Test Your Aviation Maintenance IQ

How much do you know? Take this quiz and find out. Just click on the answer you think is the best for each question.

1. Kites flown around the year 400 B.C. in China were ancestors of modern aviation and the airplane.   A. Yes   B. No

2. The busiest passenger airport in the U.S. is:   A. Chicago O'Hare   B. Atlanta   C. LAX   D. NY-Kennedy   E. NY-LaGuardia   F. Dallas/Ft. Worth

3. Francesco de Lana is credited as being the first person to design a lighter-than-air craft based on definite scientific principles.   A. Yes   B. No

4. The modern day helicopter is based on Leonardo Di Vinci’s Ornithopter.   A. Yes   B. No

5. The first use of animals to test flight was in 1783 when a sheep, duck and goat were the “test pilots” of a hot air balloon.   A. Yes   B. No

6. American Airlines developed and tested the first automatic direction-finder for airplanes.   A. Yes   B. No

7. One of the greatest safety inventions for the commercial airline industry has been the crash protected flight recorder, more commonly called the “Black Box”. This device was first used in:   A. 1920s   B. 1930s   C. 1940s   D. 1950s   E. 1960s

8. On December 17, 1903, at 10:35 a.m., the Wright brothers' (Orville at the controls) made the first heavier-than-air, machine powered flight which lasted 12 seconds and spanned 120 feet. This flight took place at:   A. Santa Monica   B. Miami   C. Bonneville Salt Flats   D. Kitty Hawk   E. Bonne Terre

9. Airports had begun using lights when landing fields were marked with rotating lights so they could be found after dark.   A. 1920s   B. 1930s   C. 1940s   D. 1950s   E. 1960s

10. Radio navigation aids to assist in landing where first used in which decade?   A. 1920s   B. 1930s   C. 1940s   D. 1950s   E. 1960s   Take our classes and you'll learn the reasons behind these answers -- and a lot more!