Aviation History MCQs
1. Who is credited with the first controlled, powered, and sustained heavier-than-air human flight?
A) Charles Lindbergh
B) Amelia Earhart
C) Wright Brothers
D) Louis Blériot
Answer: C) Wright Brothers
2. In what year did the Wright Brothers achieve their first successful flight?
A) 1900
B) 1903
C) 1905
D) 1910
Answer: B) 1903
3. Which aircraft did Charles Lindbergh fly on his historic solo nonstop transatlantic flight?
A) Spirit of St. Louis
B) Flyer I
C) Lockheed Vega
D) Curtiss JN-4
Answer: A) Spirit of St. Louis
4. When did Amelia Earhart disappear?
A) 1935
B) 1937
C) 1940
D) 1945
Answer: B) 1937
5. Who was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Bessie Coleman
B) Harriet Quimby
C) Amelia Earhart
D) Jacqueline Cochran
Answer: C) Amelia Earhart
6. Which war saw the first use of aircraft in combat?
A) World War I
B) World War II
C) Korean War
D) Spanish-American War
Answer: A) World War I
7. What was the name of the first aircraft to break the sound barrier?
A) Spirit of St. Louis
B) X-1
C) Concorde
D) SR-71 Blackbird
Answer: B) X-1
8. Who was the pilot of the first aircraft to break the sound barrier?
A) Charles Lindbergh
B) Chuck Yeager
C) Howard Hughes
D) Wiley Post
Answer: B) Chuck Yeager
9. Which company produced the Boeing 747, the world’s first jumbo jet?
A) Airbus
B) Boeing
C) Lockheed Martin
D) McDonnell Douglas
Answer: B) Boeing
10. In which year did the Boeing 747 first enter commercial service?
A) 1969
B) 1970
C) 1971
D) 1972
Answer: B) 1970
11. What was the main purpose of the Concorde aircraft?
A) Military reconnaissance
B) Commercial supersonic flight
C) Cargo transport
D) Space travel
Answer: B) Commercial supersonic flight
12. Which two countries collaborated to design and build the Concorde?
A) USA and Canada
B) France and Germany
C) UK and France
D) Russia and China
Answer: C) UK and France
13. When did the first successful transatlantic flight occur?
A) 1914
B) 1919
C) 1927
D) 1935
Answer: B) 1919
14. Who were the pilots of the first nonstop transatlantic flight?
A) Charles Lindbergh
B) Alcock and Brown
C) Earhart and Putnam
D) Wright Brothers
Answer: B) Alcock and Brown
15. What was the name of the first artificial satellite to be launched into space?
A) Voyager 1
B) Sputnik 1
C) Apollo 11
D) Skylab
Answer: B) Sputnik 1
16. In what year did the Apollo 11 mission land the first humans on the moon?
A) 1965
B) 1967
C) 1969
D) 1971
Answer: C) 1969
17. Who was the first human to journey into outer space?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Yuri Gagarin
C) Alan Shepard
D) John Glenn
Answer: B) Yuri Gagarin
18. Which aircraft was known as the “Flying Fortress” during World War II?
A) B-17
B) B-29
C) Spitfire
D) Mustang
Answer: A) B-17
19. What was the main role of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird?
A) Commercial transport
B) Cargo transport
C) Reconnaissance
D) Fighter combat
Answer: C) Reconnaissance
20. Which event marked the first use of an atomic bomb in warfare?
A) Battle of Midway
B) Attack on Pearl Harbor
C) Bombing of Hiroshima
D) D-Day
Answer: C) Bombing of Hiroshima
21. When did the first successful flight of the Wright Brothers take place?
A) December 17, 1903
B) November 15, 1903
C) January 1, 1904
D) February 20, 1904
Answer: A) December 17, 1903
22. What was the name of Amelia Earhart’s plane when she disappeared?
A) Spirit of St. Louis
B) Electra
C) Vega
D) Lockheed Martin
Answer: B) Electra
23. Which aviator is known for setting the first solo trans-Pacific flight?
A) Charles Lindbergh
B) Amelia Earhart
C) Charles Kingsford Smith
D) Wiley Post
Answer: B) Amelia Earhart
24. What is the primary purpose of the F-22 Raptor?
A) Ground attack
B) Cargo transport
C) Air superiority fighter
D) Aerial refueling
Answer: C) Air superiority fighter
25. Which aircraft holds the record for the longest nonstop flight by a commercial airliner?
A) Boeing 787 Dreamliner
B) Airbus A350
C) Boeing 777-200LR
D) Concorde
Answer: C) Boeing 777-200LR
26. Who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Bessie Coleman
B) Jacqueline Cochran
C) Amelia Earhart
D) Harriet Quimby
Answer: C) Amelia Earhart
27. What was the primary purpose of the Douglas DC-3 aircraft?
A) Military reconnaissance
B) Passenger transport
C) Cargo transport
D) Aerial combat
Answer: B) Passenger transport
28. Which country was the first to establish a national airline?
A) USA
B) UK
C) Germany
D) France
Answer: C) Germany
29. What year did the Concorde make its last commercial flight?
A) 2000
B) 2001
C) 2003
D) 2005
Answer: C) 2003
30. Which aircraft is known as the first successful fighter jet?
A) F-86 Sabre
B) Me 262
C) P-51 Mustang
D) F-15 Eagle
Answer: B) Me 262
31. Who was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world?
A) Steve Fossett
B) Wiley Post
C) Charles Lindbergh
D) Howard Hughes
Answer: B) Wiley Post
32. Which aircraft was famously used in the Doolittle Raid during World War II?
A) B-25 Mitchell
B) B-17 Flying Fortress
C) P-51 Mustang
D) C-47 Skytrain
Answer: A) B-25 Mitchell
33. What was the first supersonic passenger aircraft?
A) Boeing 747
B) Concorde
C) Boeing 707
D) DC-10
Answer: B) Concorde
34. Which military aircraft is known as the “Warthog”?
A) F-16 Falcon
B) A-10 Thunderbolt II
C) F-22 Raptor
D) B-52 Stratofortress
Answer: B) A-10 Thunderbolt II
35. In what year did the first commercial jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, enter service?
A) 1949
B) 1952
C) 1955
D) 1957
Answer: B) 1952
36. Which aviation pioneer is known for designing and flying the world’s first practical helicopter?
A) Igor Sikorsky
B) Orville Wright
C) Howard Hughes
D) Glenn Curtiss
Answer: A) Igor Sikorsky
37. What was the name of the first aircraft to cross the English Channel?
A) Spirit of St. Louis
B) Blériot XI
C) Flyer I
D) Red Baron
Answer: B) Blériot XI
38. Which aircraft was known as the “Flying Coffin” during World War I?
A) Fokker Dr.I
B) Sopwith Camel
C) Handley Page O/400
D) Bristol F.2 Fighter
Answer: A) Fokker Dr.I
39. Which aircraft holds the record for the fastest airspeed ever recorded?
A) SR-71 Blackbird
B) Concorde
C) X-15
D) F-22 Raptor
Answer: C) X-15
40. What was the main purpose of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules?
A) Passenger transport
B) Cargo transport
C) Aerial combat
D) Reconnaissance
Answer: B) Cargo transport