Naval Aviation Heritage

Question 0

First pilot to take off from a ship?

Answer 0

Civilian pilot Eugene Ely

Question 1

First take off from a ship?

Answer 1

14 November 1910

Question 2

First plane to take off from what ship?

Answer 2

50-hp Curtis plane built on the bow of the USS BIRMINGHAM

Question 3

Where did Ely land?

Answer 3

Safely on Willoughby spit

Question 4

Where was the ship at anchor when Ely took off?

Answer 4

Hampton Roads Va

Question 5

20 June 1913

Answer 5

Ensign William D. Billingsley, piloting the B-2 at 1,600 feet over their water near Annapolis, Md., was thrown from the plane and fell to his death.

Question 6

First fatality of Naval aviation?

Answer 6

Ensign William D. Billinsley

Question 7

What happened to the passenger of the B-2 on 20 June 1913?

Answer 7

Lieutenant John H. Towers was unseated but cling to the plane and fell with it into the water, receiving serious injuries.

Question 8

8 May 1911?

Answer 8

Captain W. I. Chambers prepared requisitions for two Glenn Curtis Biplanes.

Question 9

What planes were the Navy’s first aircraft?

Answer 9

A-1 Triad

Question 10

How much were the Navy’s first planes purchased for?

Answer 10

$5,500 each

Question 11

22 October 1917?

Answer 11

Special courses to train inspectors were added to the ground school program at MIT with 14 men enrolled.

Question 12

20 March 1922

Answer 12

The Jupiter, a former collier or coal-carrier, was re-commissioned after conversion to the Navy’s first carrier, the USS LANGLEY ( CV-1)

Question 13

10 March 1948

Answer 13

FJ-1 Fury, the first Navy jet made it’s first carrier landing on the USS Boxer (CV-21)

Question 14

7-8 May 1942

Answer 14

Battle of Coral Sea

Question 15

3-5 June 1942

Answer 15

Battle of Midway

Question 16

13-15 November 1942

Answer 16

Battle of Guadalcanal