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Who was the first to complete a transatlantic flight in a heavier-than-air aircraft?

Charles Lindbergh

John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown

Louis Blériot

Roland Garros

On June 14–15, 1919, two British aviators flew a modified Vickers Vimy IV bomber (pictured) from Newfoundland to Ireland. Both men were knighted at Buckingham Palace by King George V. Eight years later, Charles Lindbergh's completed his flight from New York to Paris (the distance travelled by Lindbergh was almost twice as long).

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Which company produced the world's first commercial jet airliner?

The first rocket planes ever to be mass-produced were the Messerschmitt Me 163 in 1944. Which other country used rocket planes during WW2?

Which airline is the world’s oldest one to still be using its original name?

British Airways

The French Open tennis tournament is named after aviator Roland-Garros. What did he do?

he invented a monoplane

he flew from Paris to London

he flew across the Mediterranean Sea

he became the first fighter ace of WWI