ASCI 254 MID-TERM EXAM DOWNLOAD
Percy Pilcher designed and built his own form of glider, but did not fly it until after he was permitted to practice in a proven gliding machine built by Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Otto Lilienthal. Wilbur Wright. Glasgow University. The first commercial airline customer for the Boeing 707 was American. Eastern. TWA. Pan American. What was Postmaster General Walter Brown's solution to resolve the airlines' problems in the early 1930s? eliminate all large airlines eliminate all civilian airmail contracts appropriate more money to the War Department for airmail flights eliminate competitive bidding for airmail routes By the end of World War I, close to 18,000 __________ engines had been produced. OX-2 Liberty Hispano-Suiza Whirlwind The first international airmail route was flown in 1919 between Vancouver and Seattle. Key West and Havana. San Diego and Mexico City.
New York and Toronto. Which of the following post-war reciprocating engine airliners had the worst safety record? B-377 Stratocruiser Lockheed Constellation DC-6 DC-7 Which of the following statements is correct? On May 22, 1906, the U.S. Patent Office granted a patent to the Wrights for their design. The bid to the United States government in 1908 was for one aircraft for $25,000. Wilbur Wright was the subject of extensive ridicule on his arrival in France in 1908. All of the above are correct statements. The Bureau of Air Commerce, established in 1934, established all airmail rates. assumed all aviation safety responsibilities. controlled all airline prices and routes. All of the above In 1908, Wilbur Wright demonstrated Model A of the Flyer to an unbelieving crowd of onlookers in a field outside of Paris. Lt. Thomas Selfridge was killed during a demonstration flight by Orville Wright at Fort Myer, Virginia. a new duration and distance record was achieved by Wilbur Wright. All of the above took place. Transcontinental airmail service became a reality in February 1921 when __________ flew three legs of the flight through stormy weather. James Edgerton Otto Praeger Rueben Fleet Jack Knight
In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed a special board to investigate the development of aviation and establish a national aviation policy. It was headed up by William Boeing. Paul Henderson. Dwight Morrow. Orville Wright. __________ was the first to initiate in-flight passenger service staffed by nurses in 1930. American TWA Pan Am United An inspector at the Wright-Martin plant in New Jersey during World War I, this individual went on to form Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company. William Boeing Charles Kettering Fred Rentschler Charles Lawrence When Jack Frye could not acquire the B-247, he turned to a small manufacturer in California by the name of __________ to develop an aircraft for TWA. Douglas Martin Lockheed Northrop During World War II, travel space on the relatively few commercial aircraft was allocated on a priority system. most of the transport flying was performed by commercial airlines. Pan American continued to mostly fly its large flying boats. All of the above The War Department purchased its first aircraft for $30,000 in 1909 from the Aerial Experiment Association. Aeronautic Society of New York. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.
Wright Company.