Part 1: History - RAF and Flight

Question 1

When was the CCF founded?

Answer 1

1948

Question 2

When was the RAF founded?

Answer 2

1918 (1st April)

Question 3

Which two organisations merged to form the RAF?

Answer 3

Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and Royal Flying Corps (RFC)

Question 4

Who was the father of the RAF?

Answer 4

Lord Trenchard

Question 5

When was RADAR developed?

Answer 5

1930s

Question 6

When was the Battle of Britain

Answer 6

July-October 1940

Question 7

Who was head of Bomber Command during World War Two?

Answer 7

Arthur “Bomber” Harris

Question 8

What was the world’s first jet bomber?

Answer 8

Canberra

Question 9

What was the RAF’s first jet fighter?

Answer 9

Gloster Meteor

Question 10

Who carried Britain’s nuclear weapons during 1950s and 1960s?

Answer 10

V Force - Vulcan, Victor, Valiant

Question 11

What was significant about the English Electric Lightning?

Answer 11

First RAF supersonic fighter, first to break Mach 2

Question 12

When was the Falklands War?

Answer 12

1982

Question 13

When was Operation Desert Storm? (against Iraq)

Answer 13

1990

Question 14

What is the Harrier an example of?

Answer 14

V/STOL (Vertical/Short Take Off and Landing) aircraft

Question 15

Who designed the first Hot Air Balloons?

Answer 15

Montgolfier brothers

Question 16

Airships originally used which gas?

Answer 16

Hydrogen

Question 17

Why did airships move to helium?

Answer 17

Safer - Hindenberg disaster in 1937

Question 18

What were the earliest man-made flying objects?

Answer 18

Kites

Question 19

Who built the first glider?

Answer 19

Sir George Cayley (followed by Otto Lilienthal)

Question 20

When was the first powered aircraft flight?

Answer 20

1903

Question 21

Who designed and flew the first powered aircraft?

Answer 21

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Question 22

Who was the first person to fly across the channel and when?

Answer 22

Louis Bleriot in 1909

Question 23

Which aircraft were used in the Battle of Britain?

Answer 23

Spitfire and Hurricane

Question 24

What was 617 Squadron better known as?

Answer 24

The Dambusters

Question 25

What is the name of the RAF’s new V/STOL aircraft to replace the Harrier (currently on order)?

Answer 25

F35 Lightning II