Warm-Up – 9/22 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the
following questions:
1) Who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic as
a passenger?
2) This young Army Lt wanted to make flying at
night and in bad or inclement weather safer.
3) This organization directed scientific study of the
problems of flight and provided valuable
research in aeronautics.
4) One of the most successful early aircraft created
by the Piper Aircraft Corporation.
5) Igor _________ developed the VS-300 and the
first military ____________
Questions / Comments
Warm-Up – 9/22 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the
following questions:
1) Who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic as
a passenger?
2) This young Army Lt wanted to make flying at
night and in bad or inclement weather safer.
3) This organization directed scientific study of the
problems of flight and provided valuable
research in aeronautics.
4) One of the most successful early aircraft created
by the Piper Aircraft Corporation.
5) Igor _________ developed the VS-300 and the
first military ____________
Pioneers Contribute to the
Development of Air Power
Earhart – earned
her license in 1923 and was
the first women passenger
to fly the Atlantic Ocean in
1928
Amelia
Warm-Up – 9/22 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the
following questions:
1) Who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic as
a passenger?
2) This young Army Lt wanted to make flying at
night and in bad or inclement weather safer.
3) This organization directed scientific study of the
problems of flight and provided valuable
research in aeronautics.
4) One of the most successful early aircraft created
by the Piper Aircraft Corporation.
5) Igor _________ developed the VS-300 and the
first military ____________
Aviation Grows
In
1929, James Doolittle
performed the first successful
“blind” take-off and landing.
Aim was to make flying at
night and in bad or
inclement weather safer.
He took off – flew 5 miles, made
a 180 turn and landed safely
Paved the way for flight and
navigation instruments and 2way radios to be installed in
aircraft
Warm-Up – 9/22 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the
following questions:
1) Who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic as
a passenger?
2) This young Army Lt wanted to make flying at
night and in bad or inclement weather safer.
3) This organization directed scientific study of the
problems of flight and provided valuable
research in aeronautics.
4) One of the most successful early aircraft created
by the Piper Aircraft Corporation.
5) Igor _________ developed the VS-300 and the
first military ____________
Aviation Grows
In
1915, President Woodrow
Wilson formed the National
Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics (NACA).
It directed scientific study of the
problems of flight and provided
valuable research in aeronautics.
Warm-Up – 9/22 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the
following questions:
1) Who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic as
a passenger?
2) This young Army Lt wanted to make flying at
night and in bad or inclement weather safer.
3) This organization directed scientific study of the
problems of flight and provided valuable
research in aeronautics.
4) One of the most successful early aircraft created
by the Piper Aircraft Corporation.
5) Igor _________ developed the VS-300 and the
first military ____________
Aviation Grows
William
Piper and G.C
Taylor also started a
company in 1929 – Taylor
Aircraft Company
Piper
bought out Taylor
Aircraft Company and 1935
renamed it Piper Aircraft
Corporation.
Warm-Up – 9/22 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the
following questions:
1) Who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic as
a passenger?
2) This young Army Lt wanted to make flying at
night and in bad or inclement weather safer.
3) This organization directed scientific study of the
problems of flight and provided valuable
research in aeronautics.
4) One of the most successful early aircraft created
by the Piper Aircraft Corporation.
5) Igor _________ developed the VS-300 and the
first military ____________
VS-300
First free flight
helicopter
Sikorsky R-4
First Mass produced
Military Helicopter
Questions / Comments
THIS DAY IN AVIATION
September
22
1902 — Stanley Spencer
becomes the first
Englishman to fly in a
powered airship over
England.

The
75-foot-long dirigible
is powered by a 3-hp
water-cooled engine and
makes a flight of 30 miles.
THIS DAY IN AVIATION
September
1928
22
— Wilkins Antarctic
Expedition sails from New
York.
THIS DAY IN AVIATION
September
1928
22
— The number of
lives saved by parachute
jumps passes the 100 mark
when Lieutenant Roger V.
Williams jumps at San
Diego, California.
THIS DAY IN AVIATION
September
22
1950
— First non-stop
flight of Atlantic made by
jet aircraft.
English
Electric Canberra
Questions / Comments
September 2015
SUNDAY
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MONDAY
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NO SCHOOL Chapter 2
HOLIDAY
WWI
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
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Chapter 2
WWI
WWI TEST
FltLine
Friday
“FlyBoys”
Preparing
for War
Fighter
Development
Chapter 2
WWI
Fighter
Aces
Lafayette
Escadrille
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Chapter 3
The Golden
Age
Chapter 3
The Golden
Age
Chapter 3
The Golden
Age
Chapter 3
The Golden
Age
Chapter 3
QUIZ
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Chapter 3
The Golden
Age
Chapter 3
The Golden
Age
QUIZ
Progress
Rpts Due
Chapter 3
The Golden
Age
TEST
Progress
Rpts Sent
Home
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SATURDAY
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Questions / Comments
Chapter 3 - The Golden Age
1919 - 1939
Pioneers Contribute to Development of
Air Power / Aviation Grows
Today’s Mission Requirements
 Mission:

Describe in writing the impact of the McNary-Watres Act on
the development of commercial aviation.

Identify in writing the standard commercial airliner in 1938.
 EQ:
What were some of the technological advancements that
influenced aviation during this timeframe (1919-1939)?
The
Air Mail Act of 1925
allowed for private
companies to carry the
mail
An amendment to the
Air Mail Act of 1925 the McNary-Watres Act,
 Airmail
carriers were paid
according to the available
cargo space.
 Received a bonus for
multi-engine aircraft
It was an incentive for
larger aircraft.
•
United Airlines (Northern Route)
• New York – Chicago - San Francisco
• Transcontinental / Western Airlines – TWA- (Central Route)
• New York – Kansas City – Los Angeles
• American Airlines (Southern Route)
• Atlanta – Los Angeles
United
contracted with Boeing and was flying the
Boeing 247
 Twin-engine
 Retractable,
 Low-wing
monoplane
 Carry 10 passengers
 400 lbs of mail
 Cruising speed of 189 mph
 “Same day service”
 New
York and San Francisco
 (Northern Route)
TWA
was flying the Douglas DC-2s.
American
was flying the
DC-3, which became the
standard commercial
airliner by the late 1930s.
The
DC-3 carried 24
passengers or 5,000 lbs
of cargo a distance of
1,200 miles
By
1938, DC-3s carried 95%
of all US commercial traffic
By
1939, they were carrying
90% of worldwide commercial
traffic
Army
Air Corps purchased
10,000 DC-3s and renamed
them the C-47
Officially known as the
“Skytrain”
Nicknamed the “Gooney Bird”
Commercial Aviation Matures
Review

This was an Amendment to the Air Mail Act of
1925.
◦ McNary-Watres Act

The amendment paid airlines based on the
amount of available _____ _____.
◦ Cargo space

One of the major incentives of the Amendment to
the Air Mail Act of 1925 was to entice airlines to
build _______ aircraft.
◦ Larger

This airline serviced this route between New York
and San Francisco known as the Northern route?
◦ United Airlines

A provision of the amendment was an airline
could earn a bonus for having a _______-______
aircraft?
◦ Multi-engine

United Airlines contracted with _______ to fly
these type of aircraft?
 Boeing

This airline was the first to purchase Douglas
DC-3 aircraft .
◦ American Airlines

The central route for commercial service was
operated by this airline which flew the DC-2.

TWA

The DC-3 aircraft went on to serve in the Army
Air Corps as the C-47 was officially known as the
_________.
◦ Skytrain

This airline was officially known as the Skytrain
but pilots nicknamed the aircraft _______.
 Gooney Bird
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Today’s Mission Requirements
 Mission:

Describe in writing the impact of the McNary-Watres Act on
the development of commercial aviation.
 Allowed
the postmaster to make or combine
airmail routes which provided incentives to
airlines to make larger, multiengined aircraft that
enabled them to carry passengers and mail
 EQ:
What were some of the technological advancements that
influenced aviation during this timeframe (1919-1939)?
Today’s Mission Requirements
 Mission:


Describe in writing the impact of the McNary-Watres Act on
the development of commercial aviation.
Identify in writing the standard commercial airliner in 1938.
The Douglas DC-3 became the standard at one
point carried 95% of all US Commercial traffic
and over 90% of all commercial traffic worldwide.
The Army Air Corps version was the C-47
(Skytrain or Gooney Bird)
 EQ:
What were some of the technological advancements that
influenced aviation during this timeframe (1919-1939)?
Lesson Closure - 3 – 2 - 1
3. List 3 things you
learned today.
2. List 2 things you
have questions about
today’s lesson.
1. Create (1) quiz
question with
answer about
today’s lesson.