AERO 1010 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
Leonardo da Vinci's contributions to Aerospace - Answers - Center of Gravity (CG)
Center of Pressure
Streamlining
Ornithopter - flying machine
Story of Icarus and Daedalus - Answers - They attached wings to their body with wax
and Icarus flew too close to the sun bc the wax melted and fell into sea
Significance of Montgolfier Brothers - Answers - Made first hot air balloon
First living passengers: rooster, sheep, duck
Significance of Sir George Cayley - Answers - 1st airplane pioneer in 19th century
4 forces of flight
cambered wing
Samuel Langley and flying machine (and name it) - Answers - Langley's Aerodrome
Had funding from the government - he focused too much on the engine and not
controlling so he basically yeeted the plane into the bay
Location of the Wright Brothers' First flight - Answers - Kittyhawk NC
Date of Wright Brothers' first flight - Answers - December 17, 1903
Name of Wright Brothers' plane - Answers - Wright Flyer
Significance of Otto Lillienthal - Answers - "Father of Modern Aviation"
Glen Curtiss and his contributions of aviation in the US - Answers - Member Aerial
Experiment Association - Created famous "June Bug" Plane
What is the Curtiss-Wright patent feud over? - Answers - The dispute was over Ailerons
(Wright Brothers made the idea with wing-warping but Curtiss made the actual ailerons)
Lasted from 1906-1919
Cal Rogers' significant flight - Answers - Made first airplane flight from coast to coast in
the US
Vin Fiz Flyer
49 Days
Harriet Quimby's contributions - Answers - America's 1st licensed female pilot
1st woman to fly solo across English Channel
, Billie Mitchell - Answers - "Father of US Airforce"
Believed in complete air superiority
Theory of Air Superiority:
1) air superiority is very important
2) Planes are an offensive weapon
3) bomb enemy supplies
Name of first airline - Answers - St. Petersburg - Tampa Airboat Line
Bessie Coleman - Answers - First licensed black female pilot
"Queen Bess"
Stunt pilot
What are Barnstormers - Answers - Stunt pilots, wing walkers, aerial performers
Jimmy Doolittle contributions - Answers - 1st takeoff and landing in instrument
conditions
Outcomes of Air commerce act of 1926 - Answers - - demise of barnstorming
- first attempt to standardize and regulate aviation
- Foster air commerce
- Designate and establish airways
- license pilots and airplanes
- investigate accidents
Outcomes of Airmail Act of 1925 - Answers - - Privatized a government sponsored
enterprise
- Authorized Postmaster General to contact for Senate
- 1925 Postmaster General: Harry S. New
Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 - Answers - - Created the Civil Aeronautics Authority
(CAA)
- CAA can regulate aviation fares, whether air carriers can conduct business, and
determine air routes
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 - Answers - Created the Airport
Development Aid Program (ADAP) and the Planning Grant Program (PGP), expanded
the list of eligible projects, created the Part 139 Certification of Airports, created the
Aviation Trust Fund.
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 - Answers - Gave airlines the power to set whatever
fares the market could bear, and allowed them to service any cities they wanted. (lower
prices, more routes)
Older Airlines struggled competing with newer airlines because the older had unions
and the newer didn't
Leonardo da Vinci's contributions to Aerospace - Answers - Center of Gravity (CG)
Center of Pressure
Streamlining
Ornithopter - flying machine
Story of Icarus and Daedalus - Answers - They attached wings to their body with wax
and Icarus flew too close to the sun bc the wax melted and fell into sea
Significance of Montgolfier Brothers - Answers - Made first hot air balloon
First living passengers: rooster, sheep, duck
Significance of Sir George Cayley - Answers - 1st airplane pioneer in 19th century
4 forces of flight
cambered wing
Samuel Langley and flying machine (and name it) - Answers - Langley's Aerodrome
Had funding from the government - he focused too much on the engine and not
controlling so he basically yeeted the plane into the bay
Location of the Wright Brothers' First flight - Answers - Kittyhawk NC
Date of Wright Brothers' first flight - Answers - December 17, 1903
Name of Wright Brothers' plane - Answers - Wright Flyer
Significance of Otto Lillienthal - Answers - "Father of Modern Aviation"
Glen Curtiss and his contributions of aviation in the US - Answers - Member Aerial
Experiment Association - Created famous "June Bug" Plane
What is the Curtiss-Wright patent feud over? - Answers - The dispute was over Ailerons
(Wright Brothers made the idea with wing-warping but Curtiss made the actual ailerons)
Lasted from 1906-1919
Cal Rogers' significant flight - Answers - Made first airplane flight from coast to coast in
the US
Vin Fiz Flyer
49 Days
Harriet Quimby's contributions - Answers - America's 1st licensed female pilot
1st woman to fly solo across English Channel
, Billie Mitchell - Answers - "Father of US Airforce"
Believed in complete air superiority
Theory of Air Superiority:
1) air superiority is very important
2) Planes are an offensive weapon
3) bomb enemy supplies
Name of first airline - Answers - St. Petersburg - Tampa Airboat Line
Bessie Coleman - Answers - First licensed black female pilot
"Queen Bess"
Stunt pilot
What are Barnstormers - Answers - Stunt pilots, wing walkers, aerial performers
Jimmy Doolittle contributions - Answers - 1st takeoff and landing in instrument
conditions
Outcomes of Air commerce act of 1926 - Answers - - demise of barnstorming
- first attempt to standardize and regulate aviation
- Foster air commerce
- Designate and establish airways
- license pilots and airplanes
- investigate accidents
Outcomes of Airmail Act of 1925 - Answers - - Privatized a government sponsored
enterprise
- Authorized Postmaster General to contact for Senate
- 1925 Postmaster General: Harry S. New
Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 - Answers - - Created the Civil Aeronautics Authority
(CAA)
- CAA can regulate aviation fares, whether air carriers can conduct business, and
determine air routes
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 - Answers - Created the Airport
Development Aid Program (ADAP) and the Planning Grant Program (PGP), expanded
the list of eligible projects, created the Part 139 Certification of Airports, created the
Aviation Trust Fund.
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 - Answers - Gave airlines the power to set whatever
fares the market could bear, and allowed them to service any cities they wanted. (lower
prices, more routes)
Older Airlines struggled competing with newer airlines because the older had unions
and the newer didn't
