Q 01/05
A) Gloster Meteor
B) Heinkel He 162
C) Messerschmitt Me 262
D) Lockheed P-80
Answer · why
Its first jet-powered flight was in July 1942, and it flew the world's first jet fighter operations from October 1944.
Q 02/05
A) Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
B) de Havilland Vampire
C) Bell P-59 Airacomet
D) Gloster Meteor
Answer · why
It was Britain's first jet fighter; the proof-of-concept Gloster E28/39 had first flown in May 1941.
Q 03/05
A) The Vietnam War
B) The Suez Crisis
C) The Korean War
D) The Six-Day War
Answer · why
It was America's first swept-wing fighter, drawing on German wartime research into swept wings.
Q 04/05
A) Over 3,000
B) Over 6,000
C) Over 13,000
D) Over 30,000
Answer · why
North Korea still uses it as an advanced trainer.
Q 05/05
A) MiG-29
B) MiG-23
C) Su-27
D) MiG-21
Answer · why
For years it also held the record for the longest production run of any combat aircraft.
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