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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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