world’s busiest airports, located here.
What is Dubai
Boeing’s 747, nicknamed the “Queen of the Skies,” first flew in this decade.
What are the 1960s
What phrase should never be said to ATC unless you actually mean it?
What is “Mayday” or “Pan-Pan”
The world’s largest low-cost carrier, based in Dallas, Texas
What is Southwest Airlines
The cockpit in most modern jets is referred to by this abbreviation
What is the flight deck
London’s main international airport is coded this way.
What is LHR
This supersonic passenger jet could cross the Atlantic in under 4 hours
What is the Concorde
This spiral slipstream effect causes a left-turning tendency in single-engine props.
What is P-factor or torque effect
This airline’s tail features a stylized crane and is Germany’s flag carrier.
What is Lufthansa
The “glass cockpit” replaced these older round instruments.
What are analog gauges or steam gauges
“ATL” consistently ranks as the world’s busiest airport.
What is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
The first transatlantic passenger flight was operated by this airline in 1939
What is Pan Am
During a run-up, if the magneto check shows no RPM drop, this might mean what?
What is a faulty grounding or broken P-lead