Trivia Quiz on Aerospace Engineering

1. During supersonic flight, what temperature does the skin on the nose of a concorde reach

A) 180 degrees Fahrenheit

B) 240 degrees Fahrenheit

C) 320 degrees Fahrenheit

D) 260 degrees Fahrenheit

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2. Who was the first person to break the sound barrier

A) Chuck yager

B) Buzz Aldrin

C) Neil Armstrong

D) Yuri Gagarin

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3. Andy Green first broke the sound barrier on land in what car

A) Thrust SSC

B) Bloodhound SSC

C) Thrust2

D) Blue Flame

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4. Which Term Is Used For Electronic Intruments For Use In Aviation

A) Avionics

B) Aeronautics

C) Instrumentation

D) Flight deck hardware

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5. What Is Charles E 'Chuck' Yeagers Claim To Fame

A) First Man To Orbit The Earth

B) Inventor Of The Jet Engine

C) Led The Apollo Moon Landing

D) First Man To Fly Faster Than Sound

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6. The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Was The First Of Which Type Of Aircraft

A) Stealth bomber

B) Stealth

C) Stealth fighter

D) Jet-powered attack aircraft

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7. Which Company Produced The Worlds First Commercial Jet Air Liner

A) Boeing

B) De Havilland (The Comet)

C) Tupolev

D) Airbus

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8. Who Made The Worlds First Over The Ocean Flight In A Heavier Than Aircraft

A) The Wright brothers

B) Louis Bleriot

C) Alberto Santos-Dumont

D) Glenn Curtiss

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9. What branch of science studies the motion of air and the forces acting on objects in air?

A) Hydrodynamics

B) Astrodynamics

C) Fluid dynamics

D) Aerodynamics

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10. In Which Year Was The Boeing 747 Put Into Regular Service

A) 1969

B) 1968

C) 1971

D) 1970

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11. What was the Earth's first artificial satellite ?

A) Luna 1

B) Explorer 1

C) Vanguard TV3

D) Sputnik 1

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12. On aircraft what does VTOL stand for?

A) Vertical Takeoff and Landing

B) Vertical Take off and landing

C) Vertical Thrust and Lift

D) Horizontal Take off and landing

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