AVMG 5180 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
Describe the CRAF program and its relationship to national defense. - ANS - civilian reserve
air fleet
- agreement between DOD and air carriers that during a time of war, they will augment military
fleet with civilian aircraft
turning point for aviation - ANS WW2
First scheduled flight - ANS 1914: Petersberg - Tampa
Explain the link between aviation and economic growth. - ANS - Aviation supports 3.5% of
GDP
- 56.6 million jobs
- Economic impact of $2.2 trillion
Summarize how national pride affects attitudes toward the airline industry - ANS Carry their
country's flag
Drives perceptions of individuals and governments
Discuss the cyclical nature of the aviation industry - ANS - The aviation industry is very elastic
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, - When there is economic growth, disposable income increases, which leads to people being
able to travel.
- Airlines could operate for years due to liberal bankruptcy laws and never have to pay back
their loans.
Discuss why the DC-3 is considered one of the first commercially successful aircraft -
ANS safe, comfortable, reliable, economically feasible
- first aircraft to profit from only passengers
Describe how the airlines and the aircraft manufacturers established the close but often
contentious relationship that continues today - ANS airlines going to manufactures and
saying "if you built it, we will buy it"
Summarize industry contributions made by the Wright Brothers, Donald Douglas, Glenn Curtiss,
William Boeing, and Louis Bleriot - ANS - Wright Brothers: first flight in 1908, Orville-first to
fly: 12 seconds, kept afloat by contracts with the War Department
- Sold out to: Curtis: first licensed pilot, aileron-The Curtiss White Wing, largest manufacturer
during WWI
- Douglas: DC-3, first wind tunnel
- Boeing established the Pacific Aero products
- Bleriot: first flight across the English Channel
Renaissance man, Sketches - ANS DaVinci
Lilienthal - ANS Demonstrated heavier-than-air-flight was possible
Describe the beginnings of the air cargo industry - ANS - First Cargo: bolts of silk from Dayton
to Columbus
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ANSWERS 100% PASS
Describe the CRAF program and its relationship to national defense. - ANS - civilian reserve
air fleet
- agreement between DOD and air carriers that during a time of war, they will augment military
fleet with civilian aircraft
turning point for aviation - ANS WW2
First scheduled flight - ANS 1914: Petersberg - Tampa
Explain the link between aviation and economic growth. - ANS - Aviation supports 3.5% of
GDP
- 56.6 million jobs
- Economic impact of $2.2 trillion
Summarize how national pride affects attitudes toward the airline industry - ANS Carry their
country's flag
Drives perceptions of individuals and governments
Discuss the cyclical nature of the aviation industry - ANS - The aviation industry is very elastic
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, - When there is economic growth, disposable income increases, which leads to people being
able to travel.
- Airlines could operate for years due to liberal bankruptcy laws and never have to pay back
their loans.
Discuss why the DC-3 is considered one of the first commercially successful aircraft -
ANS safe, comfortable, reliable, economically feasible
- first aircraft to profit from only passengers
Describe how the airlines and the aircraft manufacturers established the close but often
contentious relationship that continues today - ANS airlines going to manufactures and
saying "if you built it, we will buy it"
Summarize industry contributions made by the Wright Brothers, Donald Douglas, Glenn Curtiss,
William Boeing, and Louis Bleriot - ANS - Wright Brothers: first flight in 1908, Orville-first to
fly: 12 seconds, kept afloat by contracts with the War Department
- Sold out to: Curtis: first licensed pilot, aileron-The Curtiss White Wing, largest manufacturer
during WWI
- Douglas: DC-3, first wind tunnel
- Boeing established the Pacific Aero products
- Bleriot: first flight across the English Channel
Renaissance man, Sketches - ANS DaVinci
Lilienthal - ANS Demonstrated heavier-than-air-flight was possible
Describe the beginnings of the air cargo industry - ANS - First Cargo: bolts of silk from Dayton
to Columbus
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