Aviation Movies trivia
Aviation Movies Mini Quiz
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Directed by Clint Eastwood, what film stars Tom Hanks as the pilot behind the "Miracle on the Hudson"?
The Miracle on the Hudson occurred on January 15, 2009, when Captain Chesley Sullenberger safely ditched US Airways Flight 1549 on the river after bird strikes disabled both engines, saving all 155 aboard.
Starring Tom Cruise as Maverick, what blockbuster film centers on students at the US Navy's elite fighter school?
Top Gun is named after the US Navy's elite Fighter Weapons School, established in 1969 to train pilots in advanced aerial combat tactics.
Featuring the line "Don't call me Shirley," what 1980 spoof movie parodies the disaster film genre?
Airplane! parodies the 1955 film Zero Hour!, recreating its plot and dialogue with absurd sight gags and puns.
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, what biopic features the construction of the "Spruce Goose"?
The Spruce Goose, featured in The Aviator, was Howard Hughes' H-4 Hercules, the largest flying boat ever built, constructed mostly from wood due to WWII metal shortages.
In the film Catch Me If You Can, the main character poses as a pilot for what iconic, defunct airline?
Pan American World Airways, known as Pan Am, was the principal U.S. international airline from 1927 until its 1991 bankruptcy, inspiring Frank Abagnale's pilot impersonation in the film.