Help me write 25 Aviation Trivia Questions!

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"

In article . net, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

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

You mean "in level flight?"

Mike Beede

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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.

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


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

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

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


Ten

Donier Do.X

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
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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
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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"

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"

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

"Rob Perkins" wrote in message
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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