Commercial flight routes between the U.S. and Cuba re-opened late last month when a JetBlue passenger jet touched down on the island after Cold War-tensions stalled passenger flights for more than 51 years. While 21 commercial flights a day are now shuttling loved ones between the two countries, the real question is: Are we allowed to bring back cigars or should we smuggle them through in our suitcases?
We hope it won’t take you 51 years to smuggle your answers through this week’s news quiz!
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Our new Avionics News Quiz is designed to challenge your knowledge on the latest happenings in the aviation industry. Think you’re a true aviation geek? Take our quiz and how you stack up this week!
The WTO ruled this week that a government entity had given nearly $5 billion in illegal subsidies to which major aviation OEM?
Boeing
Airbus
Bombardier
Honeywell
Fifteen F-35s were taking out of service and 42 were taken off the production line due to issues with “crumbling and peeling†what?
Landing gear
Digital video interface cables
Avionics lines in the fuel tanks
Pleather on the seats in the cockpit
A new flight tracking solution is in the works after which two companies with aircraft surveillance expertise joined forces?
ADS-B Technologies and Honeywell
Rockwell Collins and ICAO
Blue Sky Network and NATS
FlightAware and Aireon
Touchscreen displays via Rockwell Collins will make their debut as standard forward-fit equipment onboard which new aircraft?
Airbus A 350XWB
C Series CS300
Boeing 777X
Boeing’s latest Dreamliner
ICAO’s Secretary General Fang Liu stressed at the United Nations Security Council this week that governments need to encourage more cooperation and collaboration for what reason?
To better protect against aviation terrorism threats
To move airspace modernization efforts along faster
To make global flight tracking a reality
To get better snacks on airlines
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September 21, 2016
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