| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $1200: This type of pilot in the early days of aviation would travel the country giving stunt-flying exhibitions barnstormer |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $800: French inventor & engineer Louis Bleriot was a pioneer in this field aviation |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | AVIATION PIONEERS $400: John Moisant made the first flight across this body of water carrying a passenger & his cat, soon renamed Paris-London the English Channel |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | AVIATION PIONEERS $800: In 1913 Lincoln Beachey became the first American to perform this repetitive-sounding maneuver, flying in a vertical circle loop the loop |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | AVIATION PIONEERS $1200: On the first coast-to-coast flight, in 1911 Cal Rodgers took off from Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. & landed in this Ca. "City of Roses" Pasadena |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | AVIATION PIONEERS $1600: Elrey Jeppesen made the first navigation charts for U.S. pilots, who until then had used this Illinois co.'s road maps Rand McNally |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | AVIATION PIONEERS $2000: In 1927 he launched his Wichita Aviation Company & produced the first of his small monoplanes, the Phantom (Clyde) Cessna |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | ARCHITECTS $1000: Minoru Yamasaki designed the arched airport terminal in this U.S. city associated with both arches & aviation St. Louis |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKS $400: A highlight of the Dayton Aviation Heritage Park is a guided tour of these 2 guys' bicycle shop the Wright Brothers |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | AVIATION $200: Marking the end of an era, in January 2023 Boeing delivered its last-ever one of these iconic jumbo jets a 747 |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | AVIATION $400: Taking off from Dover, in 1912 Harriet Quimby became the first woman to pilot a plane across this body of water the English Channel |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | AVIATION $600: This term for a small plane used for short connecting flights sounds like it flies over small pools of water a puddle jumper |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | AVIATION $800: To honor a fallen comrade, the planes seen here perform this aerial salute the missing man formation |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | AVIATION $1000: Cologne, Germany is the headquarters for this airline whose roots go back to one founded in 1926 Lufthansa |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | IN THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $800: This Kyiv-born aviation pioneer, for the helicopter Sikorsky |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | ALL IN THE FAMILY $400: This aviation pioneer outlived his brother Wilbur by more than 35 years Orville Wright |
| #8681, aired 2022-07-11 | LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS $1000: The Midwest's
"Birthplace of Aviation" Ohio |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | AVIATION $400: In 1905 this brother of Orville in his Flyer III set a speed record of 38 miles per hour Wilbur Wright |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | AVIATION $800: In 1953 in an F-86 borrowed from the Royal Canadian Air Force, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to do this exceed the speed of sound |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | AVIATION $1200: Seen here are a group of these aviators of Alabama in the 1940s, many of whom became decorated war heroes the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | AVIATION $1600: A subsidiary of Textron, its planes include turboprops & the Citation fleet, which seats a maximum of 12 passengers Cessna |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | AVIATION $2000: He won the National Air Race of 1930, 5 years before he & Will Rogers died tragically in a plane crash Wiley Post |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $400: At over 220 feet, the wingspan on a 747 is longer than this pair's first flight in 1903 Orville & Wilbur Wright |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $800: This Israeli airline has been in business since 1948, when the state of Israel was founded El Al |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $1200: Europe's top commercial aircraft manufacturer, its planes include the A220, A320 & the A350 Airbus |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $1600: In April 2021, this resourceful helicopter made history, taking off on Mars for a series of experimental flights Ingenuity |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $2000: At 17 hours & just over 9,000 miles, one of the world's longest flights is from Auckland to this capital of Qatar Doha |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | WHAT A WEEK! $400: National Aviation Week takes place the week of August 19, the birthday of this younger & first airborne brother Orville Wright |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | AVIATION $400: This airline founded in 1932 in Anchorage was the first U.S. one to have online ticket sales Alaska Air |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | AVIATION $800: Around 1295 Marco Polo reported witnessing these used to carry men aloft in China kites |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | AVIATION $1200: Wind & clouds are 2 things pilots use to determine this "altitude" where they'll level off cruising |
| #8281, aired 2020-11-16 | THE CELEBRITY'S BOOZE $1200: He must have worked up a thirst starring in "Two Guys, a Girl & a Pizza Place" & "Deadpool", as he invested in Aviation Gin Ryan Reynolds |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | THE YOUNG & THE RECKLESS $400: Wing-suited 1930s aviation daredevil Clem Sohn was nicknamed this like a caped superhero who debuted in 1939 Batman |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | "STUPID" $600: A Lockheed aviation engineer is often credited with coining this principle abbreviated KISS Keep it simple, stupid |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | ORGANIZATIONS $600: At alpa.org, read about the union of these workers, pushing for aviation safety as well as bargaining pilots |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1927 he made aviation history aboard a plane called the Spirit of St. Louis Lindbergh |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | IN THE CABINET DEPARTMENT $200: Federal Aviation Administration Transportation |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | SCRIBBLING SIBLINGS $200: Aviation writer Robert Serling helped little bro Rod with "The Odyssey of Flight 33" episode of this series The Twilight Zone |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | AVIATION HISTORY $400: On Oct. 24, 2003 this supersonic transport aircraft made its last commercial flight the Concorde |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | AVIATION HISTORY $1200: Vietnam War naval aviators took off from USS this, named for the town near where the Wright Brothers took off Kitty Hawk |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | AVIATION HISTORY $1600: To get ready for space surgery, the first operation in conditions approximating this was in 2006 aboard a special Airbus jet weightlessness (or zero gravity) |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | AVIATION HISTORY $2000: These stack-winged aircraft that remind us of the WWI era were used in combat in 1991 as Croatia fought for its independence biplanes |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | AVIATION $400: It was a Sea Knight one of these that left Saigon with Ambassador Martin, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam a helicopter |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | AVIATION $800: The oldest method of launching these soaring craft also called sailplanes is with the bungee, a sort of catapult a glider |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | AVIATION $1600: This Soviet-era design bureau that gave its name to the USSR's first jet fighter is still building planes MiG |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | AVIATION $2,000 (Daily Double): The "A" in the plane called the A380 is for this company with a more terrestrial type of transport in its name Airbus |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | AVIATION $2000: The B-17 bomber was known by this alliterative term, battling anti-aircraft fire to deliver its payload the Flying Fortress |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | LOOKIN' BACK TEXAS $800: This billionaire, aviation pioneer & lover of privacy was hatched in Houston in 1905 (Howard) Hughes |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | MAGAZINES $1000: In the 1920s Amelia Earhart penned an aviation column for this "worldly" women's magazine begun in 1886 Cosmopolitan |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | AVIATION HISTORY $400: On May 20, 1927 he left Roosevelt Field with 5 sandwiches & over 400 gallons of fuel Lindbergh |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | AVIATION HISTORY $800: Benjamin Davis Jr. became the first to lead this all-black Alabama flying unit also known as the Red Tails the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | AVIATION HISTORY $1200: In the mid-1800s George Cayley sent a 10-year-old aloft on a "governable parachute", which we call this type of aircraft a glider |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | AVIATION HISTORY $1600: With H. Ross Perot Jr. aboard, the Spirit of this state is seen here completing the first round-the-world helicopter trip Texas |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | "ALT" LEFT $800: How high am I? Let's look at this standard aviation device an altimeter |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | AIR FORCE BASE $200: Named for the famous brothers & a WWI-era pilot, Wright-Patterson AFB is just east of this Ohio aviation city Dayton |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | AVIATION $400: In 1938 this future billionaire flew around the world in the then-record time of 3 days & 19 hours (Howard) Hughes |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | AVIATION $1600: In 1961 this "Across the Globe" airline initiated in-flight movie service with "By Love Possessed" with Lana Turner TWA |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | AVIATION $3,000 (Daily Double): The day before flying at Mach 1 in 1947, he broke 2 ribs when he fell off a horse Chuck Yeager |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | FABULOUS FLORIDA $1000: In this panhandle city, a center of naval aviation, the top of the old lighthouse has great views of fly-bys Pensacola |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | PILOT WEAR $200: For your lid you can get a V-22 Osprey hat or a 787-8 Dreamliner cap from this aviation company Boeing |
| #7274, aired 2016-04-07 | I.M. PEI $1200: Pei designed a pentagonal air traffic control tower for this government agency the FAA (Federal Aviation Agency) |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | CARS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland, OH.) The eventual decline of Cleveland's luxury automaking industry was influenced, in part, by the mass production of cheaper, simpler models, like this classic from Ford the Model T |
| #7203, aired 2015-12-30 | AVIATION $200: The mid-1930s TBD Devastator was the first American naval aircraft with one of these that could be totally enclosed a cockpit |
| #7203, aired 2015-12-30 | AVIATION $400: Members of the Caterpillar Club are those whose lives have been saved by using one of these to escape a disabled aircraft a parachute |
| #7203, aired 2015-12-30 | AVIATION $600: This international airport was named for an agricultural village near London inhabited in Neolithic times Heathrow |
| #7203, aired 2015-12-30 | AVIATION $1,000 (Daily Double): The National Aviation Hall of Fame was founded in 1962 in this city, the "Birthplace of Aviation" Dayton, Ohio |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | COURSES AT CALTECH $1000: Master the introduction "to guidance, navigation, and control" & you'll get an "A" in this "engineering" aerospace |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | AVIATION $400: This city's Old South Meeting House appears in the 1860 photo here, the USA's oldest aerial photo Boston |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | AVIATION $800: The USS Macon, one of these, first flew in 1933 & was designed to launch & retrieve airplanes in flight a dirigible (or zeppelin) |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | AVIATION $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio.) This amazing single-seat fighter with an alphanumeric name saw action in World War II, the Korean War & other conflicts & was not phased out of some nations' Air Forces until the 1980s the P-51 |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | AVIATION $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1910 a Wright airplane flew several bolts of silk from this Ohio city to Columbus, possibly the 1st air freight shipment Dayton |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | AVIATION $2000: (Sarah wraps up the category from the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.) The highly efficient hybrid wing body has been a long-time dream. Today's engineers are working out the control issues that doomed the 1940s flying wing from this company later paired with Grumman Northrop |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: A pilot who, in the early days of aviation, would travel to towns & perform aerial stunts above local farm fields a barnstormer |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: In 1917 Eugene Bullard became the first black combat pilot while flying for this country, receiving the Legion of Honor France |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: Lieutenant Harold Harris bailed out in 1922 & became the first person in the U.S. whose life was saved using one of these a parachute |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: The first successful all-metal U.S. transport plane was this auto pioneer's 1926 tri-motor (Henry) Ford |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: On January 22, 1970 this first jumbo jet took flight with 324 passengers from New York City to London a 747 |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: In 1929 Swiss aviator Walter Mittelholzer became the first to fly over this peak in northeast Tanzania (Mount) Kilimanjaro |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | THE SOUTH $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1824, Tallahassee was chosen as the territorial capital of Florida because it was halfway between the two principal towns at the time, St. Augustine & this seaport city, the future cradle of naval aviation Pensacola |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | IN THE SAND $200: Called the aviation equivalent of King Tut's tomb, a WWII fighter plane was discovered in 2012 in the sand of this largest desert the Sahara |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | ALL AROUND AMERICA $800: This 320'-wide Howard Hughes creation from 1947 today nests at Oregon's Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum the "Spruce Goose" |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | FLYERS & FLYING $600: In the 1920s she wrote an aviation column for Cosmopolitan Magazine (Amelia) Earhart |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | AVIATION $400: 16 years after Wilbur died, he sent the flyer I to London's Science Museum, where it remained for 20 years Orville Wright |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | AVIATION $800: The "Henry Ford of aviation", he is best known for his 2-seat Cub (William) Piper |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | AVIATION $1200: The first aircraft to provide regular service between Europe & North America, it made 11 trips to Lakehurst, N.J. The Hindenburg |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | AVIATION $1600: It's the central section of a plane; the P-82 twin Mustang had 2 of them, each with a cockpit & pilot a fuselage |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | AVIATION PIONEERS $400: In 1901 they built a wind tunnel in their Dayton bicycle shop using a wooden starch box & a fan the Wright Brothers |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | AVIATION PIONEERS $800: In 1910 Jorge Chavez became the first to fly over these mountains; he made it to the Italian side but fatally crashed the Alps |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | AVIATION PIONEERS $1200: In 1910 this man, the first name in a British auto firm, became the first to fly nonstop across the English Channel & back Charles Rolls |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | AVIATION PIONEERS $1,600 (Daily Double): On June 15, 1916 in Washington state, this American flight-tested his first plane, a seaplane called the Bluebill William Boeing |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | AVIATION PIONEERS $1600: Sikorsky Aircraft, named for a pioneer in this type of aircraft, still makes them, including the Seahawk a helicopter |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | IN THE "MM"IDDLE $600: In the House of Representatives, this group on aviation is under a larger group on transportation subcommittee |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | AVIATION $400: This company's Wingfoot Lake airship base near Akron is sometimes called "the Kitty Hawk of lighter-than-air" Goodyear |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | AVIATION $800: The original sperry type of this technology basically kept an airplane going straight; now it can fly patterns automatic pilot |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | AVIATION $1200: This WWII flying fortress was named for a southern city & the girlfriend of its captain, Robert K. Morgan Memphis Belle |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | CRADLES $400: Long Island, with the east coast's only prairie, was a hub of early flying & is home to the Cradle of this museum Aviation |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $200: The Pacific Aviation Museum & the USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | FEDERAL AGENCIES $200: To fly a plane, you'll have to get the plane an airworthiness certificate from this administration the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: In 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a plane across this body of water between the U.K. & France the English Channel |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: Beginning in the 1910s, DELAG, the world's first airline, offered service in Germany aboard this type of airship a Zeppelin |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | HONORING WHAT? $400: The Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy:
service of value to this in the United States aviation |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | U.S. BIRTHPLACES $1200: This Ohio city that was home to the Wright Brothers is considered the "Birthplace of Aviation" Dayton |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | JUST CHUTE ME $800: In the U.S. civilian riggers who pack parachutes must be certified by this government agency the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | AVIATION $200: Sorry Delta, in 2010 Continental merged with this airline to create the world's largest carrier United |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | AVIATION $400: This leading maker of commercial jets & military aircraft is also NASA's prime contractor for the Intl. Space Station Boeing |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | AVIATION $600: In 1953 he set another world record flying 2 1/2 times the speed of sound in a Bell X-1A rocket plane Chuck Yeager |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | AVIATION $800: Among its single-engine planes are the Skycatcher, Skyhawk & Skylane Cessna |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | AVIATION $1000: Sharing its name with a Native American people, this type of helicopter seen here fired the first shots in Operation Desert Storm an Apache |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | FLYBOYS $1200: Animal-named planes developed by this British aviation pioneer include the Pup, the Dolphin & the Camel Sopwith |
| #5892, aired 2010-04-06 | TIME ZONING $1000: The Navy & civil aviation use this "time" named for the largest ethnic group in South Africa Zulu |
| #5883, aired 2010-03-24 | HISTORIC TRANSPORTS $600: The centerpiece of the Evergreen Aviation Museum in Oregon is this giant flying boat, piloted only once by Howard Hughes the "Spruce Goose" |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | THE INTESTATE $400: In 1981 a Houston judge declared that this aviation giant had left no valid will, despite Melvin Dummar's claim Howard Hughes |
| #5756, aired 2009-09-28 | COMPLETES THE PAIR $2000: Aviation team:
Alcock & ____ Brown |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | GOVERNMENT ACRONYMS $800: The 2 A's in FAA (They rhyme) aviation administration |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | AVIATION $400: This low-fare airline founded in 1999 & based at JFK offers 36 free DirecTV channels at every seat JetBlue |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | AVIATION $800: This airport named for a former mayor served the Denver community for 66 years, until it closed in 1995 Stapleton Airport |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | AVIATION $1200: In 1994 Northrop acquired this aerospace company, which became a part of its name Grumman |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | AVIATION $1600: Flying this plane 59.6 miles up in 1962, Robert White became the first non-NASA American to qualify as an astronaut X-15 |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | AVIATION $2000: In 1986 he & Jeana Yeager piloted the Voyager on the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world (Dick) Rutan |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | THE IG NOBEL PRIZE $600: "Viva" this "love" drug! An aviation prize was awarded for discovering it aided in jetlag recovery in hamsters Viagra |
| #5542, aired 2008-10-14 | WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENT? $800: The Federal Aviation Administration the Department of Transportation |
| #5498, aired 2008-07-02 | GO AHEAD, MAKE MY "DAY" $800: In 1913 a flood in this "Birthplace of Aviation" city caused about $100 mil. in damage, & that's $100 mil. in 1913 bucks Dayton, Ohio |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | AVIATION $400: During this war, U.S. helicopters such as the Sea Knight landed more than 750,000 tons of supplies a month the Vietnam War |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | AVIATION $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada.) To accelerate a plane, this force must be greater than the drag. Luckily, the F-16's engines provide 27,000 pounds of it thrust |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | AVIATION $1200: Despite the Spruce Goose's nickname, most of the wood used in its making is from this tree that has white & paper varieties birch |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | AVIATION $1600: Toronto's airport is named for this Nobel Prize-winning prime minister Lester Pearson |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | AVIATION $2000: In aviation, FBN is this--the literal meaning, not the "shady" or "transient" figurative one fly by night |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | AVIATION $400: The B-17 is the Flying this, the B-29 the Super this, & the B-52 the Strato this Fortress |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | AVIATION $800: Col. Paul Tibbets commanded the bomber nicknamed this over Japan in August 1945 Enola Gay |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | AVIATION $1200: A name for a class of French fighter jets comes from this term meaning a desert optical illusion Mirage |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | AVIATION $1600: In 1955 West Germany's national airline resumed flights under this revived name Lufthansa |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | AVIATION $2000: In May 1987 a plane built by this Wichita, Kansas company landed in Red Square Cessna |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $400: In 1998 this Midwest state began issuing its plates with the slogan "Birthplace of aviation" Ohio |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | AIRPORTS $200: A general aviation airport 12 miles south of Dayton, Ohio is named for these 2 men the Wright Brothers |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | 2 WORDS IN ONE $800: "Avionics" flies from these words aviation & electronics |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | THE PARTNER $1600: Dealing with railroads & aviation:
House Committee on ___ & Infrastructure Transportation |
| #4982, aired 2006-04-18 | ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT ALLITERATION $800: Tool-Timer,
movie-maker,
aviation aficionado,
Texas titan Howard Hughes |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | CRASH $2000: This government organization abbreviated the NTSB investigates every civil aviation crash in the U.S. the National Transportation Safety Board |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: National Aviation Day is on the August 19 birthday of this pioneer who made the first powered flight in Dec. 1903 Orville Wright |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: Admiral Byrd gave navigational training to him prior to his historic 1927 transatlantic solo flight Lindbergh |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: On August 28, 1884 John Montgomery made the first manned flight of one of these engineless planes at Otay, Calif. a glider |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: In 1783 Pilatre de Rozier became the first to fly in one of these a balloon |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: The first major flight over water was by Glenn Curtiss, who flew over this lake from Cleveland to Sandusky in 1910 Lake Erie |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: The 1st full-scale wind tunnel for testing planes was introduced at Langley Research Center in this state in 1931 Virginia |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | ABBR. $4,000 (Daily Double): 4-letter abbreviation for the agency that investigates all the USA's civil aviation accidents the NTSB |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | AVIATION $400: The world's largest building by volume is this company's main assembly building in Everett, Washington Boeing |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | AVIATION $800: These fliers are the U.S. Navy's equivalent to the RAF's Red Arrows the Blue Angels |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | AVIATION $1200: One of the world's largest military aviation museums is located at this Air Force base near Dayton, Ohio Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | AVIATION $1600: In 1952 this airline's De Havilland Comets became the first jet passenger planes put into commercial service BOAC (or British Airways) |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | AVIATION $2000: On October 4, 2004 this private craft won the $10 million Ansari X Prize by reaching space for the 2nd time within a week SpaceShipOne |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | TRANSPORTATION $2,400 (Daily Double): The 3 broad classes of operational aviation are general, military, & this type of civil aviation commercial |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | AVIATION $200: In 1913 this Russian Helicopter pioneer built "Le Grand", the first 4-engined airplane Sikorsky |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | AVIATION $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew sits in front of the intake fan of a jet engine.) The jet engines of the 777 have up to 115,000 pounds of this, the physical force they generate to fight drag thrust |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | AVIATION $600: In 1954 the Convair XFY-1 or "Pogo", became the world's first fixed-wing VTOL, which stands for this vertical takeoff and landing |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | AVIATION $1000: Used to train military pilots in WWI & later to carry the mail, the Curtiss JN-4 was known by this feminine nickname the Jenny |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | AVIATION $6,600 (Daily Double): 3-letter word for the side-to-side movement of the aircraft's nose, controlled in part by the rudder yaw |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | OUR FOUNDING FATHERS $1000: This youngest Constitution signer gave his name to the Ohio city called "The Birthplace of Aviation" Jonathan Dayton |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: This aviation pioneer, who died in 1948, outlived his brother Wilbur by 35 years Orville Wright |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | AVIATION $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew strolls through an unfinished airplane cabin at the Boeing Everett Factory in Seattle, WA.) I'm walking through this main body of the airplane, which gets its name from the Old French for "spindle" the fuselage |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | AVIATION $800: In chemistry, it maintains a mixture resistant to change; when flying it controls the pitch of an aircraft the stabilizer |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | AVIATION $1200: This 3-digit number, popular in Vegas slot machines, is Boeing's & the world's largest family of twinjet 777 |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | AVIATION $1600: Greater than supersonic, it's the term for a speed 5 times faster than the speed of sound hypersonic (Mach 5 accepted) |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | AVIATION $2000: "Air"y name of the curved top & flat bottom shape that airplane (& bird) wings have to give them lift an airfoil |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | AWARDS $2000: Rickenbacker & Sikorsky were 2 of the first group who were each named "Elder Statesman of" this field in 1955 Aviation |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | A CHORUS OF ANGELS $200: Admiral Chester Nimitz formed this group during World War II to showcase naval aviation the Blue Angels |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | HALLS OF FAME $1000: The National Aviation Hall of Fame celebrated 100 years of flight & appropriately, is located in this Ohio city Dayton |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | THE CABINET $1600: Among the several agencies administered by the Department of Transportation is this one that certifies pilots the Federal Aviation Administration |
| #4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: The 1st president to hold a pilot's license, he learned to fly in 1939 while serving with MacArthur in the Philippines Eisenhower |
| #4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: In June 1910 this partner of Henry Royce became the first to fly non-stop across the English Channel & back (Charles) Rolls |
| #4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: In July 1908 this science journal awarded a trophy to Glenn Curtiss for the first U.S. public flight of one kilometer Scientific American |
| #4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: In 1933, 2 years before his death with Will Rogers, this pilot became the first to fly solo around the world Wiley Post |
| #4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: In 1935 transpacific air mail was begun by the "China" one of these, also a type of sailing ship the China Clipper |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | THIS CATEGORY IS ABBREVIATED $400: To a pilot,
FAA Federal Aviation Administration |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | FAMOUS PAIRS $200: In 1962 on the 59th anniv. of their flight, they were posthumously inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame the Wright Brothers |
| #4243, aired 2003-01-29 | 1903 $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) Like Dayton, Ohio itself, the cycle shop where the Wright Brothers worked in 1903 can be called "The Birthplace of" this Aviation |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | "BLUE" CHEESE $2000: 1966 movie in which George Peppard pursues aviation glory & Ursula Andress during WWI The Blue Max |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | D.C. ABBR. $600: The CAB was concerned with these craft that taxi; it was dissolved back in 1984 aircraft |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $1600: In Ohio: the "Birthplace of Aviation" Dayton |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $400: In 1891 a Japanese inventor powered a model plane with one of these office supplies & it flew a reported 33 feet rubber band |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $800: Alberto Santos-Dumont's first flight of his No.1 airship in 1898 ended with it being caught in one of these tree |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $1200: In 1899 Wilbur Wright asked this museum complex for any info on flying; they sent him some pamphlets the Smithsonian |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $1600: In 1897 3 Swedes (partly funded by Alfred Nobel) tried to reach this point on Earth by balloon -- they died the North Pole |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $2000: This count was granted a patent in 1895 for his new method of rigid-airship construction Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | KANSAS CITIES $200: In the 1960s this largest Kansas city became the world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft Wichita |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & CELEBRATIONS $200: That's Wright! National Aviation Day, August 19, is celebrated on the birthday of this man Orville Wright |
| #3840, aired 2001-04-20 | IT'S A DISASTER! $500: In the worst aviation disaster, nearly 600 people were killed when 2 jets collided on Tenerife in this island group Canary Islands |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | AVIATION $600: The B-17 was the Flying this, the B-29 the Super this, & the B-52 the Strato this Fortress |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | AVIATION $800: (Former College Championship contestant Margaret Bickers delivers the clue.) It's the 7-letter word for materials carried aboard a plane that generate revenue, like passengers & cargo payload |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | AVIATION $1000: The name of this maker of the $40 million G-V corporate jet sounds more like it sells boats Gulfstream |
| #3753, aired 2000-12-20 | 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE $1000: This Ohio city, a center of aviation, is named for the youngest signer of the U.S. Constitution Dayton |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | COLLEGE HODGEPODGE $300: (Hi, I'm Margaret Bickers, a contestant in the 1992 Jeopardy! college tournament, now a pilot in Iowa.) This government agency runs a center for aviation systems reliability at Iowa State FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | AVIATION $100: On its first day of operation, April 17, 1973, this company founded by Fred Smith flew 186 packages Federal Express |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | AVIATION $200: The Hughes AH-64 Apache is an attack one of these Helicopter |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | AVIATION $400: In April 1955 West Germany revived this name for its national airline Lufthansa |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | AVIATION $500: In May 1987 a plane built by this Wichita, Kansas company landed in Red Square Cessna |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | AVIATION $800 (Daily Double): Name in common to the 3-engine Lockheed L-1011 & a Hollywood movie company TriStar |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | 20th CENTURY NICKNAMES $400: Aviation's "Mysterious Billionaire" Howard Hughes |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | GEORGIA FACTS $1000: The Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins has an exhibit on this famous group of Black American pilots Tuskegee Airmen |
| #3520, aired 1999-12-17 | WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $100: The Federal Aviation Administration Transportation |
| #3412, aired 1999-06-08 | THE Y2K BUG $1,300 (Daily Double): To show it's safe, Jane Garvey, head of this U.S. administration, plans to be in the air as the year 2000 arrives the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) |
| #3345, aired 1999-03-05 | HIGH SCHOOLS $800: Students at a real high school, Aviation High in Queens, fix planes at this "presidential" airport JFK |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | 1930s AVIATION $100: In the 1930s he moved the Wright Bros.' home & bicycle workshop to Dearborn, Michigan Henry Ford |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | 1930s AVIATION $200: The Mitsubishi flown from Japan for George VI's coronation was named this, Japanese for "divine wind" Kamikaze |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | 1930s AVIATION $300: On January 8, 1930 Walter Mittelholzer took off from the Serengeti plain to fly in a plane over this mount Mount Kilimanjaro |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | 1930s AVIATION $400: In 1932 & '33 one of these airships made a total of 18 trips between Germany & Brazil a Zeppelin |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | 1930s AVIATION $500: In 1931 Boeing, National, Pacific & Varney Airlines joined forces under this new name United Airlines |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | TRUTH OR DARE $500: Give me all your money, or name this aviation billionaire who died a recluse in 1976 Howard Hughes |
| #3040, aired 1997-11-14 | HISTORIC HEARTTHROBS $200: A dance called the Lindy Hop was associated with this aviation hero of the 1920s Charles Lindbergh |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | AVIATION $200: 1997 marks the 60th anniversary of her disappearance over the Pacific Amelia Earhart |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | AVIATION $400: Grounded for 3 1/2 months after a crash in the Everglades, this airline resumed flights in September 1996 ValuJet |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | AVIATION $600: In 1995 this airport, in operation for 66 years, was replaced by Denver International Stapleton International Airport |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | AVIATION $800: In 1913 he built & flew the first 4-engine airplane; later he built helicopters Igor Sikorsky |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | AVIATION $1000: Famous for his 1942 raid on Tokyo, he was named Aviator of the Decade in 1950 Jimmy Doolittle |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | AVIATION $100: In 1918 Argentine lieutenant Luis C. Candelaria made the first flight over these mountains Andes |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | AVIATION $200: The name of this craft comes from 2 Greek words meaning "spiral" & "wing" the helicopter |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | AVIATION $300: Superfortress was another name for this type of plane that dropped the atomic bombs in 1945 the B-29 |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | AVIATION $400: In 1988 a Greek cyclist pedaled 74 miles across the Aegean in an aircraft named for this father of Icarus Daedalus |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | AVIATION $500: In 1962 the National Aviation Hall of Fame was established in this Ohio city Dayton |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | AWARDS $200: In 1909 this pair became the first to receive the Smithsonian Institution's Langley Medal for Aviation The Wright Brothers |
| #2872, aired 1997-02-11 | U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $500: This home of the Wright Brothers claims the title "Cradle of Aviation" Dayton, Ohio |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | INVENTORS $400: More than 25,000 mourners came to Dayton, Ohio in 1912 to pay their last respects to this aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | AWARDS $200: In 1968 she was honored posthumously with the National Aviation Hall of Fame Award Amelia Earhart |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | TRANSPORTATION $800: By 1911 this Russian-born American aviation pioneer had built 2 unsuccessful helicopters Sikorsky |
| #2527, aired 1995-09-05 | CONGRESS $300: The last of these rejected by the Senate was the Montreal Aviation Protocols in 1983 a treaty |
| #2495, aired 1995-06-09 | 1929 $300: This aviation hero married Anne Spencer Morrow, daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico Charles Lindbergh |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | AVIATION $100: His "Spirit of St. Louis" was built by Ryan Airlines in San Diego (Charles) Lindbergh |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | AVIATION $200: This man developed his 2-seat Cub aircraft from the earlier Taylor J-2 Cub Piper |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | AVIATION $300: This country's Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was the first operational rocket plane Germany |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | AVIATION $400: In 1986 Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager flew around the world without landing or doing this to the plane refueling |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | AVIATION $500: In the 1930s this Illinois-based airline called its coast-to-coast route the "Main Line" United Airlines |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: Mme. Thible, a French singer, on June 4, 1784, in a balloon the first woman in a balloon (the first woman to fly) |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: In 1922 Lt. Harold Harris became the 1st member of the Caterpillar Club, those whose lives have been saved by these parachutes |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: On July 2, 1900 this German count flew the first of his rigid-frame airships; it wasn't a very successful flight Zeppelin |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier over this state California |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: Charles A. Levine, the first transatlantic passenger, left this airfield June 4, 1927, 2 weeks after Lindy Roosevelt Field (Long Island) |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | AWARDS $400: In 1973 this Ariz. senator received the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy for his service to U.S. aviation Barry Goldwater |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | AVIATION $200: On Dec. 17, 1948, the 45th anniv. of their first flight, their "Flyer" went on display at the Smithsonian the Wright Brothers |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | AVIATION $400: This device that notes air speed, altitude & cockpit conversations is kept in the tail of the plane the black box |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | AVIATION $600: In 1931 Mrs. Herbert Hoover christened the USS Akron, a giant dirigible built for the Navy by this company Goodyear |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | AVIATION $800: Though established in 1936, this Irish national airline didn't serve the U.S. until 1958 Aer Lingus |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | AVIATION $1000: During WWII the 2 B-29s used by the U.S. to drop atomic bombs were Bock's Car & this one the Enola Gay |
| #2290, aired 1994-07-15 | FEDERAL AGENCIES $400: This agency establishes safety standards for aircraft & helps plan & develop airports the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | AVIATION $200: The shortest commercial flight in the U.S., 20 miles, is between Oshkosh & Appleton in this state Wisconsin |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | AVIATION $400: In 1981 President Reagan fired nearly 12,000 of these workers after they called an illegal strike air traffic controllers |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | AVIATION $600: At just over 800 feet it was the longest rigid airship ever built the Hindenburg |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | AVIATION $800: In 1991 this airline once headed by Frank Borman ceased operations Eastern |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | AVIATION $1000: It wasn't until 1964 that Jerrie Mock became the first woman to do this; Wiley Post did it in 1933 circumnavigate the globe solo |
| #2229, aired 1994-04-21 | OHIO $1000: The world's largest military aviation museum is located at this Dayton Air Force base Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | KANSAS $500: Most of the nation's general aviation aircraft are produced in the area of this largest Kansas city Wichita |
| #2187, aired 1994-02-22 | MUSEUMS $400: The "Stars and Stripes", the 1st research plane to fly over this continent, is in the Virginia Aviation Museum Antarctica |
| #2140, aired 1993-12-17 | AWARDS $100: This pair posthumously won the first National Aviation Hall of Fame awards the Wright Brothers |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | AVIATION $200: In 1951 Roosevelt Field, from which he made his famous 1927 flight, closed after 40 years in use (Charles) Lindbergh |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | AVIATION $400: In the 1950s this Akron-based co. developed the Inflatoplane, a rubber-coated inflatable airplane Goodyear |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | AVIATION $600: By one account, it was Canadian Captain A. Roy Brown who downed this German flying ace the Red Baron |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | AVIATION $800: In 1988 the Air Force unveiled this high-tech bomber described as a "flying wing" the B-2 |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | AVIATION $1000: Named the Aviatrix of the Decade in 1950, in 1953 she became the 1st woman to break the sound barrier Jacqueline Cochran |
| #2104, aired 1993-10-28 | MUSEUMS $800: Crop dusting equipment is displayed at the Nat'l Agricultural Aviation Museum in this Miss. capital Jackson |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: After her solo flight across the Atlantic, she made the 1st solo flight from Hawaii to California Amelia Earhart |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: Within a 4-year period, Richard E. Byrd became the 1st person to fly over these 2 extremes the North & South Poles |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: His 1st flight through the sound barrier was kept secret from the general public for months (Chuck) Yeager |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: He made the 1st solo flight around the world just 2 years before his death with Will Rogers (Wiley) Post |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: The most successful German dirigible, it made the 1st airship flight around the world in 1929 the Graf Zeppelin |
| #1987, aired 1993-04-06 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: National Aviation Day, August 19, is observed on the birthday of this pilot of the 1st motor- powered flight Orville Wright |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | AVIATION $200: The airship that the French called a dirigeable, or dirigible, was called this by the British a blimp |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | AVIATION $400: The F-100 was the first fighter of this type, the Convair B-58 the first bomber, the Concorde the first airliner supersonic |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | AVIATION $600: To fly, the thrust has to be greater than the drag & the lift greater than this force gravity |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | AVIATION $800 (Daily Double): She was the first woman to fly nonstop, nonrefueled around the world Jeana Yeager |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | AVIATION $800: British aircraft designer whose firm came up with the triplane & the camel Sopwith |
| #1965, aired 1993-03-05 | TRANSPORTATION $500: The Virginia Aviation Museum boasts the only Vultee V1-A extant; it belonged to this "Lord Of San Simeon" (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $400: This division of the Department of Transportation certifies civilian pilots the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | AVIATION $100: If your luggage is tagged PHX, you'd better be heading to this state capital Phoenix |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | AVIATION $200: In 1910, the first U.S. Army airplane was flown at Fort Sam Houston in this state Texas |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | AVIATION $300: In 1928, this aviatrix became the first woman passenger aboard a transatlantic flight Amelia Earhart |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | AVIATION $400: It's Switzerland's international airline Swissair |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | AVIATION $500: This pilot received the Medal of Honor for leading the first air attack on Tokyo in 1942 James Doolittle |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | AVIATION $100: In the 1930s & 1940s, the Cub series of planes was this company's primary product the Piper Company |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | AVIATION $200: Businessmen of this city put up the money to make Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight possible St. Louis |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | AVIATION $300: Of monoplane, biplane, or triplane, the first to attain controlled flight a biplane |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | AVIATION $500: These recreational planes have 1 seat, a single engine, & weigh no more than 254 pounds an ultralight |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | AVIATION $1,000 (Daily Double): The merger of 4 airlines in 1931 created this company, then the world's largest privately owned airline United |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | THE 1940s $500: In 1947 Aviation Week reported that a Bell X-1 had become the 1st plane to do this break the sound barrier |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | FAMOUS WOMEN $100: From 1928-1930 she served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine Amelia Earhart |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: In 1797 Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the 1st parachute jump from one of these a balloon |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: In July 1976 it became the 1st supersonic transport to provide passenger service the Concorde |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: In 1986 Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager made the 1st nonstop world flight without doing this refueling |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: 3 1/2 years after his North Pole flight, he made the 1st flight over the South Pole Admiral Richard Byrd |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: Though better known for his work with helicopters, he also built & flew the 1st 4-engine plane Sikorsky |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | AIR $200: In aviation lingo, when a plane hits a sudden downward stream of air it hits an "air" one of these an air pocket |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | OHIO $1000: The largest single employer of this city associated with aviation is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | FEDERAL AGENCIES $800: Among its functions are to control air traffic & to write & enforce air safety regulations the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | U.S. CITIES $500: This largest city in Kansas is the world's top producer of general aviation aircraft Wichita |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | AVIATION $200: In 1907 this telephone inventor established the Aerial Experiment Association Alexander Graham Bell |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | AVIATION $400: Although developed in the 1950s, this U.S. heavy bomber saw action against Iraq in 1991 B-52 |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | AVIATION $600: Introduction of this company's DC-3 in 1936 made profitable passenger service possible Douglas |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | AVIATION $800: At 804 feet, this sister ship of the Graf Zeppelin II was the longest airship ever built the Hindenburg |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | AVIATION $1000: In 1963 this experimental U.S. plane reached a record altitude of 67 miles the X-15 |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $100: It's what the F stands for in the numerical designations of U.S. military aircraft such as F-15 fighter |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $200: In 1919, the founder of this Seattle-based aircraft firm helped carry the first international airmail Boeing |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $300: Family of Soviet military aircraft originally designed by Mikoyan & Gurevich the MiGs |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $400: This type of aircraft was first used in warfare in 1944 when Sikorsky YR-4s evacuated casualties helicopters |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $500: This aircraft company, based in St. Louis, is our nation's largest defense contractor McDonnell Douglas |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | AVIATION $200: In 1905 their Flyer No. 3 could take off, stay in the air half an hour, bank, circle & land the Wright Brothers |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | AVIATION $400: The attitude indicator tells you if the nose of the plane is pointing above or below this the horizon (*level) |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | AVIATION $600: Claire Lee Chennault founded this group, some of whom went into cargo transport after WWII the Flying Tigers |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | AVIATION $800: Feminine nickname of the Curtiss open cockpit trainer used by sport flyers after WWI the Jenny |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | AVIATION $1000: The first balloon flight took place in the 1780s in this country France |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: On September 20, 1904 he flew the first complete circle by an airplane while Orville watched Wilbur Wright |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: In 1968 this German airline was the first to put the Boeing 737 into service Lufthansa |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: In 1952 this country's de Havilland Comet became the 1st jet plane in commercial service Great Britain |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: In 1933 he became the first man to fly solo around the world; 2 years later he died in a crash in Alaska Wiley Post |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: The first airship to make a round trip crossing of the Atlantic was one of these in 1919 zeppelin (or dirigible) |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | AVIATION $100: The shortest schedule flight of a Boeing 727 is 5 minutes long & runs between San Francisco & this city Oakland |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | AVIATION $200: The nose of this supersonic airliner can be moved down to give the pilot a better view of the runway the Concorde |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | AVIATION $300: The main section of a plane; the Twin Mustang F-82 had 2 of them, each with a cockpit the fuselage |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | AVIATION $100: The Convair XFY-1 or "Pogo", was the world's 1st plane to take off & land this way vertically |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | PERFUME $800: Vol de Nuit perfume was inspired by the aviation feats of this "Little Prince" author Saint-Exupéry |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | AVIATION $100: Beginning service from Key West to Havana in 1927, it's the USA's oldest international airline Pan American |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | AVIATION $200: Saab-Scania Aktiebolag is this nation's principal aerospace manufacturer Sweden |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | AVIATION $300: The wings of an ornithopter do this to provide flight flap |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | AVIATION $400: To identify nationality, U.S. civil aircraft must use this letter as part of the registration no. N |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | AVIATION $500: In the '60s pilots flying this rocket plane over 65 mi. up were awarded astronaut wing the X-15 |
| #1182, aired 1989-10-24 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: The agency that licenses all civilian pilots & aircraft both private & commercial FAA (Federal Aviation Administration |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | AVIATION $200: This airline sold $12 N.Y. to Boston or Washington shuttle tickets in March 1989 Eastern Airlines |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | AVIATION $400: Of $4, $10 or $15, the sum the New York Times says the average airline spends on food & drink per passenger $4 |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | AVIATION $600: French for "departure", the flight of an airplane on a combat mission is called this sortie |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | AVIATION $800: It's Boeing's highest numbered model passenger aircraft currently flying 767 |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | AVIATION $1000: The west coast's only independent airline, it now earns only 30% of its revenue in the state where it started Alaska Airlines |
| #1134, aired 1989-07-06 | AMERICAN CITIES $200: More than 60% of the world's general aviation aircraft are built in this city, Kansas' largest Wichita |
| #1044, aired 1989-03-02 | STARTS WITH "F" $300: A member of the Air Force who specializes in aviation medicine flight surgeon |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | AVIATION $200: The shortest flight you can take on American Airlines goes from Ft. Lauderdale to this nearby city Miami |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | AVIATION $400: In August 1988 the USSR freed Mathias Rust who had landed his plane here in 1987 Red Square |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | AVIATION $600: Technical name for the main body of a plane to which the wings & tail are attached fuselage |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | AVIATION $800: This city is planning to build a new airport to replace Stapleton Denver |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | AVIATION $1000: In 1927 Lindbergh ended his historic 33 1/2 hour flight at this field near Paris La Bourget |
| #1008, aired 1989-01-11 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $100: This famous female flyer was once the aviation editor of Cosmopolitan Amelia Earhart |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | AVIATION $200: In 1908 the U.S. Army turned them into defense contractors with an order for a plane the Wright Brothers |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | AVIATION $400: In July 1988 11-year-old Christopher Marshall retraced the route of this famous aviator Charles Lindburgh |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | AVIATION $600: In February 1988 the FAA retired N16020, the registration number on the plane she flew in 1937 Amelia Earhart |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | AVIATION $800: The 3-diamond symbol of this Japanese co. that made the Zero fighters can now be found on cars Mitsubishi |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | AVIATION $1000: In 1916 these 2 airplane companies were set up on the West Coast, one in California, one in Seattle Lockheed & Boeing |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | AVIATION $100: San Diego, where the plane "Spirit of St. Louis" was built, named its airport for this man Charles Lindbergh |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | AVIATION $200: Not surprisingly, in 1939 this nation had the strongest air force in Europe Germany |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | AVIATION $300: By definition, a "VTOL" plane can take off and land in this direction vertically |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | AVIATION $400: A plane's wings are necessary to create this primary force in flying lift |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | AVIATION $500: In 1909 Louis Bleriot electrified the world by flying the 23 1/2 miles of this body of water in 37 minutes the English Channel |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: Nicknamed the "Jumbo Jet", it made its 1st flight February 9, 1969 747 |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: On July 2, 1900 this type of German dirigible made its maiden flight zeppelins |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: Paul MacCready won the Kremer Prize in 1977 for creating the 1st successful aircraft powered by this human power (man) |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: On the 1st polar flight in 1926, Floyd Bennett was the pilot while this man was navigator Admiral Byrd |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: Name of the plane that made the 1st round-the-world flight without refueling Voyager |
| #950, aired 1988-10-21 | AVIATION $200: Lindbergh wasn't the 1st to fly the Atlantic, but he was the 1st to do it this way non-stop (solo) |
| #950, aired 1988-10-21 | AVIATION $400: Every October Albuquerque hosts the world's largest race of these hot air balloons |
| #950, aired 1988-10-21 | AVIATION $600: A sky surfer "surfs" on one of these a glider or sail plane |
| #881, aired 1988-06-06 | WWI PLANES $500: Fighter plane whose name came from initials of its builder, "Societe Pour Aviation et ses Derives" SPAD |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | SPACE & AVIATION $200: A program at the 1987 Oshkosh airshow marked the 50th anniversary of this person's disappearance Amelia Earhart |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | SPACE & AVIATION $400: Called "The Henry Ford of Aviation", he's famous for the 2-seat Cub (William T.) Piper |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | SPACE & AVIATION $600: The landers of Vikings 1 & 2 are sitting on this planet Mars |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | SPACE & AVIATION $1000: Year during which the 1st man went into outer space 1961 |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | SPACE & AVIATION $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1861, Lincoln appointed Thaddeus Lowe to head an Army Corps set up to use these balloons |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | SPACE & AVIATION $100: On June 11, 1927, he became the 1st recipient of the American Distinguished Flying Cross Charles Lindbergh |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | SPACE & AVIATION $200: Experts now dispute Adm. Byrd's claim that he was 1st to fly over this point in 1926 North Pole |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | SPACE & AVIATION $300: You're eligible to join the Caterpillar Club if you've used this safety device to save your life parachute |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | SPACE & AVIATION $400: He was at the controls inside the capsule Friendship 7 John Glenn |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | SPACE & AVIATION $500: The orbit of a space station circling Earth should be above our atmosphere but below this "Belt" Van Allen Belt |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | AVIATION $200: On October 1, 1986, Northwest Airlines took this word out of its name Orient |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | AVIATION $400: To serve as Air Force One, two of this model are currently on order from Boeing 747 |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | AVIATION $800: Its acquisition of People Express, Frontier, Continental, and Eastern have made it the biggest U.S. air company Texas Air |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | AVIATION $1,000 (Daily Double): One of the two biggest makers of commercial jet aircraft engines in the United States Pratt and Whitney & GE |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | AVIATION $1000: Some claim that the Wright Brothers made only a power glider & that this Brazillian really invented the airplane Alberto Santos-Dumont |
| #718, aired 1987-10-21 | AVIATION $200: 8 years before Lindbergh, John Alcock & Arthur Whitten Brown crossed this body of water nonstop Atlantic Ocean |
| #718, aired 1987-10-21 | AVIATION $400: Company which began in 1930 as Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. TWA |
| #718, aired 1987-10-21 | AVIATION $600: Now usually built as toys, ornithopters are machines with wings that do this flap |
| #718, aired 1987-10-21 | AVIATION $800: 1st flown in 1954, the 1st jet transport built in the U.S. was this aircraft that's still widely used Boeing 707 |
| #718, aired 1987-10-21 | AVIATION $1000: Starting in 1952 on their London-Johannesburg run, this airline became 1st with jet passenger service BOAC |
| #651, aired 1987-06-08 | U.S.A. $600: Because the Wright Brothers had their shop there, this city is known as the "Cradle of Aviation" Dayton |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | SPACE & AVIATION $100: On its historic flight in December 1986, number of times Voyager stopped for gas none |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | SPACE & AVIATION $200: In 1986, besides the U.S., 1 of 2 countries whose airports were among the 10 busiest in the world England or Japan |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | SPACE & AVIATION $300 (Daily Double): Testor Corp. is selling a model kit for this plane the government won't even admit exists Stealth |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | SPACE & AVIATION $400: Of a Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, or 767, one with the most engines 747 |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | SPACE & AVIATION $500: American who launched the 1st successful liquid-propelled rocket on March 16, 1926 (Robert) Goddard |
| #546, aired 1987-01-12 | TRANSPORTATION $400: Before becoming aviation pioneers, the Wright brothers made & repaired these for a living bicycles |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | 20TH CENTURY PERSONALITIES $800: As Minister of Aviation, this German WWI ace developed the Luftwaffe Hermann Goering |
| #522, aired 1986-12-09 | FOOTBALL $800: The Raisin, Grape, Oil, Alamo, Mercy, Delta, Bacardi, Aviation & Gotham college bowl games no longer being played |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | AVIATION $200: It's said that by 1933, world's busiest airport was Newark air terminal serving this metropolis New York City |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | AVIATION $400: The most popular plane in commercial aviation history is their 727 Boeing |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | AVIATION $600: On July 25, 1909, Louis Bleriot became 1st to fly across this body of water the English Channel |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | AVIATION $800: A TWA flight in 1934 featured this luxury, entitled "Flying Hostesses" an in-flight movie |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | AVIATION $1000: The "DC" in a DC-3 stands for this Douglas Commercial |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | AVIATION $200: It's said this "NASA" plane was developed for the CIA; Francis Gary Powers was its best-known pilot the U2 |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | AVIATION $400: The aircraft Leonardo da Vinci designed all relied on this power source human power |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | AVIATION $600: After 11 years as CEO of Eastern, he has become a vice chairman of Texas Air Frank Borman |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | AVIATION $800: Done by the book, while reducing power, you go from a shallow dive to a steep glide, then flare out how do you land a plane |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | AVIATION $1,500 (Daily Double): The Hindenburg, launched in March, had this special insignia, honoring a 1936 event, on its side the Olympic rings |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | AVIATION $200: It's illegal to reveal shortwave conversations intercepted from this Presidential plane Air Force One |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | AVIATION $400: In WWII, the mosquito, a British bomber, was made largely of this, laminated wood plywood |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | AVIATION $600: This major airline based in Miami led the way in hiring Black pilots Eastern |
| #424, aired 1986-04-24 | WW II AVIATION $100: Over 300 ships were sunk or damaged by these suicidal flyers kamikaze |
| #406, aired 1986-03-31 | U.S. CITIES $300: Ohio city known as the "birthplace of aviation" since Wright Brothers had a bicycle shop there Dayton |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | AVIATION $100: Sure, this airline thinks they're "friendly skies"--they've got the most planes up there United |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | AVIATION $200: Of 12, 24,or 36, # of hours it took a passenger to fly across U.S. in 1930 36 |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | AVIATION $300: Also known as the "Super Fortress", it was the model of bomber used at Hiroshima B-29 |
| #349, aired 1986-01-09 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Around 1930, she was the aviation editor of "Cosmopolitan" Amelia Earhart |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | SPACE & AVIATION $200: In 1979, Pioneer II revealed its rings to be composed of ice-covered rocks Saturn |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | SPACE & AVIATION $400: The magazine “Gleanings in Bee Culture” published the 1st complete account of their early flights the Wright Brothers |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | SPACE & AVIATION $800: Hughes pres. Steven Dorfman told NASA they’d be reimbursed for trying to save one with a “fly swatter” a satellite |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | SPACE & AVIATION $4,000 (Daily Double): 90,002 Americans currently hold Pan Am reservations to this destination, & they’re not taking any more the Moon |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | AVIATION $100: Airline that the koala says it hates Qantas |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | AVIATION $200: Though they have no engine & are heavier than air, they can fly in air currents gliders |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | AVIATION $300: It's the only SST currently operating commercially in USA the Concorde |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | FIRSTS $500: In 1908, while flying with Orville Wright, Lt. Thomas Selfridge became 1st in aviation history the first person to be killed in an airplane crash |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | 1940 $400: This industry became the 1st form of U.S. transport to pass a year without a fatality aviation |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | AVIATION $100: A typical one has wings 40 ft, long & 4 ft. wide & no engine a glider |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | AVIATION $200: What "VTOL" stands for; helicopters can do it vertical takeoff & landing |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | AVIATION $300: In the film "Airplane", it was called "Otto" automatic pilot |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | AVIATION $400: In June 1933, Wiley Post was 1st to do it, landing only 11 times flying around the world |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | AVIATION $500: Creators of the F-4 Phantom & the DC8, they merged in '67 to become this company McDonnell Douglas |
| #129, aired 1985-03-07 | AVIATION $200: Double-winged aircraft a biplane |
| #129, aired 1985-03-07 | AVIATION $400: Mach 1 stands for this the speed of sound |
| #129, aired 1985-03-07 | AVIATION $600: Meaning steerable, it's a gas-filled airship with a frame supporting the gas bag a dirigible |
