Um… Sorry – started looking for answers, started downloading some skins for Flight Simulator whilst looking for the B747-123 question, then some how ended up reading Peter Kilduff’s biog of Richthofen and trying to work out which type was most used, and finally got confused over the first female parachutist!
My answers (for what they are worth…):-

1/ Long range passenger transport (quite possibly wrong – since several airlines apparently used this sub-type…:rolleyes:!)

2/ Nimrod AEW3

3/ Yeovilton

4/ Albatros

5/ Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin – the first woman parachutist 1798… See this website (with added hi-lites!)!

As you can see I have had to go back and confirm this last one, but what the hell!

It has been quiet this weekend, so post some more – and maybe someone will be able to enlighten you too!

Flood.