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AEROSPACE SCIENCE 2A
HOMEWORK 7 (Ch 3-3)
REFERENCES: A Journey into Aviation History, Chapter 3-3
Multiple Choice
1. Who won the Guggenheim Medal for his contributions to aviation?
a. Charles Lindbergh.
b. William Boeing.
c. Donald Douglas, Sr.
d. William Rockefeller.
2. In 1925, the government decided to let private firms ___________ which resulted in new companies
springing up to do the job.
a. Carry cargo.
b. Carry mail.
c. Carry passengers.
d. Carry Army battalions from base to base.
3. What did the government do to support aviation during mid to late 1920s?
a. Offered subsidies to private firms.
b. Started a government-run airline company.
c. Worked with other countries to create an International Aviation Association.
d. Nothing.
4. What is the term for government money paid to a person or company that serves the public?
a. Incentive.
b. Tax money.
c. Loan.
d. Subsidy.
5. What is a motivating reward?
a. Incentive.
b. Surplus.
c. Prize.
d. Subsidy.
6. Which of the following was not an action the government took in order to support passenger service?
a. Giving citizens a tax break for using commercial flight.
b. Giving airlines an incentive to fly larger planes.
c. Encouraging the use of planes that could fly in all types of weather.
d. Changing the rules.
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7. What aircraft first made “same-day” service between New York and San Francisco possible?
a. The Spirit of St. Louis.
b. The Boeing 247.
c. The Douglas Commercial (DC)-2.
d. The DC-3.
8. Within a year of Charles Lindbergh’s milestone flight across the Atlantic in 1927, the number of licensed
pilots in the country grew from 1,500 to ________________ .
a. 2,000.
b. 2,500.
c. 5,000.
d. 11,000.
9. The early airlines worked closely with aircraft manufacturers to build them better airplanes because they
were competing for?
a. Airmail contracts.
b. Passengers.
c. Government support.
d. Pilots.
10. Trancontinental and Western Airlines (TWA), signed a contract with Douglas Aircraft to build a bigger
airplane which resulted in the:
a. Sopwith Camel
b. B-17
c. Douglas Commercial-2 (or DC-2)
d. Boeing 727
11. Which airline was losing money and asked Douglas Aircraft to improve on the DC-2? What aircraft did
Douglas Aircraft subsequently develop?
a. Transcontinental and Western Airlines (TWA), DC-9
b. American Airways, DC-3
c. United Airlines, DC-3
d. US Airways, DC-10
12. Douglas built some 10,000 of these aircraft for the Army Air Force. It became one of the most successful
planes ever built.
a. S-40.
b. DC-2.
c. DC-3.
d. B-247.
13. What airline flew the first airmail route between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba?
a. United Airlines.
b. American Airways.
c. US Airways.
d. Pan American Airways.
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14. The Pan American Airways’ seaplane Clippers came to represent a way of ___________________.
a. traveling in style and luxury
b. roughing it on long distance flights
c. flying inexpensively
d. flying dangerously
15. What aircraft completed the first airmail flight between San Francisco and Manila in the Philippines?
a. The Boeing 314.
b. The Boeing 247.
c. The C-47.
d. The China Clipper.
16. What aircraft began regular passenger and airmail service across the Atlantic and was considered by many
as the “ultimate flying boat”?
a. The Boeing 314.
b. The Boeing 247.
c. The C-47.
d. The China Clipper.
17. What did the McNary-Watres Act encourage airlines to do?
a. Fly bigger planes that held more passengers.
b. Increase the cargo hold in airplanes in order to carry more mail.
c. Transport military troops for the government.
d. Fly fewer routes.
18. The Air Commerce Act of 1926 provided:
a. for the establishment of more airmail carriers
b. for increased competition between airmail carriers
c. the first safety regulation for pilots and aircraft
d. for decreased competition between airmail carriers.
19. How did the Air Mail Act of 1938 affect aviation?
a. It encouraged the establishment of more airlines.
b. It encouraged competition between airlines.
c. It increased government control over the airline industry.
d. It created the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
e. C and D above
20. Who made the first successful flight in an autogiro in 1923?
a. Leonardo da Vinci.
b. Juan de la Cierva.
c. Louis Bréguet.
d. W. H. Phillips.
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21. Which aspect of flight was a problem for helicopter experimenters?
a. Lift.
b. Force.
c. Control.
d. Thrust.
22. Who invented the first practical helicopter?
a. Juan de la Cierva.
b. Louis Bréguet.
c. Dr. Heinrich Focke.
d. Igor Sikorsky.
23. What war did the US military first use helicopters in?
a. World War I.
b. World War II.
c. Korean War.
d. Vietnam War.
24. What have been effective methods in overcoming the problem of torque in helicopters?
a. Have two rotors that move in opposite directions
b. Use a tail rotor to offset the main rotor’s torque
c. Use smaller engines
d. A and B above
e. None of the above
25. The helicopter was well suited for what type of warfare in Vietnam?
a. Urban warfare.
b. Coastal warfare.
c. Nuclear warfare.
d. Jungle warfare.
26. What US agency relies on helicopters to save fishermen and sailors in distress at sea?
a. The US Navy.
b. The US Air Force.
c. The US Coast Guard.
d. The Department of Homeland Security.
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