Quiz | easy like Sunday morning

1 / 10 | On November 24, 1954, Mamie Eisenhower christened a Lockheed C-121 Constellation aircraft with a bottle of water from Colorado’s Rocky Mountain spring. The need to name the plane arose when two planes almost collided in mid-air last year. Currently being used by two Boeing 747-200Bs operated by 26 crew, what was the name given?

2 /10 | The Indian Air Force has a fleet of six business Boeing 737s for VIP use. The aircraft used by the President and Vice President are known as Rajhans and Rajkamal. The Prime Minister’s plane has a call sign that means ‘Ambassador’ in Hindi, as it flies the Prime Minister to foreign countries. What is the name of the Prime Minister’s aircraft which is reminiscent of a two-stroke ‘race’ bike made by the Escorts Group?

3 / 10 | The SR-71 is a high-altitude aircraft built by Lockheed in the 1960s for the United States Air Force. It can travel at three times the speed of sound and is capable of defeating surface-to-air missiles. It once flew from New York to London in one hour and 54 minutes. Named because of its cryptic color, its name will remind you of the Beatles’ song. What was it called?

4 /10 | The Boeing B-50 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven aircraft whose technology was far ahead of its time. One of these, named Lucky Lady II, made the journey for 94 hours and one minute. It took off and landed at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. What was its record, which was not considered possible at that time?

Answer: The first plane to fly non-stop around the world.

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5 /10 | The glamorous Glennis is a Bell X-1 or Bell Model 44 rocket engine-powered aircraft that was named after the wife of its pilot, Chuck Yeager. On October 14, 1947, the aircraft was shot down by a bomber and within a few minutes reached a speed of 1100 km/h. What record did Yeager set on this flight?

Answer: The first aircraft to break the sound barrier.

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6 /10 | The Miriya was a cargo aircraft that was the heaviest aircraft ever built and had the largest wingspan in the world. It transported a 130-ton generator and even a full-train locomotive. The only one of its kind, it was destroyed on February 27, 2022. Reportedly targeted by the Russians, Miriya was deployed in which country?

7/10 | The Bonney Gull was an experimental airplane developed by Leonard Warden Bonney. To make it more efficient, he took inspiration from the seagull, which had a two-to-one lift-to-weight ratio. Unfortunately, it crashed on its first flight. What did he change that made it look like a cartoon plane instead of a real plane?

Answer: The wings were folded like those of a bird.

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8 /10 | The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter) is a specialized wide-body airliner used to transport aircraft parts. To accommodate the large-sized parts, the aircraft has a large bulge above the cockpit. It got its name because of this and the distinctive white color. This huge aircraft is named after which endangered whale?

Answer: Beluga Whale (Airbus Beluga)

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9 /10 | The Spruce Goose, or Flying Lumberyard, was a Hughes H-4 Hercules airlift flying boat aircraft, the largest aircraft of its type ever built. Carrying 750 troops or two 30-ton tanks across the Atlantic, it ultimately flew only once for about 1.6 km, a fact referred to in its name, what was its record?

Answer: The largest aircraft are made almost entirely of wood.

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10 / 10 | Ad Force One was a Boeing 757 used by the band Iron Maiden for their world tour. Driven by their lead singer, Bruce Dickinson, it transported the band, their staff and all of their sound systems around the world. The first ‘Ad Force One’ is a cargo aircraft from a company that currently has a fleet of 741 aircraft, more than half of which are in the sky at any given time. With registration G-OJIB, which company now owns the aircraft?