This is a Quiz just for fun. Try it!
Each question gives one point except number 7 which can give max four points.
Maximum result so far is 9 points.
If you exeed this please tell us and we will publish your name!
1. Aircraft?
2. Airport?
3. Aircraft?
4. Aircraft?
5.Aircraft?
6. What is the broad thing on top of the engine cowl?
7. Which four fins can you see?
8. For what is Charles Kingsford Smith primarily known?
9. Aircraft? (Foto Curt Cronerud)
10. Which is the home country of this airliner? ?
11. Aircraft ?
12. Selection question: Length of aircraft ?
Here are the answers:
1. Aircraft? Mc Donnell Douglas C17
US Air Force C 17:
2. Airport? Hong Kong Kai Tak
3. Aircraft? Sukhoi SU 27
4. Aircraft? Fokker F 28 (Serie 4000)
5. Aircraft? Russian air Force Tupolev Tu 160 with NATO Codename "Black Jack".
Strategic supersonic bomber with variable wing geometry, closest correspondence to USA B1. Some data (compared with Concorde).
First Flight 1981 (1969) Max take off weight tons 275 (185) Length 54 m (62,2) Span 56/35 (25,55) Max speed 2 200 km/h (2 300)
Cruise speed 960 (2100) Range 12300 km (6300). 35 (20) produced and 16 (0) in service.
Tu 160 Black Jack:
6. Giving oil pressure
7. Which four fins? Mig 15, J 29 Tunnan, A 32 Lansen and 37 Viggen
8. In 1928 Charles Kingsford Smith became the first to cross the pacific USA-Australia
This was the year after Cahrles Lindberg crossed the Atlantic.The flight from Oakland in California to his hometown Brisbane lasted 83 hours. Refuelling stops were made in Hawaii and Suma.
He is comsidered to be the greatest aviator of Australia and Sidney's main airport is named Kingsford-Smith.
9. Antonov An 225 with six throttles and thus six engines. Carries the highest load in the world, 250 tons.Photo: Curt Cronerud
Antonov An 225 :Photo Ulf Forsmark
10. Home country ? Taiwan. (Main airline of China is Air China.)
11. Mikoyan Mig 29
12. Selection question: Length of this aircraft? Korean Air Airbus A 380 length 72,72 m
(If you before no 12 achieved 9 or more points you are the winner. If you achieved 9 poinhts and were closer to 72,72 than 70,00 m then you are the winner. Please tell us!)