Pilot Quiz - Flight History

Most pilots know a great deal about aviation today and in the past—Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and so on. But how much do they really know? Here are some questions to test your knowledge. A warning—careful, you may think you know the answer but some are tricky. Hint: questions say flight.

1. When was the first flight?

a. 1903
b. 1871
c. 1783

2. Name the brothers who made the first flight.

a. Wright brothers
b. Montgolfier brothers
c. Smyth-Hill brothers

3. First flight over the North Pole was claimed in what year?

a. 1912
b. 1926
c. 1932

4. When was the first parachute jump made?

a. 1906
b. 1824
c. 1793

5. When did the first woman die in the crash of a powered airplane?

a. 1911
b. 1908
c. 1919

6. When was the first flight from mainland U.S. to Hawaii?

a. 1912
b. 1918
c. 1927

7. When was the first solo non-stop balloon flight around the earth?

a. 2002
b. 1973
c. 1954

8. When did the first mid-air collision occur?

a. 1928
b. 1932
c. 1910

9. How long was the first non-stop flight from London to Paris?

a. 3 hours, fifty seven minutes
b. 1 hour, twenty six minutes
c. 58 minutes

10. Commander Charles Samson was the first to take off from a moving ship. When did he do it?

a. 1921
b. 1912
c. 1919

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