Fiendishly Hard Aircraft Quiz 3

Here’s a real tricky one, place your answers in the comments section and the answers will be revealed next week. Good luck! 

1. The maximum take-off weight of the Mi-26, the world’s heaviest helicopter, is:

A. 56000 kg

B. 66000 kg

C.76000 kg

D. 112000 kg

2. How many RFC aircraft were lost in ‘Bloody April’ (April 1917)?

3. The first air victory scored in the Greek-Italian campaign (40-41) was achieved by a Greek pilot, what type of aircraft was he flying?

4. In which country did the first recorded use of napalm in combat take place, and from which aircraft was it deployed?

5. What was the first RAF unit to be declared operational with the Tornado F.Mk 3, and in what year?

6. What was the greatest number of enemy aircraft destroyed by a US Navy pilot in one mission?

7. What was the nationality of the first pilot to take off and land from Japan’s Hosho aircraft carrier?

8. What is the thrust-to-weight ratio of a Eurojet EJ200 in full afterburner? Can you name an active fighter engine with a higher thrust-to-weight ratio?

9. In what year did an aircraft first exceed Mach 2?

10. In what year was the electro-mechanical flight simulator invented?

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