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Trivia Teaser …and speaking of aeronautical societies…

Question: What and when was the first technical society for the purpose of both establishing initial credibility for…

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Trivia Teaser: More Than A Rubber Band

Question: Who was the first person to build a rubber band powered airplane, and what was so special…

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Trivia Teaser: Fixed Wing Fuselage

The first modern configuration airplane in history, comprising a fixed wing, fuselage, with horizontal and vertical tail surfaces,…

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Trivia Teaser: Air Resistance

The first person to correctly state the relationship between air resistance and velocity was?

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Trivia Teaser: Wind Tunnels

The first person to propose the use of wind tunnels to gather aerodynamic data was?

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Trivia Testers: Air resistance and velocity

The first person to correctly state the relationship between air resistance and velocity was

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Trivia Teaser: Wind Tunnels

The first person to propose the use of wind tunnels to gather aerodynamic data was?

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Trivia Teaser: Safety First

If it is not possible to get a departure clearance from ATC, and you absolutely must take off…

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Trivia Teaser: Go Ahead, Make Your Day

True or False: America actually had a designated airplane the sole function of which was to be shot…

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Trivia Teaser: For want of a shoe…

True or false: Taking off in a jet airliner with a deflated tire can cause a fire.

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Trivia Teaser: The first bad apple

The first case of unlawful interference with a civil airliner occurred where?

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Trivia Teaser: Just a spoonful of sugar…

True or false: It has been calculated that to carry regularly the weight of just one small sachet…

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Trivia Teaser: Best Altitudes

For a 50-minute flight, what is the most theoretically efficient altitude to climb to?

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Trivia Teaser: Quick! What’s that number, again?

You are flying a Normal Category aircraft. During cruise, ATC informs you that moderate turbulence is to be…

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Trivia Teaser: Best glide, but with a wrinkle

A pilot is in gliding flight at the optimum indicated glide speed and then enters a turn. To…

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Trivia Teaser: Keeping it centered

True or false: NASA and the USAF designed tailless aircraft. In such aircraft, would it be correct to…

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Trivia Teaser: Muddying up the waters

True or false: A departing airliner may stir the fog near an RVR sensor.

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Trivia Teaser: The men from the boys

Special crew qualifications were required to land using a rather infamous approach to the southeast into Hong Kong…

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Trivia Teaser: The real first swept-wing fighter

Question: America’s first swept-wing fighter was?

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Trivia Teaser: More Last Words

Question: You've seen the Trivia question about the first words spoken by mankind on another heavenly body, but…

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Trivia Teaser – Built to Last

Question: True or false: Some airport signs are built to withstand the equivalent of an F5 tornado.

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Trivia Teaser – Unseating Misconceptions

Question: True or False: There has actually been a scientific study done to disprove the theory that a…

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Trivia Teaser – The Lure of the Straight And Narrow

Question: You experience an engine failure at a fairly charitable altitude (say 4500 feet) during a cross-country flight.…

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Trivia Teaser – That little bend in the road, down thar

Question: Why is it that when you are flying over the Midwest, you'll see an endless rectangular array…

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Trivia Teaser: Sticking Points

Question: True or false: The viscosity (or 'stickiness') of a gas actually increases with increasing temperature (unlike a…

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Trivia Teaser: Thin Is In

Question: The advantage of a high aspect ratio wing was first recognized in?

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Trivia Teaser: Interesting Footnotes

Question: The year of the first documented sustained flight of a heavier-than-air powered flying machine was:?

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Trivia Teaser: Will You Still Need Me; Will You Still Feed Me…When I’m Sixty-four?

Question: True or False: Airline pilots may not pilot an airliner in the United States once they have…

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Trivia Teaser: The First Airport

Question: The world's first fixed location devoted to the landing and departure of flying machines that was referred…

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Trivia Teaser: Will the Real Highest Mountain Please Stand Up

Question: The highest mountain peak on Earth, in reality, is?

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Question: The first jet airplane actually existed in?

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Question: Under what circumstances can it be beneficial for pilots to emit grunting noises?

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Question: What is happening to the airplane in this picture? (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign John Gay)

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Trivia Teaser: Thermal Looks

If we could see them, what would thermals look like?

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1) Airplane propellers generate most of the noise that is the source of complaints (at least those against…

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1) How long have directions been expressed in degrees clockwise from North? 2) How fast would you need…

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Trivia Tester : High, Hot, and Humid

Accidents involving degraded performance due to density altitude continue to plague pilots. The precise effects of temperature upon…

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Trivia Tester : Power Play

Aside from ultralights or any “sport class” aircraft, under what circumstances is it possible for a pilot without…

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Trivia Tester : Thank You, Admiral Quesada… (thbbbtt!)

Airline pilots must retire at age 60. What is the mandatory retirement age that generally applies to air…

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Trivia Tester : Strangers In the Night

You’re in a descent, passing through 1000 feet, and approaching your destination airport in southern Arizona, at night.…

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Trivia Tester : Same Old, Same Old?

The FAA rules require that we fly with current charts.  Most of us have probably noticed that, overall,…

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Trivia Tester : Questionable Goals

Which of the following have not, at least once, been flown through by an airplane?

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Trivia Testers: Down In Flames

According to a recent study, the elapsed time between the first indications of a hidden fire and the…

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Trivia Testers : Breaking the Sound Barrier

Airplane propellers generate most of the noise that is the source of complaints (at least those against piston…

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Trivia Testers : Sunrise, Sunset

A prototype of the venerable Boeing 707 launched the honored lineage of the Boeing 7-7 series of airliners…

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Trivia Testers : On Thin Ice

1) What is the meaning of those cryptic numbers used to identify engine oil? 2) A pilot of…

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Trivia Testers : May Days

1. True or False: In the United States, there are actually more "mayday" calls in the month of…

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Trivia Testers : Pop Goes the Weasel

Regarding surplus military jet airplanes and ejection seats, which of the following statements is (are) true? ... You're…

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