Aviators

Question 1

“______” operated a bicycle repair shop in Dayton, Ohio, before creating the first successful, powered, heavier-than-air, manned airplane.

Answer 1

Wright Brothers

Question 2

“_______” made the first non-stop, solo, trans-Atlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis, a single-engine Ryan aircraft

Answer 2

Charles Lindbergh

Question 3

“_______” became the first woman to make a trans-Atlantic solo flight, and three years later she became the first pilot of either gender to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

Answer 3

Amelia Earhart

Question 4

The first pilot to exceed the speed of sound in level flight.

Answer 4

Chuck Yeager

Question 5

His most famous plane was the H-4 Hercules, or “Spruce Goose,” a massive wooden plane that to this day holds the record for longest wingspan on an operational craft.

Answer 5

Howard Hughes

Question 6

The first solo pilot to complete an around-the-world trip.

Answer 6

Wiley Post

Question 7

Rejoining the military after Pearl Harbor, he personally led the “Doolittle Raid,” in which 16 B-25 bombers took off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet and bombed the Japanese home islands in April 1942.

Answer 7

Jimmy Doolittle

Question 8

“______” was credited with shooting down 80 enemy aircraft, making him the top overall ace of World War I.

Answer 8

Manfred von Richthofen or Red Baron

Question 9

“_______” bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1927 and Eastern Airlines in 1938.

Answer 9

Eddie Rickenbacker

Question 10

A legendary aircraft designer, who gained worldwide attention in 1986 when his Voyager plane, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager (no relation to Chuck Yeager), completed a non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling.

Answer 10

Burt Rutan