Spreading One’s Wings

The first question today relates to the date, April 16th, with the remainder following the theme created by the first.

One

On this day in 1912, American aviator Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across an arm of the Atlantic Ocean from one country to another. What was the body of water she crossed, and what countries did she fly between?

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The remaining questions continue the aviation theme.

Two

The first major aerial combat involving jet fighters took place between US F-86 Sabres and Russian MiG-15s. Which conflict and decade did this occur in?

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Three

What V/STOL aircraft developed in the UK in the 1960s was used by both the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy and later by the US Marine Corps?

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Four

Howard Hughes’s H-4 Hercules flying boat, the ‘Spruce Goose’, was made almost entirely of what wood?

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Five

In what decade of the 20th century did Igor Sikorsky fly the prototype of the first mass-produced helicopter?

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Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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