Uncle Roger's Festive Quiz 2011

1. Now on to the fun part - the Picture Round: Identify the following pictures:

Airbus A380-800

Boeing 747-400

Airbus A340-500

Ilyushin Il-96-300

2.

Boeing 747-100

Airbus A380

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy

Antonov An-124

3.

Tupolev Tu-144

Dassault Mirage IV

Boeing 2707

Aerospatiale BAC Concorde

4. Boeing's 747-8F received certification in 2011. A late design modification, known as OAMS, overcame an oscillation in the type's wing. But what does OAMS stand for?

Oscillation Actuated Magneto Solenoid

Onboard Anti-Motion System

Outer Airborne Movement Sensor

Outboard Aileron Modal Suppression

5.

Piaggio P180 Avanti II

Embraer/FMA CBA 123 Vector

BAe 125

Beech Starship

6.

Ilyushin Il-86

Boeing 747-400

Airbus A340-300

Douglas DC-8-70

7.

Ilyushin Il-62

Vickers VC10

BAC One-Eleven

McDonnell Douglas MD-80

8.

North American Sabreliner

Dassault Falcon 20

McDonnell Douglas MD-220

Boeing 247

9.

De Havilland Vampire

De Havilland Sea Vixen

Gloster Meteor

De Havilland Sea Venom

10.

Boeing 747-8I

Boeing 747-400

Boeing 747SP

Airbus A380

11.

Douglas DC-3

Fokker D.VII

Boeing 314 Clipper

Lockheed JetStar

12. The German government broke with a long-standing resistance to invest directly in EADS by agreeing to partly buy out which shareholder in the Franco-German corporation?

Bosch

Daimler

Lufthansa

Volkswagen

13. Which company owned the Boeing 707 tanker which ran off the runway and burned spectacularly at Point Mugu, California?

Alpha

Delta

Omega

Sigma

14.

McDonnell Douglas DC-9

Tupolev Tu-134

BAC One-Eleven

Fokker F28

15.

Lockheed Electra

Short Brothers Belfast

Canadair CL-44

Vickers Vanguard

16.

Piaggio P180 Avanti

Embraer/FMA CBA-123 Vector

BAe 125

Beech Starship

17.

De Havilland Comet 4B

Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E

Lockheed Constellation

Sud Aviation Caravelle

18.

De Havilland DH84 Dragon

Airco DH.16

De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth

De Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide

19. The 20th anniversary on 15 September of the C-17's first flight offered an opportunity to recall the name of the US Air Force's preceding airlifter programme, which produced the Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell Douglas YC-15 before it was cancelled by President Jimmy Carter. What was it?

Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST)

Advanced Technology Tactical Transport (ATTT)

Advanced Joint Air Combat System (AJACS)

Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft (ACCA)

20.

Folland Gnat

BAe Hawk

Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet

SEPECAT Jaguar

21. The 18-blade fan for CFM's Leap-X design was developed using what material and process?

Titanium, casting

Fibreglass, wet layup

Bi-metallic, casting

Carbonfibre, resin transfer moulding

22.

Boeing 747-100

McDonnell Douglas DC-10

Lockheed TriStar

Vickers VC10

23. Airbus redesigned its A350-1000, with Rolls-Royce increasing the thrust of its Trent XWB engine to what level?

84,000lb

93,000lb

97,000lb

115,000lb

24. Blushes all round at July's AirVenture show in Oshkosh, when a US fighter over-ran the runway. Which type's nose gear ended up deep in the Wisconsin turf?

A-10

F-16

F-22

F/A-18

25.

North American T-6 Harvard

Yakovlev Yak-52

Hawker Hurricane

De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

26.

Sukhoi Su-30

Eurofighter Typhoon

Grumman F-14 Tomcat

Boeing F-15E

27. In November, United-Continental became the first US airline to operate a commercial flight powered partly by biofuel. From which feedstock was the biofuel derived?

Jatropha

Camelina

Algae

Babassu

28.

Boeing 707-336b

Douglas DC-8-54

Boeing 707-436

Convair 880

29. A US Air Force Boeing F-15E crashed in Libya during Operation "Odyssey Dawn". Which aircraft was used to rescue one of its two crew members?

CH-53E

HH-60H

MV-22

UH-1Y

30. Now we move on to Defence: China's J-20 fighter completed its first flight in January 2011. Where did the milestone event take place?

Beijing

Chendgu

Guangzhou

Shenyang

31. The final set of text questions now (before the picture round) - History: In honour of Burt Rutan, who retired this year, what was the most significant accomplishment of the design known within Scaled Composites as Model 76?

First suborbital flight by a privately funded spacecraft

Introduced the nearly stall-free canard-pusher configuration to general aviation

Flew around the world non-stop without refuelling

Tested an oblique flying wing lay-out for NASA

32. Next it's all about the Environment: Which airline operated the first commercial flight using biofuel?

British Airways

KLM

American Airlines

Lufthansa

33. Name the Citation programme launched by Cessna to plug the gap between the Mustang and CJ2+

M1

M2

M3

M4

34.

Airbus A319

Airbus A320

Tupolev Tu-204

Sukhoi Superjet 100

35. Certifying body ASTM International officially approved the commercial use of renewable jet fuels derived from natural plant oils and animal fat in which month in 2011?

January

February

July

August

36. And now on to Business Aviation: Development of which business jet was suspended this year because of the bleak market outlook for its aircraft sector?

Eclipse EA500

Piper Altaire

Falcon 50EX

Hawker 400XP

37. Hold on to your hats, it's time for Propulsion: By spinning the fan at lower speed via a gearing system connected to the faster-spinning low-pressure turbine, Pratt & Whitney's geared turbofan engine maximizes which efficiency?

Thermal

Propulsive

Exhaust

Overall

38. Cultural sensitivities persuaded Gulfstream to rebrand which product with a more amenable nomenclature?

G150

G250

G450

G550

39. Who was the aircraft designer credited for the Sukhoi Su-27, who died in April 2011?

Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan

Pavel Sukhoi

Mikhail Simonov

Nicolai Kamov

40. Osama bin Laden was killed in a helicopter-borne raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan. From which aircraft carrier were his remains buried at sea?

Nimitz

Ronald Reagan

John C Stennis

Carl Vinson

41. As of December 2011, how many CFM56 engines were in operation with commercial airlines around the world?

16,300

8,200

22,700

4,400

42.

BAE Systems FA2 Sea Harrier

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk

BAE Systems Harrier GR9

Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard

43. Dubai's new Al-Maktoum International Airport received its first passenger flight in 2011, but what is the hub's IATA code?

DXB

DWC

AMA

AMK

44. Now it's Operations: What are the effects of deflecting the elevator upward in straight & level (S&L) flight, with regard to primary effect pitch (up/down) and second effect height (gain/loss)?

Primary effect pitch up, secondary effect height gain

Primary effect pitch down, secondary effect height loss

Primary effect pitch down, secondary effect airspeed gain

Primary effect pitch up, secondary effect airspeed loss

45. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, is planning a new spaceport in Siberia. Where will the spaceport be located?

Vladivostok

Vostochny

Blagoveshchensk

Chita

46. Flying an old wood/fabric biplane in S&L flight, what is the secondary effect of moving the control column to the left, with no other control input?

Yaw left

Yaw right

Height loss

Airspeed loss

47. Spaceflight up next: This year, China mated two spacecraft in orbit for the first time, a major checkpoint in its space station programme. When does the nation plan to have its first space station operational?

2017

2020

2022

Never – they will use ISS

48. Of the four companies competing for NASA's commercial crew development money, three have chosen a particular launch vehicle. Which launch vehicle?

Lockheed Martin Atlas V

Boeing Delta IV

SLS

SpaceX Falcon 9-H

49. Name the member of the Dassault aircraft family unveiled this year to shake-up the super-midsize jet sector

Falcon 50SM

Falcon 900S

Falcon 2000SM

Falcon 2000S

50. July 2011 marked the 60th anniversary of the Hawker Hunter's first flight. How many of the type were flown during a record-breaking formation loop performed by the RAF's "Black Arrows" display team?

16

18

22

24

51. How big a charge against its Boeing 787 involvement did Finmeccanica take in the third quarter of 2010, to the nearest $50 million?

€450 million

€600 million

€750 million

€1.1 billion

52.

Boeing 707

Douglas DC-8

Convair 880

Sud Aviation Caravelle

53. You are flying a high-wing aircraft on final approach in a moderate crosswind. What is your ideal crosswind landing technique?

Crab then kick off drift at flare

Wing down into crosswind with top rudder all the way to flare

Combination of crab/kick off drift and top rudder/wing down

Crab wings level then wing down into wind as you flare/kick off drift

54.

General Electric CJ805

Rolls-Royce Conway

Pratt & Whitney JT4A

Rolls-Royce Spey

55. What percentage of emissions allowances will airlines receive free in the first year of their inclusion in the European Union's Emissions Trading System?

70%

75%

80%

85%

56. In what year did the Hindustan Aeronautics HF-24 Marut conduct its maiden flight?

1959

1961

1963

1965

57. Virgin America signed the first firm A320neo deal in 2010, but which customer became the first to firm an order for the type in 2011?

GECAS

IndiGo

AirAsia

ILFC

58. Nearly there! Business next: Which EADS division bought Vector Aerospace in June 2011 for $647 million?

Airbus

Astrium

Eurocopter

Cassidian

59. To make Pratt & Whitney's geared turbofan engine most efficient at take-off, what had to be incorporated into the nacelle?

A variable area nozzle

An isentropic spike

Laminar flow control

All of the above

60. AgustaWestland completed its transaction of the much delayed BA609 tiltrotor from Bell. When was the programme launched?

1993

1996

1999

2000

61. What are the two innovations pioneered by helicopter designer Charles Kaman, who died in February 2011?

Servo-flap controls, intermeshing rotors

Inter-meshing rotors, propulsive anti-torque system

Glass cockpit displays, fly-by-wire for helicopters

Coaxial rotor system, vibration dampening

62. Hawker Beechcraft is preparing to make its foray into which aircraft sector?

Large cabin

Long range

Turboprop single

Personal jet

63. First up is the Air Transport section: Armavia's first Sukhoi Superjet was named after Yuri Gagarin, but which Soviet aviator's name is on the first Superjet for Aeroflot?

Mikhail Gromov

Vasily Molokov

Mikhail Vodopianov

Valentina Tereshkova

64. ATK signed an unfunded agreement with NASA to develop a new launch vehicle, the Liberty. Liberty's first stage will use ex-Space Shuttle solid boosters. What will be the second stage?

ATK Castor 30

Energomash RD-120

P&W Rocketdyne J-2X

Arianespace Vulcain 2

65. Manually flying an Airbus A320 S&L in normal law, you command a small nose down pitch, then release the sidestick to neutral. What is the performance result?

Descent, airspeed increases, pitch adjusts so vertical trajectory is constant

Descent, airspeed increases, pitch stays where you put it

Descent, then aircraft recovers to S&L flight

Descent, airspeed remains constant, pitch stays where you put it

66. The world's second-largest helicopter maker by unit output abandoned an initial public offering in 2010. Which company was it?

AgustaWestland

Bell

Robinson

Russian Helicopters

67. In July, the US government approved the takeover of Cirrus by a general aviation services company owned by which foreign government?

Brazil

China

India

Russia

68. The Solar Impulse solar-powered prototype aircraft carried out its first international flight from Payerne air base in Switzerland in May. Where did it land?

Brussels Zaventum

Brussels Charleroi

Paris Le Bourget

Basel-Mulhouse

69. What is Frenchman René Lorin credited with inventing in 1908, a year before Blériot's first cross-Channel flight?

Parachute

Ramjet

Aerial camera

Inflatable life-jackets

70. Which was the first airline to take delivery of a Boeing 707-420 - the variant powered by the Rolls-Royce Conway?

Lufthansa

Air India

BOAC

El Al

Uncle Roger's Festive Quiz 2011

1. Now on to the fun part - the Picture Round: Identify the following pictures:

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2.

3.

4. Boeing's 747-8F received certification in 2011. A late design modification, known as OAMS, overcame an oscillation in the type's wing. But what does OAMS stand for?

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12. The German government broke with a long-standing resistance to invest directly in EADS by agreeing to partly buy out which shareholder in the Franco-German corporation?

13. Which company owned the Boeing 707 tanker which ran off the runway and burned spectacularly at Point Mugu, California?

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19. The 20th anniversary on 15 September of the C-17's first flight offered an opportunity to recall the name of the US Air Force's preceding airlifter programme, which produced the Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell Douglas YC-15 before it was cancelled by President Jimmy Carter. What was it?

20.

21. The 18-blade fan for CFM's Leap-X design was developed using what material and process?

22.

23. Airbus redesigned its A350-1000, with Rolls-Royce increasing the thrust of its Trent XWB engine to what level?

24. Blushes all round at July's AirVenture show in Oshkosh, when a US fighter over-ran the runway. Which type's nose gear ended up deep in the Wisconsin turf?

25.

26.

27. In November, United-Continental became the first US airline to operate a commercial flight powered partly by biofuel. From which feedstock was the biofuel derived?

28.

29. A US Air Force Boeing F-15E crashed in Libya during Operation "Odyssey Dawn". Which aircraft was used to rescue one of its two crew members?

30. Now we move on to Defence: China's J-20 fighter completed its first flight in January 2011. Where did the milestone event take place?

31. The final set of text questions now (before the picture round) - History: In honour of Burt Rutan, who retired this year, what was the most significant accomplishment of the design known within Scaled Composites as Model 76?

32. Next it's all about the Environment: Which airline operated the first commercial flight using biofuel?

33. Name the Citation programme launched by Cessna to plug the gap between the Mustang and CJ2+

34.

35. Certifying body ASTM International officially approved the commercial use of renewable jet fuels derived from natural plant oils and animal fat in which month in 2011?

36. And now on to Business Aviation: Development of which business jet was suspended this year because of the bleak market outlook for its aircraft sector?

37. Hold on to your hats, it's time for Propulsion: By spinning the fan at lower speed via a gearing system connected to the faster-spinning low-pressure turbine, Pratt & Whitney's geared turbofan engine maximizes which efficiency?

38. Cultural sensitivities persuaded Gulfstream to rebrand which product with a more amenable nomenclature?

39. Who was the aircraft designer credited for the Sukhoi Su-27, who died in April 2011?

40. Osama bin Laden was killed in a helicopter-borne raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan. From which aircraft carrier were his remains buried at sea?

41. As of December 2011, how many CFM56 engines were in operation with commercial airlines around the world?

42.

43. Dubai's new Al-Maktoum International Airport received its first passenger flight in 2011, but what is the hub's IATA code?

44. Now it's Operations: What are the effects of deflecting the elevator upward in straight & level (S&L) flight, with regard to primary effect pitch (up/down) and second effect height (gain/loss)?

45. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, is planning a new spaceport in Siberia. Where will the spaceport be located?

46. Flying an old wood/fabric biplane in S&L flight, what is the secondary effect of moving the control column to the left, with no other control input?

47. Spaceflight up next: This year, China mated two spacecraft in orbit for the first time, a major checkpoint in its space station programme. When does the nation plan to have its first space station operational?

48. Of the four companies competing for NASA's commercial crew development money, three have chosen a particular launch vehicle. Which launch vehicle?

49. Name the member of the Dassault aircraft family unveiled this year to shake-up the super-midsize jet sector

50. July 2011 marked the 60th anniversary of the Hawker Hunter's first flight. How many of the type were flown during a record-breaking formation loop performed by the RAF's "Black Arrows" display team?

51. How big a charge against its Boeing 787 involvement did Finmeccanica take in the third quarter of 2010, to the nearest $50 million?

52.

53. You are flying a high-wing aircraft on final approach in a moderate crosswind. What is your ideal crosswind landing technique?

54.

55. What percentage of emissions allowances will airlines receive free in the first year of their inclusion in the European Union's Emissions Trading System?

56. In what year did the Hindustan Aeronautics HF-24 Marut conduct its maiden flight?

57. Virgin America signed the first firm A320neo deal in 2010, but which customer became the first to firm an order for the type in 2011?

58. Nearly there! Business next: Which EADS division bought Vector Aerospace in June 2011 for $647 million?

59. To make Pratt & Whitney's geared turbofan engine most efficient at take-off, what had to be incorporated into the nacelle?

60. AgustaWestland completed its transaction of the much delayed BA609 tiltrotor from Bell. When was the programme launched?

61. What are the two innovations pioneered by helicopter designer Charles Kaman, who died in February 2011?

62. Hawker Beechcraft is preparing to make its foray into which aircraft sector?

63. First up is the Air Transport section: Armavia's first Sukhoi Superjet was named after Yuri Gagarin, but which Soviet aviator's name is on the first Superjet for Aeroflot?

64. ATK signed an unfunded agreement with NASA to develop a new launch vehicle, the Liberty. Liberty's first stage will use ex-Space Shuttle solid boosters. What will be the second stage?

65. Manually flying an Airbus A320 S&L in normal law, you command a small nose down pitch, then release the sidestick to neutral. What is the performance result?

66. The world's second-largest helicopter maker by unit output abandoned an initial public offering in 2010. Which company was it?

67. In July, the US government approved the takeover of Cirrus by a general aviation services company owned by which foreign government?

68. The Solar Impulse solar-powered prototype aircraft carried out its first international flight from Payerne air base in Switzerland in May. Where did it land?

69. What is Frenchman René Lorin credited with inventing in 1908, a year before Blériot's first cross-Channel flight?

70. Which was the first airline to take delivery of a Boeing 707-420 - the variant powered by the Rolls-Royce Conway?