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Helicopter: A Quiz on Aerial Firefighting and the Movie

Test your knowledge about the use of helicopters in aerial firefighting and the cast of the movie Helicopter with this engaging quiz.

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1 [30] The helicopters are used for ________ (or water bombing) and may be fitted with tanks or carry helibuckets.

2 Who played Groupie in the movie Helicopter?

3 What role did Richard T. Jones play in the movie Helicopter?

4 What role did Kevin Abrams play in the movie Helicopter?

5 What role did David Creamer play in the movie Helicopter?

6 Who played Uncle Billy in the movie Helicopter?

7 What role did DeJuan Guy play in the movie Helicopter?

8 Who played Malik's brother in the movie Helicopter?

9 Who played Falika in the movie Helicopter?

10 Who played Malik's mother in the movie Helicopter?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Blue Eagles are one of only two professional helicopter aerobatics teams in the world.
  • one method of torture used by the French Army in the Algerian War of Independence was to throw prisoners into the sea from helicopters in so-called death flights.
  • the captured Yugoslav seaplane tender Zmaj was used for shipboard trials of the Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird) helicopter by the Kriegsmarine in 1942–43.
  • the first helicopter flight was in 1906 in Lisieux, France.
  • the first peace-time air-sea rescue unit equipped entirely with helicopters was No. 275 Squadron RAF in 1953.
  • the first exhibition at the Boeing Galleries was a series of photographs taken from helicopters and hot air balloons.
  • a helicopter once crashed on Interstate 84 in New York, stopping traffic and causing a power outage.
  • Juliano Verbard escaped from a French prison in a hijacked helicopter.
  • U.S. soldier Louis R. Rocco single-handedly carried three comrades out of a burning helicopter under enemy fire, despite having burned hands, a broken wrist and a fractured hip.
  • Thomas Edison hailed George de Bothezat's rotorcraft, the "Flying Octopus", as "the first successful helicopter".
  • Vice Admiral Henry Burrell (pictured) initiated a Royal Australian Navy re-equipment program in the 1960s that included new helicopters, submarines, destroyers, minesweepers, and auxiliaries.
  • BÅ»-1 GIL was the first Polish experimental helicopter.
  • Cyril Pullin designed the first successful British helicopter and his son was the pilot for its first flight in June 1938.
  • Carl Agar developed new techniques for flying helicopters by flying high in the Canadian Rockies.
  • Singapore's 5.4-ton Pegasus is the first helicopter-portable 155mm howitzer with a self-propelled capability.
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