Aviation Pioneers Quiz

Try out this Aviation Pioneers quiz to test your knowledge. Aviation Pioneers trivia highlights the inventors, pilots, and record-setters who shaped the earliest eras of human flight.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Who became the first person to die in an airplane crash in 1908?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
At what location did the Wright airplane crash occur in which Thomas Selfridge was a passenger and Orville Wright was flying?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Who won the 1910 London to Manchester air race?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Which aviator became the first woman to receive a pilot license in 1910?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
The first U.S. international air meet in 1910 took place at what field near Los Angeles?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Name one of the pilots who took part in the 1910 Dominguez Field meet: specifically, which pilot fits that clue?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Which early French aviation pioneer was also an aircraft designer, identified here by the surname Esnault-Pelterie?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which pioneer made a powered hop in his monoplane in France in 1906?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Before 1910, which French aviation pioneer was flying Voisin aircraft?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Which aviation figure co-founded an early aircraft manufacturing company with his brother Charles Voisin?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
Who made the first powered airplane flight on December 17, 1903?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
At what North Carolina location did the Wright brothers make their first powered flights?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Which Wright brother was Orville's aviation partner?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Who completed the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Which famous aviator disappeared in 1937 during an attempt to fly around the world?

Who became the first person to die in an airplane crash in 1908?

At what location did the Wright airplane crash occur in which Thomas Selfridge was a passenger and Orville Wright was flying?

Who won the 1910 London to Manchester air race?

Which aviator became the first woman to receive a pilot license in 1910?

The first U.S. international air meet in 1910 took place at what field near Los Angeles?

Name one of the pilots who took part in the 1910 Dominguez Field meet: specifically, which pilot fits that clue?

Which early French aviation pioneer was also an aircraft designer, identified here by the surname Esnault-Pelterie?

Which pioneer made a powered hop in his monoplane in France in 1906?

Before 1910, which French aviation pioneer was flying Voisin aircraft?

Which aviation figure co-founded an early aircraft manufacturing company with his brother Charles Voisin?

Who made the first powered airplane flight on December 17, 1903?

At what North Carolina location did the Wright brothers make their first powered flights?

Which Wright brother was Orville's aviation partner?

Who completed the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?

Which famous aviator disappeared in 1937 during an attempt to fly around the world?