Thread: Aviation Quiz-6

1. This airline flew the first commercial jet airliner (De Havilland Comet) and operated the first jet fleet.

B O A C?

2. Who was the first airline to offer in-flight movies? A roundabout hint- this question caused a big discusssion about the movie "the Aviator", and the casting of Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes.

Pan Am

3. Howard Hughes is associated with which airline?

TWA sued him but he founded Hughes Air West

4. This airline revolutionized aircraft exterior and interior with its "End of the Plain Plane" campaign in 1965. It also was the first airline to commission a fashion designer Emilio Pucci to design its f/a's uniform, also in 1965.

Braniff

5. This airline said, "We have to earn our wings everyday".

Eastern Airlines

6. The first airline to operate the Boeing 747 in regular scheduled service, the first to operate round-the-world service with the Boeing 747 and the first airline to introduce a new separate class of service for business and full-fare economy pax. A very good hint--Clipper Class

British Airways

7. What airline was known as "The top banana in the West".

Hughes Air West

8. What airline won the west with a smile- "Catch our smile".

Pacific Southwest

Bonus
True or false- There has always been an eskimo on the tail of the Alaska Airlines plane?


No, there have been several things on the Alaska tail. In fact, at one time there were 4 different pictures on AS tails. The public found it too confusing and made it impossible to immediately recognize and AS plane so we did a survey of our passengers and the eskimo won. In the 80's there was some talk about removing the eskimo once we started flying more to the lower 48 but the people in the state of Alaska were so upset they wrote to their congressmen to see if legislation could be passed to prevent it! Needless to say, Alaska took their comments to heart and promised to keep the eskimo on the tail as long as we are in business.

Donna you scored 6 out of 8.
Actually in rereading the quiz I see one question needed to be a bit more specific. So while your answer wasn't the one I had in mind, it never the less was correct.
Trust me, there'll definitely be some repercussions in the 'research department' over that slip-up.
You aced the bonus question, surprise surprise, MS Alaska Air!

The quiz is still open.
Anyone care to guess where Donna has taxied to the wrong gate???

Keep'em flying

I see, I got number 2 wrong. The answer should be TWA

Uh-huh, the answer to question #2 is TWA. So now you have only one answer wrong....but which one? *cue the Jeopardy theme music*

Keep'em flying

It has to be number 1 but I'll be darned if I can find the answer.

Donna you have question #1 correct.
It's question #6 you have wrong; BA and 'Clipper Class' are not a good fit. Any more help requires chocolate-chip cookie inducement.

Keep'em flying

Okay, number 6 would be Pan Am (two questions with the same answer?)

Uh huh, I'm very tricky.

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Aviation Quiz-6 Answers

1. BOAC

2. TWA

3. TWA/Hughes Airwest-- This question was somewhat ambiguous and therefore had two acceptable answers. Trust me, my research staff has been dealt with over the slip up.

4. Braniff

5. Eastern

6. Pan Am

7. Hughes Airwest

8. Pacific Southwest

Bonus False (see Donna's answer, it's excellent)[/list]

Donna, well done!

This quiz is closed.

Keep'em flying

Actually Question 6 is incorrect. Qantas Airways had the world's first Business Class, although PA always refuted it and never recognised it. Nevertheless, it's true and the QF Business Class (wasn't called Business Class) product was in operation many months before PA.