Thread: Aviation Quiz-14

Logical, but is your answer correct?

Bonus points--(ALL)
If 3 gate agents can eat 3 steaks in 3 days, how many steaks can 6 gate agents eat in 6 days?
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A--3
B--6
C--9
D--12[/list]

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5---The following passage is describing what event?
"Twenty minutes after 10 o'clock suddenly and softly there slipped out of the darkness a gray-white airplane as 25,000 pairs of eyes strained toward it." "...lines of soldiers, ranks of policemen and stout steel fences went down before a mad rush as irresistible as the tides of ocean."
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A--The Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk.
B--Charles Lindbergh landing in France.
C--Chuck Yeager landing after breaking the sound barrier.
D--The Beatles in 1964 arriving at JFK.[/list]

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My guess would be however I believe the 25000 were Parisiennes under the mis-understanding that he was carrying a supply of CocaCola and the ranks of Policemen were in fact French Customs officials there to ensure that if he was he would declare it at customs!!

Paul you have a unique view of history.

6---What does the acronym STOL stand for?
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A--Standard take-off load
B--Safe transportation is our livelihood
C--Swift turbulence over land
D--Short take-off and landing[/list]

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Don't tell me I've stumped the board....anyone?

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Okay, since no one else is biting I'll answer. It's 'D'.

All right contestants, it's time for the final quiz question.
This question is worth double points, so it's still anybody's game.

7--Who said it? Identify the speaker.

"Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying."
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A--Neil Armstrong
B--John Travolta
C--Chuck Yeager
D--Answer given by pilot friend when asked why he doesn't jog.[/list]

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A for Armstrong.

I'd also like to lodge a protest at Q4. The Graf Zeppelin was flying around the world in 1929. Just because it wasn't a "flight" and just because it wasn't an airline as such, shouldn't exclude it from being the first.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AL - SYD:

Just because it wasn't a "flight" and just because it wasn't an airline as such, shouldn't exclude it from being the first.
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Seems reasonable to exclude it to me Protest Denied!

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