Intro to Aviation
Study guide for intro to aviation ch 6 and 7 test 3
Charles lindberg famous for: Orteig Prize $25,000, 1st non-stop flight New York – Paris, may 20-21, 1927, 33hr 29min solo over Atlantic ocean in “Spirit of st Louis”
After ^^: THE GOODWILL TOURS •United States - July 20-October 23, 1927• 48 States 22,000 miles, 261 hours flying time•Washington DC to Mexico City – December 13-14, 1927•Latin America – 17 Countries 9,000 miles, and pan American airways (served as advisor)
James Dole Race- Oakland, CA – Honolulu, HI Nonstop, Offered $35,000 in prizes: 1st place - $25,000, 2nd place - $10,000…. 9 planes started out of 15 that were supposed to and only 2 finished (aug 16,1927)
Flew around the world: 1931 Wiley Post & Harold Gatty 8 days 15hrs 51 min, in a Lockheed vega… 1932 a German crew flew around the world, Dornier Do X seaplane, 111 days to complete 1938 Howard Hughes- Lockheed 14, & took 3days 19hrs 17min
Airmail act 1930-Premium paid to airlines who carried passengers as well as mail, Govt. Subsidized passenger travel, Stimulates production of modern airliners. 10-14 pax, Airlines still relied on mail subsidies
1934- the Dept. of Commerce creates the Bureau of Air Commerce, The Federal Government subsidized and regulated aviation, Built airports and airways
1938- The Bureau of Air Commerce Becomes an independent agency & in 1940 The Bureau of Air Commerce becomes The Civil Aeronautics Agency (CAA)
Airmail Scandal – 1934, All mail contracts cancelled, Postmaster General James Farley charged collusion between the previous Post Master General, Walter Folger Brown and airmail contractors back in 1930., 1930 meetings between Brown and the contractors known as the “Spoils Conferences”, The map of airmail routes were drawn for the benefit of the major existing air carriers and leaving out new or future companies, Brown favored fewer, stronger air carriers.
DC-3 was the first airplane that could carry enough passengers to free airlines from
Charles lindberg famous for: Orteig Prize $25,000, 1st non-stop flight New York – Paris, may 20-21, 1927, 33hr 29min solo over Atlantic ocean in “Spirit of st Louis”
After ^^: THE GOODWILL TOURS •United States - July 20-October 23, 1927• 48 States 22,000 miles, 261 hours flying time•Washington DC to Mexico City – December 13-14, 1927•Latin America – 17 Countries 9,000 miles, and pan American airways (served as advisor)
James Dole Race- Oakland, CA – Honolulu, HI Nonstop, Offered $35,000 in prizes: 1st place - $25,000, 2nd place - $10,000…. 9 planes started out of 15 that were supposed to and only 2 finished (aug 16,1927)
Flew around the world: 1931 Wiley Post & Harold Gatty 8 days 15hrs 51 min, in a Lockheed vega… 1932 a German crew flew around the world, Dornier Do X seaplane, 111 days to complete 1938 Howard Hughes- Lockheed 14, & took 3days 19hrs 17min
Airmail act 1930-Premium paid to airlines who carried passengers as well as mail, Govt. Subsidized passenger travel, Stimulates production of modern airliners. 10-14 pax, Airlines still relied on mail subsidies
1934- the Dept. of Commerce creates the Bureau of Air Commerce, The Federal Government subsidized and regulated aviation, Built airports and airways
1938- The Bureau of Air Commerce Becomes an independent agency & in 1940 The Bureau of Air Commerce becomes The Civil Aeronautics Agency (CAA)
Airmail Scandal – 1934, All mail contracts cancelled, Postmaster General James Farley charged collusion between the previous Post Master General, Walter Folger Brown and airmail contractors back in 1930., 1930 meetings between Brown and the contractors known as the “Spoils Conferences”, The map of airmail routes were drawn for the benefit of the major existing air carriers and leaving out new or future companies, Brown favored fewer, stronger air carriers.
DC-3 was the first airplane that could carry enough passengers to free airlines from