Help me write 25 Aviation Trivia Questions!

Actually, old
Wright field, where the museum is located, is within Montgomery County,
which is Dayton. The rest of Wright Patterson is in adjacent Greene
County. Since it's within the

Well there is some truth to all the above. The active part, Patterson, is
located in Fairborn. Or as we called it on layovers, Stillborn.

Walt

"Ross Oliver" wrote in message
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Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?

Yeah. Why *do* we?

-- David Brooks

Isn't he the same guy who tried to invent a hole remover so unused holes
could be removed and transplanted elsewhere?

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message news:soOdnZ8ZZKHSKUmiRVn-

Alexander Graham Bell not only invented the telephone,

How about Alexander Graham Kowalski, who invented the telephone pole....

Allan Meuli wrote:

How about "Where is the oldest airport, located at its original site, west
of the Mississippi?"

Not a good idea. Based on the last time this one surfaced, there seem to be at
least five opinions as to what is the correct answer.

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".

Yeah, the Wright Bros - John, Paul, George, and Ringo!

Momentary Brain Fart... I am not even sure where the heck that even came
from! Maybe I got confused with George Reddenbocker!


Either that or it must have been REALLY late!

"Jay Honeck" wrote in news:5unBb.483737
$Tr4.1328909@attbi_s03:

"The Wright Brothers Suite at the Alexis Park Inn is named after the
founders of modern aviation, George and Wilbur Wright. Today's 100th

"George" Wright?

Wasn't he the quiet one, who played lead guitar? ;-)

(Great ideas, by the way.)

First person to break the sound barrier (intentionally).

The first person to break the sound barrier did so intentionally.

Weren't there a few fatal "death-dives" in World War II that may have broken
the speed of sound while in the invisible clutches of compressibility?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:31:25 -0800, "David Brooks"
wrote:

Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?

Yeah. Why *do* we?

Because it's exactly the same as a minute of latitude, thus making
distance estimates easier to do in the cockpit?

Rob

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:18:19 -0500, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:

How about "Where is the oldest airport, located at its original site, west
of the Mississippi?"

Not a good idea. Based on the last time this one surfaced, there seem to be at
least five opinions as to what is the correct answer.

Pearson Field, at Vancouver, Washington. The only controversy that I
can recall was whether Pearson or College Park, MD got the nod, and
the question says "West of the Mississippi".

Rob

Horsepuckey. I can get a student to guesstimate TEN TIMES faster when we are
using statute miles.

Jim


Rob Perkins
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:31:25 -0800, "David Brooks"
wrote:
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- Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?
-
-Yeah. Why *do* we?
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-Because it's exactly the same as a minute of latitude, thus making
-distance estimates easier to do in the cockpit?
-
-Rob



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?

Yeah. Why *do* we?

Because it's exactly the same as a minute of latitude, thus making
distance estimates easier to do in the cockpit?

And this makes it easier how?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"