The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

ironwalk

The eldest Kennedy son? Can't remember his name- maybe Joe Kennedy Jnr?

bonzodog2

ironwalk wrote: »

The eldest Kennedy son? Can't remember his name- maybe Joe Kennedy Jnr?

No

Professor Moriarty

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Not what I have in mind. Is there a BH airport?

I don't know. Just thinking of famous people who died in plane crashes and who might have an airport named after them.

feargale

Kingsford Smith

Ted_YNWA

There is a Denver airport, don't think it was named after John though.

bonzodog2

feargale wrote: »

Kingsford Smith

OK I'm just going by what I read in a book recently about it being the only one. It seems there is one named after KS, but it isnt the one I had in mind!

Professor Moriarty

Amelia Earhart? She was in the news recently.

bonzodog2

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Amelia Earhart? She was in the news recently.

There is an airport named after AE, in Atchison, Kansas. But I don't think its an international one

New Home

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Amelia Earhart? She was in the news recently.

I thought that, too, but then I remembered that, officially, she disappeared, rather than died in a plane crash.

bonzodog2

A clue: the person died in 1977

Professor Moriarty

New Home wrote: »

I thought that, too, but then I remembered that, officially, she disappeared, rather than died in a plane crash.

They're 99% certain that she died on a Pacific island. New research has identified her bones. Piece in the IT here from last week.

New Home

Cool! Thanks for posting that, Professor Moriarty.

feargale

Yuri Gagarin

bonzodog2

feargale wrote: »

Yuri Gagarin

Died in 1968 and no airport, though there is a 'cosmodrome'

feargale

Franco's brother

bonzodog2

feargale wrote: »

Franco's brother

He did have a brother who died in 1977, but airport? And No...

New Home

Buddy Holly?

EDIT: No, he died in 1959.

Professor Moriarty

New Home wrote: »

Buddy Holly?

EDIT: No, he died in 1959.

I guessed him too. Another is Jim Croce but he died in 1973,

piuswal

Lyon’s Antoine de St Exupery not sure its international though

bonzodog2

Clue#2: it is 30km from the capital city of the country

TheBoyFromAus

Is it anything to do with the Tenerife accident? Does that even count as an air accident?

bonzodog2

TheBoyFromAus wrote: »

Is it anything to do with the Tenerife accident?

No

ironwalk

Da Vinci? :-)

bonzodog2

ironwalk wrote: »

Da Vinci? :-)

Was there a Da Vinci that died in 1977? :rolleyes:

Clue#3: The person who died was a woman

feargale

Amman? King Hussein's second or third wife ( difficult to keep track.)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

Amman? King Hussein's second or third wife ( difficult to keep track.)

I think you got it. Queen Alia died in a helicopter crash. I was thinking through plane crashes - would never have got it.

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

I think you got it. Queen Alia died in a helicopter crash. I was thinking through plane crashes - would never have got it.

Yes, I believe I'm right. There are more answers to the original question but I'm away now. I'll post a question late tonight or tomorrow. Meantime someone else is welcome to have a go.

bonzodog2

Conratulations feargale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Alia_International_Airport

feargale

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Conratulations feargale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Alia_International_Airport

Thanks, but you should demand your money back for the book that inspired the question. There are several international airports named afted air crash casualties including:
O'Hare, Chicago, already named;
Antoine de St. Exupery, Lyon, already named;
Ted Stevens, Anchorage;
Roland Garros, Reunion;
Francisco de sa Carneiro, Oporto;
Jorge Wiltermann, Cochabamba;
Bauerfeld, Port Vila;
Silvio Pettirossi, Asuncion;
Jorge Chavez, Lima;
Otto Lillenthal, Berlin;
Mohammed Atta, Tehran;
Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta;
etc., etc., etc..

I don't know what Kingsford Smith did to upset the citizens of Sydney. Their airport is no longer named after him,

And now, given the trouble I had researching this I feel entitled to post two questions.

1. Who is the youngest person after whom an international airport is named?

2. Translate the Irish word Seamair to English,

Quazzie

feargale wrote: »

1. Who is the youngest person after whom an international airport is named?

Do you mean youngest person, as in their age when it was named after them?