Commercial Flight History Session

What was the name of the first jet airliner to enter commercial service?

de Havilland Comet Douglas DC-8 Lockheed Constellation Boeing 707

Which aircraft is known for being the first wide-body airliner?

Douglas DC-10 Boeing 747 Airbus A300 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

What was the name of the first commercial flight?

Pan Am Clipper Delta Flight 1 St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line Imperial Airways Flight 1

Which airline introduced the first 'sleeper' service?

American Airlines Pan American World Airways United Airlines Trans World Airlines (TWA)

What was the name of the first aircraft to be flown by autopilot?

Sperry Model D-1 Messenger Curtiss JN-4 Jenny Wright Flyer Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Which aircraft was nicknamed 'Queen of the Skies'?

Airbus A380 Boeing 747 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Douglas DC-3

Which airline operated the first transatlantic passenger service using flying boats?

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Pan American World Airways British Airways Qantas

What was the route of the first regularly scheduled airmail service in the USA?

Washington, D.C. to New York New York to Chicago Los Angeles to San Francisco Atlanta to Miami

Which aircraft is known for its role in the Berlin Airlift?

Boeing 314 Clipper Douglas DC-3 (C-47) Avro Lancaster Junkers Ju 52

What year did the first non-stop transatlantic passenger flight take place?

1939 1958 1952 1945

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