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Question 1

Name the two who were in President Roosevelt’s office when he presented the third the Harmon Trophy

Answer 1

Alexander P. Seversky
Harry Bruno
Chuck Kerwood

Question 2

Name the two who represented Orville Wright’s Whirlwind engine that another used to fly the Atlantic?

Answer 2

Harry Bruno
Charles A. Lindbergh

Question 3

Name the person who dedicated his book “Wings over America”

Answer 3

Harry Bruno

Question 4

Name the aviator who has four sons who are airplane pilots

Answer 4

John McCann

Question 5

There were four aviators names James Davis. Which one invented the B-24 Davis Wing?

Answer 5

James David Davis of San Diego

Question 6

Name the aviator from Texas whose family has been in military service since and including the Battle of the Alamo

Answer 6

Ken Milam of San Antonio

Question 7

Name the aviator who has more than 50 years of instruction in his own flight school and has trained over 40,000 pilots

Answer 7

Don Chalmers

Question 8

Name the aviator who built 62 models of his airplane and who outsold the entire industry for 25 years and outsold the entire industry 2 to 1 for 15 years

Answer 8

Clayt Brukner - Dayton (WACO)

Question 9

Name the aviator who in 1927 flew across the Atlantic with passenger Harry Richmond and had his wings filled with ping pong balls

Answer 9

Dick Merrill

Question 10

Name the aviator who was the first enlisted pilot at Pensacole, FL. He was also the first pilot employed to fly for Inter-Island Airlines (now Hawaiian Airlines)

Answer 10

Sam Elliott

Question 11

Name the aviator who flew the inaugural flight of Northwest Airlines with Amelia Earhardt as his co-pilot

Answer 11

Andy Anderson

Question 12

Name the aviator who was the first native-born pilot in Hawaii to fly in WWII

Answer 12

Bob Williams

Question 13

Name the two Indiana aviators who flight-tested the original OMNI (VOR) system

Answer 13

Bo Grundy
Herman Adkins - 1945

Question 14

Name the aviator who was the leading ace in WWI

Answer 14

Eddie Rickenbacker

Question 15

Name the aviator for who the Science Center of Riddle Aeronautical Center is named

Answer 15

Emory Riddle

Question 16

What SFO aviator owned and operated the larget civilian helicopter operator in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s?

Answer 16

Jim Ricklefs

Question 17

What SFO aviator taught the first instructors at Muroc Army Airfield (later known as Edwards Air Force Base)?

Answer 17

Jim Williams

Question 18

Why was Jim Williams barred from returning to active duty on Dec 8, 1941?

Answer 18

All the other Grumman Aircraft engineering and test pilots had joined the Army or Navy and had shipped out that night. He had to go out to the Grumman plant to pick up his Pilot’s License and flight records. The plant manager found out what he was doing and called the Secretary of the Navy to have his re-enlistment cancelled since he was the only one left to test fly the airplanes being produced.

Question 19

What SFO aviator shot down six Japanese aircraft on June 19, 1944 making him the foremost US Navy ace by a considerable margin at the time?

Answer 19

Alex Vraciu

Question 20

In what year was the SFO formed?

Answer 20

1929

Question 21

How many h are there?

Answer 21

201

Question 22

When and where did it originate?

Answer 22

Marta’s 1921

Question 23

Who was the organizer of the first?

Answer 23

Baron Laclislas d’Orcy

Question 24

What was Baron laclislas d’Orcy’s occupation in 1921?

Answer 24

Editor of an aviation magazine

Question 25

How many aviators attended the first?

Answer 25

5

Question 26

How many years was it held at Marta’s?

Answer 26

10

Question 27

Who was Hersey and what was his contribution?

Answer 27

He was an aviation magazine editor who came up with the name

Question 28

What are the basic prerequesites?

Answer 28

500 solo/PIC hrs and be a good fellow

Question 29

What is a KIWI?

Answer 29

non-pilot

Question 30

Why be one?

Answer 30

Fellowship with other airmen

Question 31

Who was the first pilot to fly across the US coast to coast in fewer than 24 hours?

Answer 31

Jimmy Doolittle.
The First crossing of the U.S. in a single day was made on September 4. 1922. by Lieutenant James Doolittle flying an improved DH-4B from Pablo Beach Florida to Rockwell Field San Diego. The 2163 mile flight took 21 hours 20 minutes including a short refueling stop in Texas.

Question 32

Who was the first U.S. Army Officer that Wilbur Wright taught to fly?

Answer 32

Frank P. Lehm
The Wright Family in 1908 Sold airplanes to the US Army. Brig. General Frank P Lahm was the first military flying student of the Wrights

Question 33

Who was the ranking American “Ace” of World war I?

Answer 33

Edward V. Rickenbacker
The most successful American Pilot of the First World War was Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker who shot down 26 German aircraft. Prior to the war, Rickenbacker was one of America’s leading racecar drivers. Rickenbacker did not get to see front line service until March 1918 when he secured a transfer to the 94th Aero Squadron and he was grounded from June through September with an ear infection. His last 21 “KILLS” occurred in the last 8 weeks of the war.

Question 34

Who was the first pilot to fly across the US coast to coast in fewer than 12 hours?

Answer 34

John MacCready
John MacCready completed the first non-stop transcontinental flight in 1923

Question 35

Who was the first Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force?

Answer 35

Carl Spaatz
General Carl Spaatz was the first US Air Force Chief of Staff (1947)

Question 36

Who was the first pilot to fly from Los Angeles to New York…non-stop?

Answer 36

Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes set a transcontinental record of 9 hours 27 minutes for which he won the Harmon Trophy in 1935

Question 37

Who was the pilot who directed operations of the first U.S. Air Mail Service?

Answer 37

Rueben Fleet
RUBEN FLEET organized the first air-mail between New York and Washington in 1918.

Question 38

What was the name of the airplane that flew across the U.S. east to west in 59 days?

Answer 38

Vin Fizz
The “VIN FIZZ” made the First Transcontinental Flight in 1911

Question 39

Who was the pilot of the correct aircraft in the above question?

Answer 39

Calbraith P Rogers
Cal Rogers flew the “VIN FIZZ” His loyal wife Mabel accompanied the flight by (train) and nursed her husband after each of his numerous crash landings.

Question 40

Who was the first pilot to fly across the English Channel?

Answer 40

Louis Bleriot
The first man to successfully fly the English Channel was LOUIS BLERIOT of France on July 25, 1909. Competing for the Daily Mail Prize BLERIOT flew a Model ZI monoplane of his own design from Calais to Dover, covering the 22 miles in about fifty minutes.

Question 41

What was the name of the pilot who flew non-stop from Maine to Spain in 1929?

Answer 41

Roger Q. William’s
ROGER Q.WILLIAMS and LEWIS A. YANCEY, bound from Old Orchard, Maine for Rome were forced, with gasoline tanks almost empty, to land in Spain. They were 225 miles ahead of schedule and preparing to refuel.

Question 42

Who was the first pilot to take-off and land an airplane solely by instruments?

Answer 42

Jimmy Doolittle
The Worlds first “Blind Flight” including takeoff and landing was made by Lieutenant James Doolittle on September 24. 1929. Flying a Consolidated NY-2 Husky equipped with newly developed instrumentation, including a Kollsman sensitive altimeter and Sperry artificial horizon. Doolittle took off from Mitchell Field, New York, flew a prescribed course and landed solely on instruments. Doolittle’s cockpit was covered with a hood so he had no outside visibility. The flight soon led to safer commercial aircraft which could fly at night and in poor weather.

Question 43

Who was William Mitchell and what was he most noted for?

Answer 43

Pioneered Aerial Bombing “General Billy Mitchell” The Dissent and Court Martial was in 1925

Question 44

Who was the pilot that flew across the Atlantic Ocean supposedly by mistake?

Answer 44

Doug Corrigan
DOUGLAS CORRIGAN became a legendary aviator, not because of his accomplishments as a pilot but rather because of a supposed navigational error. In 1938 Corrigan “Mistakenly” flew from New York to Ireland - when he was supposed to be flying from New York to California - because he seemingly misread his compass. For Americans who were caught in the midst of the Great Depression Corrigan’s antic provided a great deal of humor and uplift and he became a national folk hero. To this day Corrigan’s nickname “WRONG WAY” Corrigan” remains a stock colloquial phrase in popular culture. People use it to describe anyone who blunders and goes the wrong way, particularly in sporting events. Nevertheless, as much fun as Corrigan’s incident provides, many people do not understand all the complexities of his story, nor do they appreciate to fact that he was a sound and accomplished pilot.

Question 45

What was the first successful man-carrying aircraft powered by a Steam Engine?

Answer 45

Travel-Air Biplane
The first aircraft powered by a steam engine to fly was a Travel-Air Biplane. The steam engine was designed by George Besler and the flight was made from Oakland, California Municipal Airport on April 12, 1933

Question 46

When did an airplane first land on a ship?

Answer 46

1911
The first airplane to land on a ship was a Curtis Model D. piloted by Eugene Ely. On January 18th 1911 Ely landed on a 120 foot long platform constructed on the American cruiser USS Pennsylvania, anchored in San Francisco Bay. Despite landing downwind, Ely brought the plane to a stop after rolling only 40 feet. Sandbags holding ropes taunt slowed the plane after landing. After lunch with the Captain, Ely took off and returned to Tanforan airfield in San Bruno

Question 47

Who was Frank Luke and what was he famous for?

Answer 47

“Balloon Buster” First to shoot down a Balloon during World War I, 2nd highest ace WW1

Question 48

Who was Roscoe Tuner and what was he most noted for?

Answer 48

Dare Devil and record Setter. Turner’s major contribution to aviation was speed. Also known for his mascot Lion Cub “Gilmore”. He also won the Bendix Trophy in 1933 and the Thompson Trophy in 1934, 1938 and 1939.

Question 49

In what year did the Wright Brothers make their first successful powered flight.

Answer 49

Dec 17, 1903