Help me write 25 Aviation Trivia Questions!

[Jay Honeck]

I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)

Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our most
popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored by
the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive time".
Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
wins...)

Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
our suites in some way...

So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)

Thanks!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Brad Z]

How about sampling a few from the "test pilot" section o the AOPA pilot
section? There are always a few questions that are interesting to the
non-flying public.



"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Brad Z]

> How about sampling a few from the "test pilot" section o the AOPA pilot
> section? There are always a few questions that are interesting to the
> non-flying public.
>

That's AOPA Pilot, as in the magazine...

[Jim]

Bill Lear invented the 8 track tape and the car radio as well as the Lear
Jet.
Alexander Graham Bell not only invented the telephone, but the modern day
aircraft bank control surfaces called ailerons as well as the hydrofoil type
of boat.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Jim]

You can learn to fly for less than:
A)the price of a new car
B)the price of a new house
C)the price of a new snomobile or 4 wheeler
D)all of the above
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Don Tuite]

Q: Who wrote "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight"?

A: Red River Dave McEnery.

About Red River Dave:
http://www.texasmonthly.com/ranch/source/86379445627770/86379446627770.php

Listen here:

http://www.kroesnest.com/Kroes_Nest/Tunes/Amelia/amelia_earhart.htm

The performance above is by the web poster, so it isn't copyright.
Red River Dave used "Wabash Cannonball" for the music, so that's
public domain. The lyrics themselves are (c) Red River Dave, who only
died two years ago (the song was written in 1937) so they're still in
copyright, but the radio station's BMI contract may cover that.

Q: What was the Doolittle Raid?

A: See:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/misc-42/dooltl.htm

An amazing story of military audacity: Using the Navy to launch heavy
Army bombers (B-25s) against Tokyo on April 18, 1942, the immediate
effect was the destruction of the city's tinderbox slums, with great
loss of civilian life, but it precipitated the battle of Midway, a
month and a half later, in which four Japanese carriers were lost,
permanently crippling the Japanese Navy.


Q: Who was the first test pilot to roll a civilian jetliner?

A: Tex Johnson, August 7, 1955. I think you must have that on your
site. But if not, see:
http://www.historylink.org/output.cfm?file_id=390

Don

[Nick]

> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)

How are runways numbered ?

What's the first letter in the aircraft tail number for all US aircraft ?
(wish I had been on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire that day)

Fastest aircraft in history that's not a spacecraft also ?

First guy to break the speed of sound in an aircraft ?

[EDR]

> Q: What was the Doolittle Raid?
>
> A: See:
> http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/misc-42/dooltl.htm
>
> An amazing story of military audacity: Using the Navy to launch heavy
> Army bombers (B-25s) against Tokyo on April 18, 1942, the immediate
> effect was the destruction of the city's tinderbox slums, with great
> loss of civilian life, but it precipitated the battle of Midway, a
> month and a half later, in which four Japanese carriers were lost,
> permanently crippling the Japanese Navy.

Wasn't the B-25 a medium bomber?

I know there was a joke among B-24 pilots about B-17's being termed
"heavy" bombers.

[Jim]

The commercial freight business has become one of the airlines main sources
of income in recent years. This freight can include every thing imaginable
including animals. At any given moment, there is at least one of these
animals in the air somewhere around the world.

A horse.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Jim]

No propeller driven airplane is capable of breaking the sound barrier (in
level flight). The fastest propeller airplane is the Russian TU-95 Bear
which has a maximum level speed of Mach 0.82 or 575mph.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Jim]

In 1931, 207 people boarded and flew in a single aircraft but it wasn't an
airplane. It was the airship Akron operated by the US Navy.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[John Galban]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message news:<QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02>...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)

<snip>

Good luck with the contest, Jay. One thing I've noticed about
radio contests is that there are invariably a gaggle of listeners out
there sitting in front of a high speed internet connection. They can
google answers to even difficult questions pretty darned quickly. The
average Joe generally doesn't stand a chance against these folks.

Q : What was the name of the navigator that disappeared with Amelia
Earhart on her last flight? A: Fred Noonan.

John Galban=====>N4BQ (PA28-180)

[Jim]

In 1972 a DC9 blew up over Czechoslovakia due to a terrorist bomb.
Amazingly one person, a flight attendant, survived the fall from 33,330ft.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Jim]

and how far were Noonan and Earhart from the island they intended to land on
when they made their last radio transmition?
--
Jim Burns III

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"John Galban" > wrote in message
om...
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:<QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02>...
> > I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who
better
> > but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> <snip>
>
> Good luck with the contest, Jay. One thing I've noticed about
> radio contests is that there are invariably a gaggle of listeners out
> there sitting in front of a high speed internet connection. They can
> google answers to even difficult questions pretty darned quickly. The
> average Joe generally doesn't stand a chance against these folks.
>
> Q : What was the name of the navigator that disappeared with Amelia
> Earhart on her last flight? A: Fred Noonan.
>
> John Galban=====>N4BQ (PA28-180)

[Jim]

Many children in America learn how to fly and actually solo an airplane
before they even get their drivers license.

--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
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> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Jim]

The oldest pilot association: the Ninety-Nines
oldest airline in operation today: KLM, second oldest is Quantas
before the assassination of Pres. Kennedy, JFK was called Idlewild and was
changed to JFK Christmas Eve 1963
first woman to break the sound barrier: Jacqueline Cochran
In 1933 a TravelAir biplane was available with this strange engine: steam
engine
People that bail out of airplanes in emergencies (and survive) join a unique
group called the caterpiller club. Why? first parachutes were normally
made from silk.




--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Jim]

Historically, a new general aviation 4 place airplane will cost about as
much as a new 4 bedroom house.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Don Tuite]

On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 18:57:06 GMT, EDR > wrote:
>
>Wasn't the B-25 a medium bomber?

Heavy in terms of what the Hornet was built for.

Don

[James Robinson]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto!

--------------------
Q - Pan American Airways was the first airline to fly scheduled
international flights from the US. Between what two cities was their
first route?

A - Key West and Havana, 1927
--------------------
Q - Concorde was jointly built by British and French aircraft companies.
What other country built a supersonic transport?

A - Russia (Former Soviet Union) TU-144
--------------------
Q - What country built the largest aircraft ever built? (Heavier than
air)

A - Russia (Former Soviet Union) TU-225
-------------------
Q - In terms of distance, between which two cities is the longest
scheduled non-stop passenger flight in the world?

A - Atlanta and Johannesburg, SA. (South African Airways)
------------------
Q - In terms of time, between which two cities is the longest scheduled
non-stop passenger flight in the world?

A - New York (Newark) and Hong Kong. (Continental Airlines)

(Note - After 3 February, Singapore Airlines will claim the above two
superlatives, when they start flying non-stop flight between Singapore
and Los Angeles.)
------------------
Q - What was Amelia Earhart trying to accomplish when her aircraft
disappeared?

A - Flight around the world.
------------------
Q - Cessna aircraft is one of the largest makers of small aircraft.
Where did the name originate?

(Multiple choice)
1 - It was specifically chosen by the marketing department to not mean
anything in any language.
2 - It was named after the company's founder - Clyde Cessna
3 - It was named after a town high in the mountains of Northern Italy
where the founder was born.
4 - It is short for Success, North America, Incorporated.
(2 is the correct answer)
------------------
Q - One US airline flew Concorde on scheduled flights, but not
supersonic, between Washington and Dallas/Fort Worth. Which airline was
that?

A - Braniff International
------------------
Q - Where is the Air Force museum located?

A - Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson Air Force Base)
------------------
Q - Which US President was the first to fly in an aircraft while in
office?

A - Franklin Roosevelt - 1943
------------------
Q - Which branch of the armed forces operates the helicopter that flies
the President to and from the White House?

A - The Marines (Marine One, when he is on board)
------------------
Q - Who of the following is/was a licensed pilot?

(Multiple Choice)
1 - Jimmy Stewart
2 - Kurt Russell
3 - Ted Williams
4 - Steve McQueen
(A - All of the above)
-----------------
Q - Actor Jimmy Stewart was drafted into the military in 1941. What
rank did he hold when he retired from the Air Force reserve?

A - Brigadier General
----------------

[EDR]

In article >, James Robinson
> wrote:

> ------------------
> Q - Where is the Air Force museum located?
>
> A - Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson Air Force Base)
> ------------------

Ahh!
But which field was it originally part of?
Wright Field or Patterson Field?
What year did it move to its present location?

[Jeff Franks]

For the average Joe listener, I think your going to have to mix in some
questions that are a bit....easier.

The easy one's like:

Which brother flew the first successful flight of the Wright Flyer?
First person to break the sound barrier (intentionally).
First person to fly the Atlantic Solo.
First woman to fly the Atlantic Solo.
What year did the Wright brothers fly (from the theme of your show, they can
do the math).
Who led a squadron of B-25's on the first bombing of Tokyo?

Most of the questions given so far are great questions, but anyone
non-aviation related would qualify for Jeopardy if they got them right :)

Jeff



"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[David Brooks]

"Jeff Franks" > wrote in message
...
> For the average Joe listener, I think your going to have to mix in some
> questions that are a bit....easier.
>
> The easy one's like:
>
> Which brother flew the first successful flight of the Wright Flyer?
> First person to break the sound barrier (intentionally).
> First person to fly the Atlantic Solo.
> First woman to fly the Atlantic Solo.
> What year did the Wright brothers fly (from the theme of your show, they
can
> do the math).

Given that the show will be in 2004, they'd be wrong :-)

Jay, shouldn't the show be "The second century of flight trivia contest"?

-- David Brooks

[Don Tuite]

Q: Who flew the first loop-the-loop in the USA?

A: Lincoln Beachey, on November 18, 1913. (Adolphe Pegoud of France
flew the first loop on September 21, in a Bleriot XI-2. He had been
inspired the previoius month by watching from his parachute the aerial
death-dance of a plane he had just bailed out of.)


Q: Who made the first non-stop transcontinental flight in the Western
Hemisphere?

A: Robert Fowler, in a Gage Biplane, on April 27 1913. (That's
right, five months before the first loop.) According to

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/fowler.htm

"Robert Fowler started his Isthmus of Pamana crossing with a takeoff
from the Atlantic side at 9:45 a.m. on April 27. It was an
extraordinarily dangerous flight, with no open areas available for
emergency landings between the takeoff point and the final
destination. Treacherous winds over the rough terrain and the
ever-present possibility of a sudden change in the weather compounded
the difficulties. Nevertheless, he completed the 83 km (52 mi) flight
in one hour and 45 minutes, landing with his passenger/cameraman, R.E.
Duhem, in the shallow water at Cristobal at 11:30. "

Don

[Gene Seibel]

What did Lindbergh eat on his flight across the Atlantic.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.



> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!

[Casey Wilson]

What's the most number of propeller (reciprocating) engines every mounted
on one airplane?

[Bob Martin]

> Q - What country built the largest aircraft ever built? (Heavier than
> air)
>
> A - Russia (Former Soviet Union) TU-225

Almost... it's the An-225, not Tu-. Mryia is the Russian (or is it
Ukrainian?) name for it, meaning "Dream". The NATO codename is "Cossack."

[Jim Weir]

Q. What do the numbers 120 and 852 have to do with aviation?


down







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down








down






A. The length in feet of the first and last flights on 17 Dec 1903.

"Jay Honeck" >
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

->I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
->but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

[Judah]

Hi Jay!
Instead of having "generic" aviation questions, why not have questions
that lead the listener to your website to look for the answer. They
should probably be easy enough that some of the people driving home
should be able to get them if they are indeed aviation buffs, but that
for most people, if they want to win they will hit your site. This way,
even if you're giving away a room in the suite, the people who all called
in waiting probably hit your site and may come anyway...

I'm also not sure of how many listeners there are on the station, but you
probably want to leave enough room so that a listener believes he has
time to hop on the web and look up the answer before the game is over. So
the tenth caller may not work. I don't know if the 100th caller is too
much (here in NY, the radio stations in the 90's (92, 95, etc.) all use
the station count - eg: 92 uses the 92nd caller, 95 uses the 95th caller,
etc.)

I'm not sure if it's a 30 second spot or what, but perhaps somthing
like...

"The Wright Brothers Suite at the Alexis Park Inn is named after the
founders of modern aviation, George and Wilbur Wright. Today's 100th
Anniversary of Flight Trivia Question is... 'How long did that fateful
flight that took our country into the world of Powered Aviation last?'
Not sure of the answer? Just visit the Wright Brothers Suite at
www.AlexisParkInn.com, and you can find the answer there! That site again
is www.AlexisParkInn.com. The 100th caller gets a free one-night stay in
the Wright Brothers Suite or any suite of your choice, with Jacuzzi,
Breakfast Basket, yada, yada, yada."

Of course, a flair for the dramatic works well in NY... Not sure how it
takes in your neck of the woods. :) Oh, and you'd have to make sure to
embed the answer to the question somewhere on the page...

Second question might be something based on the Charles Lindburgh section
- "The Charles Lindburgh Suite at the Alexis Park Inn honors one of
America's most famous Aviators, Charles Lindburgh - the first man to fly
across the Atlantic in a single trip! Todays' 100th Anniversary of Flight
Trivia Question is... 'At what city did Lindburgh land after his fateful
and treacherous 33.5 hour trip?' Not sure of the answer? Just visit the
Charles Lindburgh Suite at www.AlexisParkInn.com, and you can find the
answer there!


One of the other posters made the comment that people can look up even
the toughest trivia questions in Google relatively quickly. So the best
bang for your buck would not necessarily be to get someone who knows a
lot about aviation. It would be to steer listeners to your website to get
them to rent rooms, even if their appreciation for aviation is only a
small piece of their significance... Of course, generating interest in
aviation might be a valuable side-effect. :)

Good luck!


> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who
> better but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
> most popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn.
> It's going to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia
> Contest', sponsored by the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run
> every day at prime "drive time". Daily winners will each receive a FREE
> night in one of our aviation theme suites. (It'll be something along
> the lines of "the tenth correct caller wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different
> aviation trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying
> public, (b) hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough
> so that someone can actually win! Ideally, the questions should
> relate to the theme of our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling
> some questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!

[Bob Fry]

"Jim" > writes:

> Alexander Graham Bell not only invented the telephone, but the modern day
> aircraft bank control surfaces called ailerons

I thought that was Glenn Martin.

[Kevin Darling]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message news:<QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02>...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)

Q. What year was the first transatlantic airplane flight?
A: 1919

Most people answer 1927 and Lindbergh, which is incorrect. He was first solo.

Actually, that's probably too hard a question :-)

[Mike O'Malley]

"Casey Wilson" > wrote in message
...
> What's the most number of propeller (reciprocating) engines every mounted
> on one airplane?

Ten

Donier Do.X

[Ross Oliver]

I think you should avoid "dead aviators" type questions, and make
the questions more relavent to your local area. And even though it
is a contest with some sort of prize, the primary goal should be to get
all the radio lisenters interested in the material. For example:

How many public-use airports are there in Iowa?
In what year did the Iowa City airport first open?
What type of aircraft was the first to land at the Iowa City airport?
How many aircraft are based at the Iowa City airport?
How many air (nautical) miles from Iowa City to First Flight Airport
at Kittyhawk?

Check into the history of your airport and find out if you have had
any famous visitors or interesting local aviation characters.

You could also use the questions to teach them a thing or two about
general aviation:

Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?

Name three current manufacturers of general aviation aircraft.
(you could have lots of fun with variations: "Which of the following
companies does not build aircraft: Piper, Maule, Cirrus, Winchester")

Name the categories of aircraft defined by the FAA. (I would be that
even most pilots would leave out the recently-added "powered lift"
category)



Happy landings,
Ross Oliver

[Mike Beede]

Seems like a good question will satisfy several criteria:

* possible for average person to answer
* not too obvious
* good flying P.R. properties

That means ones like "how many people were killed in the Canary
Islands in a famous airline disaster" are not optimal. Ditto ones on
the Hindenburg, atomic bombs, Dresden, etc.

How about "how many certificated pilots are there in the United
States?" Of course, you can tune the multiple-choices to make it
as hard or easy as you like. Hard: a) 427,000 b) 427,500 c) 427,501;
easy: a) 1 b) 1,000,000,000 c) 427,000. (By the way, I don't know
what the right answer is....).

Another one: what is the average distance from an airport in an
American metropolitan area (again, no idea, but it can't be more
than ten miles). An ever-popular one is "what is the proportion
of pilots in the state of Alaska." You could also ask that for your
state (Iowa, if I recall correctly).

You might ask some "ancient history of flight" ones. For
instance, "what German glider pilot inspired the Wright
brothers?" That one we all know the answer to--even me!
There's some claim that the ancient Egyptians flew gliders,
so you could ask a question like "what is the oldest heavier-than-air
flying machine proposed?" or something like that, possibly
being prepared to accept the legend of Icarus if you're feeling
generous. There's also a proposal that the builders of the
Nasca lines used hot-air balloons to observe the construction
(I don't buy it, but you don't need a verified fact for an interesting
question).

Some simple technology-of-flight questions might be good,
too, e.g., "the control surface that makes an airplane dive and
climb is a) the escalator b) the elevator c) the estimator."
"General aviation aircraft are ____ than airliners a) more convenient
b) more fun c) more comfortable d) all of the above."

Have to work in a Zeppelin question, maybe something along the
lines of "what was the first luxury air service between Europe
and South America" or when (I think it was 1934 but have to look
it up....).

I'm really good at asking questions, I just don't know any of the
answers.... Good luck with your contest--it sounds like fun.

Regards,

Mike Beede

[Jim]

IIRC Bell and his Aerial Experiment Association along with Glenn Curtiss
developed ailerons in an attempt to keep Curtiss out of continueing lawsuits
with the Wrights.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Bob Fry" > wrote in message
...
> "Jim" > writes:
>
> > Alexander Graham Bell not only invented the telephone, but the modern
day
> > aircraft bank control surfaces called ailerons
>
> I thought that was Glenn Martin.

[Jim]

I was hopeing someone would have it, but from what I saw on the Wings
channel about the study of the radio transmisions that it wasn't far. IIRC
Noonan set up a laddered grid search for the island and would have saw it
after only a few more passes, so I"m guessing maybe 10 to 15 miles.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Tom Fleischman" > wrote in message
rthlink.net...
> In article >, Jim
> > wrote:
>
> > and how far were Noonan and Earhart from the island they intended to
land on
> > when they made their last radio transmition?
>
> Answer??

[Casey Wilson]

"Mike O'Malley" > wrote in message
...
> "Casey Wilson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > What's the most number of propeller (reciprocating) engines every
mounted
> > on one airplane?
>
> Ten
>
> Donier Do.X

BZZZZT! Wrong answer, call back again some day. :)

[Allan Meuli]

How about "Where is the oldest airport, located at its original site, west
of the Mississippi?"


"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"EDR" > wrote in message
...
>
> Wasn't the B-25 a medium bomber?
>

Yes, the B-25 was classed as a medium bomber by the Army. But they were
certainly heavy in comparison to anything else that had been launched from
an aircraft carrier. I believe the word "heavy" was used here in that
sense.

[Jay Honeck]

> What did Lindbergh eat on his flight across the Atlantic.

Well? (I thought it was a sandwich?)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Nick" > wrote in message
...
>
> What's the first letter in the aircraft tail number for all US aircraft ?
> (wish I had been on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire that day)
>

Better make that all US civil aircraft.

[Jay Honeck]

> "The Wright Brothers Suite at the Alexis Park Inn is named after the
> founders of modern aviation, George and Wilbur Wright. Today's 100th

"George" Wright?

Wasn't he the quiet one, who played lead guitar? ;-)

(Great ideas, by the way.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jim]

I thought it was a sandwich some crakers and water.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:ErnBb.483697$Tr4.1329010@attbi_s03...
> > What did Lindbergh eat on his flight across the Atlantic.
>
> Well? (I thought it was a sandwich?)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"James Robinson" > wrote in message
...
>
> Q - What country built the largest aircraft ever built? (Heavier than
> air)
>
> A - Russia (Former Soviet Union) TU-225
>

Antonov An-225


>
> Q - Where is the Air Force museum located?
>
> A - Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson Air Force Base)
>

Near Dayton, but not in Dayton.


>
> Q - Actor Jimmy Stewart was drafted into the military in 1941. What
> rank did he hold when he retired from the Air Force reserve?
>
> A - Brigadier General
>

Jimmy Stewart was not drafted, he enlisted in March 1941.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"EDR" > wrote in message
...
>
> Ahh!
> But which field was it originally part of?
> Wright Field or Patterson Field?
>

Neither, the present day USAF Museum was originally located at McCook Field.


>
> What year did it move to its present location?
>

It moved to Wright Field in 1927.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Jeff Franks" > wrote in message
...
>
> First person to break the sound barrier (intentionally).
>

The first person to break the sound barrier did so intentionally.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Allan Meuli" > wrote in message
.. .
>
> How about "Where is the oldest airport, located at its original site,
> west of the Mississippi?"
>

Vancouver Washington.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"EDR" > wrote in message
...
>
> What year did it move to its present location?
>

The first of the buildings presently used to house the museum opened in
1971.

[Icebound]

Ross Oliver wrote:
> ... and make the questions more relavent to your local area.
>... For example:
>
> How many public-use airports are there in Iowa?
> In what year did the Iowa City airport first open?
> What type of aircraft was the first to land at the Iowa City airport?
> How many aircraft are based at the Iowa City airport?
> How many air (nautical) miles from Iowa City to First Flight Airport
> at Kittyhawk?
>
.... snip...

In the "currently relevant" column, some of our residents could easily
answer questions like:

How many complaints are fielded annually about the City Centre Airport?
Which current Mayor and how many small-minded city councillors would
like to see it closed?
How much money will it take to settle pending lawsuits because of
city-council reversals to signed contracts for planned improvements?

Hope they are not relevant in Iowa :-)

[James Robinson]

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
>
> James Robinson wrote:
> >
> > Q - What country built the largest aircraft ever built? (Heavier than
> > air)
> >
> > A - Russia (Former Soviet Union) TU-225
> >
>
> Antonov An-225

Ooops, brain fart. I had the TUs on my mind with the SST questions. It
this point, I suppose one could also argue if it is Russian or
Ukrainian.

> > Q - Where is the Air Force museum located?
> >
> > A - Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson Air Force Base)
> >
>
> Near Dayton, but not in Dayton.

I'm not sure what you are getting at - military bases not being a part
of a city, or that the museum isn't within city limits. Actually, old
Wright field, where the museum is located, is within Montgomery County,
which is Dayton. The rest of Wright Patterson is in adjacent Greene
County. Since it's within the county limits, and well within the
built-up area of Dayton, I would argue that my answer is correct.

> > Q - Actor Jimmy Stewart was drafted into the military in 1941. What
> > rank did he hold when he retired from the Air Force reserve?
> >
> > A - Brigadier General
> >
>
> Jimmy Stewart was not drafted, he enlisted in March 1941.

He was drafted, according to information on the Air Force Museum web
site:

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/js.htm

and according to the Jimmy Stewart museum:

http://www.jimmy.org/memories/passing.html

When he was called for service, he was declared underweight in the
medical exam, and initially rejected. He insisted that he be allowed in,
and his medical was overlooked. Therefore, the military considers him
legally as having been drafted. Because of his insistence in being
allowed to join in spite of his medical, I suppose one could consider
that he enlisted.

[John Gaquin]

"Jim" > wrote in message news:soOdnZ8ZZKHSKUmiRVn-

> Alexander Graham Bell not only invented the telephone,

How about Alexander Graham Kowalski, who invented the telephone pole....

[B25flyer]

> Actually, old
>Wright field, where the museum is located, is within Montgomery County,
>which is Dayton. The rest of Wright Patterson is in adjacent Greene
>County. Since it's within the

Well there is some truth to all the above. The active part, Patterson, is
located in Fairborn. Or as we called it on layovers, Stillborn.

Walt

[David Brooks]

"Ross Oliver" > wrote in message
...
> Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?

Yeah. Why *do* we?

-- David Brooks

[Jon Woellhaf]

Isn't he the same guy who tried to invent a hole remover so unused holes
could be removed and transplanted elsewhere?

"John Gaquin" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Jim" > wrote in message news:soOdnZ8ZZKHSKUmiRVn-
>
> > Alexander Graham Bell not only invented the telephone,
>
> How about Alexander Graham Kowalski, who invented the telephone pole....
>
>

[G.R. Patterson III]

Allan Meuli wrote:
>
> How about "Where is the oldest airport, located at its original site, west
> of the Mississippi?"

Not a good idea. Based on the last time this one surfaced, there seem to be at
least five opinions as to what is the correct answer.

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".

[Judah]

Yeah, the Wright Bros - John, Paul, George, and Ringo!

Momentary Brain Fart... I am not even sure where the heck that even came
from! Maybe I got confused with George Reddenbocker! :)


Either that or it must have been REALLY late! :)

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in news:5unBb.483737
$Tr4.1328909@attbi_s03:

>> "The Wright Brothers Suite at the Alexis Park Inn is named after the
>> founders of modern aviation, George and Wilbur Wright. Today's 100th
>
> "George" Wright?
>
> Wasn't he the quiet one, who played lead guitar? ;-)
>
> (Great ideas, by the way.)

[Jay Honeck]

> > First person to break the sound barrier (intentionally).
>
> The first person to break the sound barrier did so intentionally.

Weren't there a few fatal "death-dives" in World War II that may have broken
the speed of sound while in the invisible clutches of compressibility?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Rob Perkins]

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:31:25 -0800, "David Brooks"
> wrote:

>> Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?
>
>Yeah. Why *do* we?

Because it's exactly the same as a minute of latitude, thus making
distance estimates easier to do in the cockpit?

Rob

[Rob Perkins]

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:18:19 -0500, "G.R. Patterson III"
> wrote:

>> How about "Where is the oldest airport, located at its original site, west
>> of the Mississippi?"
>
>Not a good idea. Based on the last time this one surfaced, there seem to be at
>least five opinions as to what is the correct answer.

Pearson Field, at Vancouver, Washington. The only controversy that I
can recall was whether Pearson or College Park, MD got the nod, and
the question says "West of the Mississippi".

Rob

[Jim Weir]

Horsepuckey. I can get a student to guesstimate TEN TIMES faster when we are
using statute miles.

Jim


Rob Perkins >
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

->On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:31:25 -0800, "David Brooks"
> wrote:
->
->>> Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?
->>
->>Yeah. Why *do* we?
->
->Because it's exactly the same as a minute of latitude, thus making
->distance estimates easier to do in the cockpit?
->
->Rob



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

[Jay Honeck]

> >> Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?
> >
> >Yeah. Why *do* we?
>
> Because it's exactly the same as a minute of latitude, thus making
> distance estimates easier to do in the cockpit?

And this makes it easier how?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> Pearson Field, at Vancouver, Washington. The only controversy that I
> can recall was whether Pearson or College Park, MD got the nod, and
> the question says "West of the Mississippi".

What year was Pearson Field opened?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Mike Beede]

In article et>, Steven P. McNicoll > wrote:

> The first person to break the sound barrier did so intentionally.

You mean "in level flight?"

Mike Beede

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:iFrBb.487433$Tr4.1331012@attbi_s03...
>
> Weren't there a few fatal "death-dives" in World War II that may have
broken
> the speed of sound while in the invisible clutches of compressibility?
>

No.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Mike Beede" > wrote in message
...
>
> You mean "in level flight?"
>

Nope. Level flight, climbing or diving, doesn't matter. Supersonic is
supersonic.

[Rob Perkins]

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:36:00 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>> Pearson Field, at Vancouver, Washington. The only controversy that I
>> can recall was whether Pearson or College Park, MD got the nod, and
>> the question says "West of the Mississippi".
>
>What year was Pearson Field opened?

Oh, man, now you're gonna make me go google it. :-)

http://www.columbian.com/reflections/pearson1.html

"Pearson Field is the oldest operating airfield in the United States
dating to a dirigible landing in 1905. Lincoln Beachey piloted the
dirigible, Gelatine, on this flight which was also the first aerial
crossing of the Columbia River."

Rob

[Bill J]

Do you mean propeller engines or reciprocating engines. Different
answers. Check out the Helios (R.I.P.)

Mike O'Malley wrote:
> "Casey Wilson" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> What's the most number of propeller (reciprocating) engines every mounted
>>on one airplane?
>
>
> Ten
>
> Donier Do.X
>
>

[Frederick Wilson]

Along this line, Link is a big name in simulators BUT the UH-1, Huey,
Simulator is made by the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

Fred

"Jim" > wrote in message
...
> Bill Lear invented the 8 track tape and the car radio as well as the Lear
> Jet.
> Alexander Graham Bell not only invented the telephone, but the modern day
> aircraft bank control surfaces called ailerons as well as the hydrofoil
type
> of boat.
> --
> Jim Burns III
>
> Remove "nospam" to reply
>
>
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
> news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> > I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who
better
> > but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
> >
> > Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
> most
> > popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's
going
> > to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest',
sponsored
> by
> > the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
> time".
> > Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation
theme
> > suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> > wins...)
> >
> > Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different
aviation
> > trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public,
(b)
> > hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that
someone
> > can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme
of
> > our suites in some way...
> >
> > So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling
some
> > questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
> >
> > Thanks!
> > --
> > Jay Honeck
> > Iowa City, IA
> > Pathfinder N56993
> > www.AlexisParkInn.com
> > "Your Aviation Destination"
> >
> >
>
>

[Frederick Wilson]

What did Leonardo da Vinci envision for aviation?


"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Rob Perkins]

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 14:34:32 -0800, Jim Weir > wrote:

>Horsepuckey. I can get a student to guesstimate TEN TIMES faster when we are
>using statute miles.

Right back at ya. I can guesstimate TEN TIMES faster because the scale
for nautical miles is laid down every few inches on the chart.

Rob

[David Brooks]

"Rob Perkins" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 14:34:32 -0800, Jim Weir > wrote:
>
> >Horsepuckey. I can get a student to guesstimate TEN TIMES faster when we
are
> >using statute miles.
>
> Right back at ya. I can guesstimate TEN TIMES faster because the scale
> for nautical miles is laid down every few inches on the chart.

But that's only because we already decided to use nm for navigation, of
course.

There's a clue in the word we use: "navigate" and the fact that we
originally used naval techniques using sextants and things (and sailors do
have good reasons for using nm). Is that it?

-- David Brooks

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"James Robinson" > wrote in message
...
>
> I'm not sure what you are getting at - military bases not being a part
> of a city, or that the museum isn't within city limits. Actually, old
> Wright field, where the museum is located, is within Montgomery County,
> which is Dayton. The rest of Wright Patterson is in adjacent Greene
> County. Since it's within the county limits, and well within the
> built-up area of Dayton, I would argue that my answer is correct.
>

Actually, the Montgomery/Greene County line cuts across old Wright Field.
The Montgomery County line and the Dayton city limits are not coincident,
old Wright Field lies outside the Dayton City limits.


>
> He was drafted, according to information on the Air Force Museum web
> site:
>
> http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/js.htm
>
> and according to the Jimmy Stewart museum:
>
> http://www.jimmy.org/memories/passing.html
>
> When he was called for service, he was declared underweight in the
> medical exam, and initially rejected. He insisted that he be allowed in,
> and his medical was overlooked. Therefore, the military considers him
> legally as having been drafted. Because of his insistence in being
> allowed to join in spite of his medical, I suppose one could consider
> that he enlisted.
>

Stewart was called before the draft board in February 1941 but was rejected
because he was underweight. He went on a banana binge to add the necessary
weight and enlisted the following month.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"David Brooks" > wrote in message
...
>
> Yeah. Why *do* we?
>

So that we are not using statute AND nautical miles to measure distance.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"David Brooks" > wrote in message
...
>
> But that's only because we already decided to use nm for navigation, of
> course.
>

No, meridians were on aeronautical charts long before the nautical mile
became the standard.

[Jim]

or kilometers! :)
do we use NM because it is a "world" standard?
--
Jim Burns III

Remove "nospam" to reply

"Steven P. McNicoll" > wrote in message
ink.net...
>
> "David Brooks" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > Yeah. Why *do* we?
> >
>
> So that we are not using statute AND nautical miles to measure distance.
>
>

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Jim" > wrote in message
...
>
> or kilometers! :)
> do we use NM because it is a "world" standard?
>

Nautical miles was already the standard of choice of the USAF and USN at the
time, and was also used by civil carriers flying overseas routes. Switching
to nautical miles was the logical thing to do.

In the thirties and forties, statute miles was the only scale printed on
sectionals. Sometime in the early fifties, before the switch from statute
miles to nautical miles as the standard, scales in statute miles, nautical
miles, and kilometers appeared on charts.

[James Robinson]

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
>
> James Robinson wrote:
> >
> > <Jimmy Stewart> was drafted, according to information on the
> > Air Force Museum web site:
> >
> > http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/js.htm
> >
> > and according to the Jimmy Stewart museum:
> >
> > http://www.jimmy.org/memories/passing.html
> >
> > When he was called for service, he was declared underweight in the
> > medical exam, and initially rejected. He insisted that he be allowed in,
> > and his medical was overlooked. Therefore, the military considers him
> > legally as having been drafted. Because of his insistence in being
> > allowed to join in spite of his medical, I suppose one could consider
> > that he enlisted.
> >
>
> Stewart was called before the draft board in February 1941 but was rejected
> because he was underweight. He went on a banana binge to add the necessary
> weight and enlisted the following month.

He did not enlist. He appealed his rejection to the draft board, and
was accepted.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"James Robinson" > wrote in message
...
>
> He did not enlist. He appealed his rejection to the draft board, and
> was accepted.
>

"In 1941 Stewart was drafted into the Army, but failed the physical because
he was underweight. Eventually, he joined the military as a 32-year-old
private. Stewart had learned to fly in 1935 and by the start of World War II
had accumulated some 400 flying hours. He was assigned to the Army Air
Forces at Moffett Field and within a few months was commissioned as an
officer and became a flight instructor. In late 1943, he was assigned
overseas, first as squadron commander with the 445th Bombardment Group and
later as operations officer with the 453d Bombardment Group at Old
Buckingham, England. He piloted B-24 Liberators during the war, flying
twenty combat missions against Normandy, Northern France, and the Rhineland.
He also served as chief of staff, 2d Combat Wing, 2d Division, Eighth Air
Force. For his wartime achievements Colonel Stewart was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, the French Croix de
Guerre, and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. Following the war he
remained active in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, and in 1957 was promoted to
brigadier general. In 1966, during his annual two weeks of active duty, he
requested a combat assignment and participated in a bombing strike over
Vietnam. The following year he retired."

"Air Power History" magazine, Fall 1997, page 100


"Jimmy Stewart enlisted in the Army Air Corps in March 1941. Before being
shipped overseas, Stewart appeared in a number of radio programs in support
of the war effort. In December 1941, he served as host for the radio program
We Hold These Truths. The program was a tribute to the Bill of Rights on its
150th birthday, and the program drew the largest audience in the then
history of radio, over sixty million people. At the end, much in the manner
of Jefferson Smith, Stewart gave an impassioned speech for American
democracy. Cpl. James Stewart then introduced the President of the United
States, Franklin D. Roosevelt."

http://www.jimmy.org/bio/radio.html



"Germany had already plunged Europe into war and Jim recognized the
consequences of Germany's actions. Faced with the possibility of draft (and
a low draft number), he enlisted on March 22, 1941, bringing with him a
family tradition of military service. Both grandfathers were Civil War
veterans. His father left college to fight near San Juan Hill during the
Spanish-American War before returning to Princeton to graduate. Alex again
served during World War I, and Jim once again followed in his father's
steps."

http://www.jimmy.org/bio/war_interrupts.html



"In 1941 (before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor), Stewart enlisted in
the Army Air Corp where, as a bomber pilot and squadron commander, he lead a
number of strikes against Germany during World War II and rose to the rank
of colonel. For his service he won both the Air Medal and the Distinguished
Flying Cross. After he returned to Hollywood and started off with the
boxoffice disappointment IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946), Stewart began to
change his "Capra" image making CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948) and Hitchcock's
ROPE the same year. Other notable performances of this later period in his
career include Cecil B. DeMille's THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952) with
Charlton Heston, as well as Hitchcock's masterpiece thrillers VERTIGO (1958)
with Kim Novak and REAR WINDOW (1954) with Grace Kelly. Stewart also made a
number of westerns with his favorite gray-felt hat, his favorite horse, Pi,
and a variety of directors. He made five westerns with director Anthony
Mann, starting with WINCHESTER '73 (1950) and was thrice teamed with
legendary Hollywood cowboy John Wayne, first in THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY
VALANCE (1962) and HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962),
both directed by John Ford, and later in Wayne's final film THE SHOOTIST
(1976) directed by Don Seigel."

http://www.reelclassics.com/Actors/Jimmy/jimmy-bio.htm



"After winning an oscar for his role in "The Philadelphia Story" and being
nominated again for "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington", Stewart was a household
name. He could have sat the war out in the states doing public-service
spots. He didn't, though. Stewart enlisted in the Army Air Corps(now the Air
Force) in 1941. His experience as a private pilot in civilian life enable
him to qualify for flight school, and he was commissioned as an officer."

http://www.lonsberry.com/writers/PNicosia/index.cfm?story=2373



"Prior to World War II, James Stewart learned to fly and received his
private pilot's license in 1935. He enlisted in the Army on March 22, 1941.
Though he desired to fly as a combat pilot, he was at first used mostly for
publicity. At his own expense, he took additional private flight training so
he could qualify for combat. He received his commission after the attack on
Pearl Harbor."

http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/military/jimmy_stewart.html



"In September 1940, the Selective Service Act became law, and men between
the ages of 21 and 36 were required to register. Being 32, Stewart
registered and was quoted later as saying, "The only lottery I ever came
close to winning was the drawing for the first draft before Pearl Harbor."
However, when Stewart was called up for a physical late in 1940, he was
turned down: underweight. That could have ended the whole affair, but
Stewart decided to go the volunteer route. He appealed the Army's
underweight decision, embarked on an eating binge, made the weight
requirements, and at the age of 33, reported for induction on March 22,
1941, at Fort McArthur, Calif."

http://www.troa.org/magazine/september1998/stewart.asp

[James Robinson]

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
>
> James Robinson wrote:
> >
> > He did not enlist. He appealed his rejection to the draft board, and
> > was accepted.

<A number of unofficial web cites snipped stating he enlisted>

In response, I direct you to the Air Force Museum site, which should
know, where they state:

"On Mar. 22, 1941, Jimmy Stewart was drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces.
He was assigned to the Army Air Corps as an enlisted man and stationed
at Moffett Field, Cal. "

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/js.htm

.... and from another biography written by an Air Force historian:

"Stewart, who was born May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Penn., was drafted into
the U.S. Armed Forces on March 22, 1941."

http://www.altus.af.mil/PA/patriot/archive/archive97-99/archive/july%2097/11jul974.html

It appears that in the eyes of the Military, he was drafted, since the
paperwork was organized around an induction, and not enlistment.

Interestingly, the Jimmy Stewart Museum site, which was also quoted as
saying he enlisted, has this description of his induction into the Army
in his obituary. Note that it says he joined through the action of the
local draft board, hence the reason he was considered as being drafted:

"Stewart's draft number was 310. When his number was called and he
appeared at his draft board - No. 245 in West Los Angeles - in February
1941, he weighed only 138 pounds, five pounds under the acceptable
weight level, but he was able to convince his draft board to accept him.
While others tried to avoid the draft, he actually cheated to get into
the military. Later, he would actually campaign to see combat."

http://www.jimmy.org/memories/passing.html

[Mike Beede]

In article et>, Steven P. McNicoll > wrote:

> >
> > You mean "in level flight?"
> >
>
> Nope. Level flight, climbing or diving, doesn't matter. Supersonic is
> supersonic.

Okay. You discount the XF-86 theory, or you think that the first time happened
on purpose? I thought it seemed plausible, myself.

Mike Beede

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Mike Beede" > wrote in message
...
>
> Okay. You discount the XF-86 theory, or you think that the first time
> happened on purpose? I thought it seemed plausible, myself.
>

I do not discount the XP-86 theory. In fact, I believe George Welch was
actually the first man to fly faster than sound. I also believe he did so
deliberately. You can read an account of that flight here:

http://home.att.net/~historyzone/Welch2.html

With regard to differentiating between exceeding Mach 1 in level flight or
in a dive, it is simply not an issue. Some people look at this as if it was
a speed record attempt, where it does matter if the aircraft is level or
diving. From a fluid dynamics viewpoint the aircraft's attitude is
irrelevant, supersonic is supersonic.

[Jim]

Amelia Earhardt's May 20, 1932 flight across the Atlantic solo broke more
records than just being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
She was also the first person to fly it twice. It was the longest non stop
distance flown by a woman. And she set a new record for crossing in the
shortest time. All this just 5 years after Lindbergh and with no other
successful crossing between his and hers.

Although she started in Newfoundland, it only took her less than half as
long as Lindbergh.

For info on her last flight see:
http://ellensplace.net/ae_lflt.html

Note: I don't have anything to do with this site, links on the site, or some
of the bizarre theories within, I simply stumbled upon it and found it
interesting.

--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
> I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
> but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)
>
> Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
> popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
> to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
> the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
> Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
> suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
> wins...)
>
> Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
> trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
> hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
> can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
> our suites in some way...
>
> So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
> questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Kevin Darling]

"Steven P. McNicoll" > wrote in message et>...
> Nautical miles was already the standard of choice of the USAF and USN at the
> time, and was also used by civil carriers flying overseas routes. Switching
> to nautical miles was the logical thing to do.

Google groups with the keywords (including quotes)

"nautical miles" "lose mph"

Then look at the message marked "when did we lose mph? ridiculously
long". It has about 900 lines of editorials and transcripts relating
to the change.

The upshot is that the USN was using nautical miles, the USAF was
about to change over to it, and the airlines (thinking they had to
switch) had changed their stuff. Basically, the military forced it on
everyone. Even with AOPA fighting it, GA had no choice, and in Oct
1954 the total switchover was made.

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Kevin Darling" > wrote in message
m...
>
> Google groups with the keywords (including quotes)
>
> "nautical miles" "lose mph"
>
> Then look at the message marked "when did we lose mph? ridiculously
> long". It has about 900 lines of editorials and transcripts relating
> to the change.
>

Sounds like a work of tremendous scholarship.


>
> The upshot is that the USN was using nautical miles, the USAF was
> about to change over to it, and the airlines (thinking they had to
> switch) had changed their stuff. Basically, the military forced it on
> everyone. Even with AOPA fighting it, GA had no choice, and in Oct
> 1954 the total switchover was made.
>

I seem to recall the USAAF going nautical before the USAF was established.
The only requirement to use nautical measure was in IFR operations. Most GA
operators were not affected at all.

[Model Flyer]

"Jim" > wrote in message
...
> I thought it was a sandwich some crakers and water.
> --

What did he eat was the question, nothing was said about what he
drank.
--
---
Cheers,
Jonathan Lowe.
/
don't bother me with insignificiant nonsence such as spelling,
I don't care if it spelt properly
/
Sometimes I fly and sometimes I just dream about it.
:-)


> Jim Burns III
>
> Remove "nospam" to reply
>
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
> news:ErnBb.483697$Tr4.1329010@attbi_s03...
> > > What did Lindbergh eat on his flight across the Atlantic.
> >
> > Well? (I thought it was a sandwich?)
> > --
> > Jay Honeck
> > Iowa City, IA
> > Pathfinder N56993
> > www.AlexisParkInn.com
> > "Your Aviation Destination"
> >
> >
>
>

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"James Robinson" > wrote in message
...
>
> <A number of unofficial web cites snipped stating he enlisted>
>

<A lesser number of unofficial web cites snipped stating he was drafted>
: )


>
> In response, I direct you to the Air Force Museum site, which should
> know,
>

Why should that site know?


>
> where they state:
>
> "On Mar. 22, 1941, Jimmy Stewart was drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces.
> He was assigned to the Army Air Corps as an enlisted man and stationed
> at Moffett Field, Cal. "
>
> http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/js.htm
>
> ... and from another biography written by an Air Force historian:
>
> "Stewart, who was born May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Penn., was drafted into
> the U.S. Armed Forces on March 22, 1941."
>
>
http://www.altus.af.mil/PA/patriot/archive/archive97-99/archive/july%2097/11jul974.html
>
> It appears that in the eyes of the Military, he was drafted, since the
> paperwork was organized around an induction, and not enlistment.
>
> Interestingly, the Jimmy Stewart Museum site, which was also quoted as
> saying he enlisted, has this description of his induction into the Army
> in his obituary. Note that it says he joined through the action of the
> local draft board, hence the reason he was considered as being drafted:
>
> "Stewart's draft number was 310. When his number was called and he
> appeared at his draft board - No. 245 in West Los Angeles - in February
> 1941, he weighed only 138 pounds, five pounds under the acceptable
> weight level, but he was able to convince his draft board to accept him.
> While others tried to avoid the draft, he actually cheated to get into
> the military. Later, he would actually campaign to see combat."
>
> http://www.jimmy.org/memories/passing.html
>

So what you're saying is Stewart was forced into military service, he was
not a volunteer. After, that's the primary difference between enlisting and
being drafted.

[Mary Shafer]

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:47:30 GMT, (Ross
Oliver) wrote:

> I think you should avoid "dead aviators" type questions, and make
> the questions more relavent to your local area. And even though it
> is a contest with some sort of prize, the primary goal should be to get
> all the radio lisenters interested in the material. For example:
>
> How many public-use airports are there in Iowa?
> In what year did the Iowa City airport first open?
> What type of aircraft was the first to land at the Iowa City airport?
> How many aircraft are based at the Iowa City airport?
> How many air (nautical) miles from Iowa City to First Flight Airport
> at Kittyhawk?

What airport do people flying to and from Iowa City on airliners use?
Eastern Iowa Airport

Where is it? Cedar Rapids.

What's its code? CDR

Why? Because it used to be Cedar Rapids Airport.

Mary, who has been through CDR many times, most recently in September

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Mary Shafer" > wrote in message
...
>
> What airport do people flying to and from Iowa City on airliners use?
> Eastern Iowa Airport
>
> Where is it? Cedar Rapids.
>
> What's its code? CDR
>
> Why? Because it used to be Cedar Rapids Airport.
>
> Mary, who has been through CDR many times, most recently in September
>

The location identifier for The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids is CID.
CDR is Chadron Municipal Airport, in beautiful Chadron, Nebraska.

[Jay Honeck]

> Mary, who has been through CDR many times, most recently in September

Well, Mary, next time you visit you'll have to stop in at the hotel for the
"nickel tour"... :-)

(By the way, Cedar Rapids is known as "CID")
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Mary Shafer]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:37:57 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

> > Mary, who has been through CDR many times, most recently in September
>
> Well, Mary, next time you visit you'll have to stop in at the hotel for the
> "nickel tour"... :-)

We don't go to Iowa City; we'd rather go to Ames.

That's not true. If we had a reason, like to see our niece, we'd go
to Iowa City. It's just that we're usually in a hurry to get to West
Union and see the family (including the niece, who comes up, too).

> (By the way, Cedar Rapids is known as "CID")

I know. I have no idea what I was thinking. I've got a luggage tag
with CID on it right here, because I wrote down a URL on it. Maybe it
was a senior moment. Or maybe the 80-deg temperatures have gone to my
head.

Why are so many of your rooms smoking rooms? Including all of your
handicapped rooms? Do that many people smoke any more? Iowa doesn't
seem to have any more smokers than California does these days. Nor
does aviation, at least the parts I'm familiar with.

Mary

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

[Jay Honeck]

> Why are so many of your rooms smoking rooms? Including all of your
> handicapped rooms? Do that many people smoke any more? Iowa doesn't
> seem to have any more smokers than California does these days. Nor
> does aviation, at least the parts I'm familiar with.

We've gone round and round on this, and I have come to a sad conclusion:
The statistics we all read about smoking are complete fabrications.

After 16 months of observing the general public, and their lodging
preferences, I can only conclude that there are a whole bunch of "closet"
smokers out there who simply lie to the telephone pollsters when asked if
they smoke. This would explain why statistically 33% of adults claim to
smoke, but around half of our guests ask for smoking suites.

This in a university town, where (supposedly) the higher educational levels
should translate into LOWER smoking rates.

Also, a HUGE majority -- like over 75% -- of our handicapped and hospital
stays require smoking-permitted suites. (Coincidence? I think not.)

Smokers (and pet owners) have done more damage to our hotel than you can
imagine, from cigarette burns in couches, to yellowed drapes, to burn marks
in counter tops, to indelible cat pee on carpeting. Mary and I would make
the inn non-smoking (and no pets, while we're at it) in a heartbeat, if it
were economically viable.

However, to do so would be economic suicide, as we'd be turning away 50% of
our guests.

As we finish each theme suite, however, they go no-smoking and no pets.
Eventually, we'll get there -- but it's going to take a few more years.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Don Tuite]

I think it's regional. I literally can think of only two persons I
know who smoke.

Don

[Jay Honeck]

> I think it's regional. I literally can think of only two persons I
> know who smoke.

Don't bet on it -- I also only personally know two people who smoke. And we
attract a wide cross-section of society, and people from all over the world,
due to the university.

I really think smoking has become such a stigma that people are lying about
it when asked. I also think there are a whole bunch of people I would call
"social smokers" -- people who have somehow avoided the addictive nature of
smoking, and only smoke "on occasion" or while drinking.

When they're out on the town, enjoying a night at a luxury suites hotel,
they want to really "let go" -- and that apparently means smoking, too.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jim Weir]

Someone asked me if I smoked after sex. I said I don't know, I've never looked.

Jim


"Jay Honeck" >
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

->> I think it's regional. I literally can think of only two persons I
->> know who smoke.



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