The Ultimate Aviation Quiz
Want a quiz that can challenge all your fellow aviation enthusiasts? If you’re stuck, some of these answers appear in AFA’s other articles so look there for help! Take a look at these 20 questions and show your friends just how much you know about aviation…

Questions
- What is deployed from the engine when a plane slows down upon landing?
- Bumpy pockets of air cause this, but what is it?
- Which country’s king flies for their flag carrier airline?
- What is Europe’s highest profit-making airline?
- What is the largest commercial aviation manufacturer in the world?
- Which famous plane, formerly the world’s largest, was destroyed in the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022?
- Scoot is a low-cost airline flying mainly to Asia, but which small country was it founded In?
- What is the most sold military plane in history?
- Which country (By a long way) has the largest air force by the number of aircraft?
- Which large international airport has a farm situated in the middle of it?
- Which country’s flag carrier airline is officially banned by the United Nations from buying any new aircraft?
- Which international airport is the world’s busiest?
- What is the longest commercial flight route that is open to paying passengers?
- Which airline operated a test flight using the Boeing 787 named “Project sunrise”?
- What is the world’s best-selling business jet?
- Which aviation YouTuber is a full time 747 pilot as well as having over 800K subscribers on YouTube? (Hint: We’ve interviewed him before at AFA)
- Which plane is set to be the new Air Force One?
- What is deployed from the wing in order to slow the plane down when it has touched the ground?
- Which European low-cost airline is the most followed airline on TikTok with over 1.6 Million followers? (As of May 2022)
- Which Thai low-cost airline’s striking livery has a beak on its nose?

Answers
- Reverse thrust
- Turbulence
- The Netherlands
- Lufthansa
- Airbus
- Antanov AN-225
- Singapore
- MiG 21
- USA
- Tokyo Narita International Airport
- North Korea
- Atlanta international airport
- New York – Singapore
- Qantas
- Cesna Citation XLS
- Kelsey Hughes (Better Known as 74 Gear)
- Boeing 747-8
- Spoilers
- Ryanair
- Nok Air
Sources
- statista.com
- guinessworldrecords.com
- privatefly.com
- Halfasintersting.com
- tiktok.com
- sasofia.com (Cover image)
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