Pilot Quiz - Flight Times
As pilots, we focus on flight time
for everything from flight planning and fuel requirements to
currency of experience and engine overhauls. Have some fun and
see how well you can judge the flight times of these historic
events.
1. The Wright Brothers made five flights,
alternating as pilots, on December 17, 1903. What was the longest?
a. 120 feet
in 12 seconds
b. 317 feet
in 29 seconds
c. 852 feet
in 59 seconds
2. The first round-trip flight between
two large cities was made in 1910. Which cities and how long
was flying time?
a. New York/Philadelphia/New
York; 3 hours 34 minutes
b. Cincinnati/Columbus/Cincinnati;
4 hours 19 minutes
c. Chicago/St
Louis/Chicago; 6 hours 12 minutes
3. How long was Charles Lindbergh's
solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927?
a. 19 hours
48 minutes
b. 26 hours
14 minutes
c. 33 hours
30 minutes
4. In 1933 Wiley Post was the first
person to fly solo around the world. How long did it take?
a. 7 days
19 hours
b. 2 days
12 hours
c. 4 days
3 hours
5. In 1919, the first non-stop flight
across the Atlantic (to Ireland) was made by Captain John Alcock
and Lieutenant Arthur Brown. What was the flight time?
a. 33 hours
9 minutes
b. 16 hours
12 minutes
c. 23 hours
19 minutes
6. In 1938, Douglas Corrigan took
off from New York in a nine-year-old Curtis Robin supposedly
to attempt a non-stop flight across the U.S. Instead, he landed
in Dublin saying his "compass got stuck." How long was "Wrong
Way" Corrigan's flight?
a. 21 hours
12 minutes
b. 33 hours
10 minutes
c. 28 hours
3 minutes
7. The Concord SST made its fastest
flight across the Atlantic in 1996. How fast was the crossing?
a. 2 hours
53 minutes
b. 3 hours
19 minutes
c. 1 hour
58 minutes
8. In 1911, Calbraith Rogers made
the first cross-country flight trying to win a prize offered
by William Randolph Hearst. With all the stops for weather and
repairs, how long did it take?
a. 34 days
b. 49 days
c. 26 days
9. The first helicopter flight was
made by French pioneer Paul Cornu in 1907. How long did the
lift last?
a. 8 minutes
b. 3 minutes
c. a few
seconds
10. In 2002, Steve Fossett made the
first non-stop flight around the world in a balloon. How long
did it take?
a. 13 days
3 minutes
b. 6 days
5 hours 9 minutes
c. 10 days
11 hours 46 minutes
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