Aviation questions

Hans Baur (1897-1993) was Adolf Hitler's pilot during Hitler's political campaigns of the early 1930s. He later became Hitler's personal pilot and leader of the Reichsregierung squadron. Apprehended by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II in Europe, he was imprisoned in the USSR for ten years before being extradited to France on 10 October 1955, where he was imprisoned until 1957. He died in Herrsching, Bavaria, in 1993.

Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian inventor and aviation pioneer. In his early career he designed, built, and flew hot air balloons and early dirigibles, culminating in his winning the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize on 19 October 1901 for a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower.

The 425,300-km2 (164,200-mi2) marine reserve contains eight coral atolls including Nikumaroro. Nikumaroro has been the focus of considerable speculation and exploration as a location where pilot Amelia Earhart might have crashed in July 1937 during her ill-fated final flight, attempting to circumnavigate the globe. Fascination with her life, career, and disappearance continues to this day.

AN-225 is the biggest airplane on the world with 88,4 m span and 84 m lenght. Shipment airplane with six engines was produced in USRR. Only one model was ever created.

The Karman line is named after Theodore von Kármán, a Hungarian American engineer and physicist. He was the first person to calculate that the atmosphere around this altitude becomes too thin to support aeronautical flight, since a vehicle would have to travel faster than orbital velocity to derive sufficient aerodynamic lift to support itself.

The German fighter pilot is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. He is one of the most widely known fighter pilots of all time, and has been the subject of many books, films and other media.

The Messerschmitt Me 262 was a German aircraft first introduced in 1944. It was one of the most advanced aviation designs in operational use during World War II. Its roles included light bomber, reconnaissance and experimental night fighter versions.

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, also known as the "Red Baron", was a German fighter pilot during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. The Fokker Dr I it became famous as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 19 victories, and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918.

The flight between Qatar-New Zealand takes 16 hours and 20 minutes. It is currently the longest pas­sen­ger flight in the world, operated by Qatar Airways.

The Tupolev Tu-144 is a retired jet airliner and commercial supersonic transport aircraft (SST). The prototype first flew on 31 December 1968 near Moscow, two months before the first flight of the Concorde. The Tu-144 first went supersonic on 5 June 1969, and on 26 May 1970 became the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.