Aviation Quizzes and Trivia
Wichita Aviation Festival Trivia
Q: In 1925, Cessna, Beech and Stearman formed Travel Air. Why did they split up after two years?
- A. They fought over building monoplanes or biplanes.
- B. Stearman met Boeing and they decided to design cars.
- C. Beech became a zeppelin pilot.
Q: When Clyde Cessna offered to build planes for WWI, what was he told to do instead?
- A. Join the army.
- B. Return to farming.
- C. Design a tank.
Q: What was the nickname of the first Boeing monoplane bomber, the B-9?
- A. "Flying Panatela" because of its cigar shape.
- B. "Miss Wanda" in honor of his daughter.
- C. "Boeing Bonanza" for its rip-roaring speed.
Q: Who invented the first business jet?
- A. Eddie Rickenbaucker
- B. Amelia Earhart
- C. Bill Lear
Q: What percentage of the world's general-aviation aircraft does Kansas produce each year?
- A. 10%
- B. 60%
- C. 90%
Q: What record-setting aviator was lost while attempting to circle the globe in 1937?
- A. Lucille Ball
- B. Amelia Earhart
- C. Beryl Markham
Q: What's the name of the B-29 that dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during WWII?
- A. Bocks Car
- B. Lucky Leven
- C. Enola Gay
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