Aviation trivia quiz.

a reply to: Bedlam

Or a guy steps out of his AA meeting and curses him.

Considering that the can would be doing over 120 mph, they would be more like small frag grenades on impact.

originally posted by: JIMC5499
Considering that the can would be doing over 120 mph, they would be more like small frag grenades on impact.

Obviously you never watched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The styrofoam beer cooler would act as a parachute, silly.

a reply to: waynos

Another fantastically Gerry Anderson-esque concept.

It's desogns like that, that make me sad that aviation stayed so conservative (or sad that the US never gave the Brits any of that sweet Marshall Plan cash and instead allowed the British Empire and her glorious aviation industry to rot away under decades of postwar economic blight, but that's another rant for another forum)

What were the names of the first two supersonic ejection victims?

a reply to: Zaphod58
George Smith via Theaviationist.com
Smith ejected at Mach 1.05 from an F-100 Super Sabre off Laguna Beach, California, on Feb. 26, 1955 after experiencing a flight control failure. He spent 5 days in coma and eventually recovered in spite of various injuries.

originally posted by: Bedlam

originally posted by: JIMC5499
Considering that the can would be doing over 120 mph, they would be more like small frag grenades on impact.

Obviously you never watched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The styrofoam beer cooler would act as a parachute, silly.

I believe that I stated that the cooler broke-up.

a reply to: Semicollegiate

P40 Curtis Warhawks.
Led by Claire Chenault.
No idea they even got paid to shoot down the japs, thought they did it for fun.

I don't expect this one to last more than about five minutes,but I'll give it a go anyway.

Which famous musician once flew his private jet on an 1800 mile round trip to buy some sandwiches,and what was it's radio callsign?

I know it was Elvis, but I don't know the call sign.

What is the largest air to air refueling tanker, and who operates it?

a reply to: Zaphod58

Since no one is piping up on the second one I'll answer it.

Yogi, the bear.

a reply to: JIMC5499

It had Lisa Marie on the nose.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I knew that, I was thinking radio call sign.

a reply to: JIMC5499

So was I, but I'm assuming it was related to that.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Iran's 747.

originally posted by: JIMC5499
I know it was Elvis, but I don't know the call sign.

Yes it was of course Elvis.The radio callsign was the name of one his most famous songs.

a reply to: Imagewerx

Hound dog.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Imagewerx

Hound dog.

Hound dog..........?

What is this? (clicking on the image counts as cheating!!