THE CHRISTMAS QUIZ ANSWERS

Here are the answers to the Christmas quiz.  There is a deliberate mistake in that questions 4, 5 and 16 do not exist.  Finger trouble by your Editor when setting the whole thing up.  If you took part fine, if not we hope you enjoyed trying to work out what was what.  The prize winners will be announced next week.

1. Embraer 170 at London City Airport

2. Antonov 72 at Coventry Airport

3. ATR 42

6. Caudron C61 - first flight 1922

7. Chinese C119 project 2010

8. Douglas DC2 - first flight 11 May 1934

9. Lockheed Electra L188

10. Airspeed Ferry - first flight 5 April 1932

11. Fairey Rotodyne

12. Shorts S360

13. Saunders Roe Princess

14. Boeing 767 (Silverjet at Luton)

15. Sukhoi Superjet 100

17. De Havilland Canada Twin Otter in the Maldives

19. Vickers Vanguard at Brooklands

20. Lockheed Constellation

21. De Havilland Comet 1

22. Sud Aviation Caravelle

23. Bristol Brabazon at Farnborough 1950

24. Douglas DC8 - first flight 1958

25. Airbus A310

26. Sam Cody - first to fly in the UK

27. Orville Wright

28. RJ Mitchell & Sir Henry Royce

29. Sir Geoffrey de Havilland

30. Amy Johnson

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