ASCI 254 MID-TERM EXAM

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Percy Pilcher designed and built his own form of glider, but did not
fly it until after he was permitted to practice in a proven gliding
machine built by
Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
Otto Lilienthal.
Wilbur Wright.
Glasgow University.
The first commercial airline customer for the Boeing 707 was
American.
Eastern.
TWA.
Pan American.
What was Postmaster General Walter Brown's solution to resolve the
airlines' problems in the early 1930s?
eliminate all large airlines
eliminate all civilian airmail contracts
appropriate more money to the War Department for airmail flights
eliminate competitive bidding for airmail routes
By the end of World War I, close to 18,000 __________ engines had
been produced.
OX-2
Liberty
Hispano-Suiza
Whirlwind
The first international airmail route was flown in 1919 between
Vancouver and Seattle.
Key West and Havana.
San Diego and Mexico City.

New York and Toronto.

Which of the following post-war reciprocating engine airliners had
the worst safety record?
B-377 Stratocruiser
Lockheed Constellation
DC-6
DC-7
Which of the following statements is correct?
On May 22, 1906, the U.S. Patent Office granted a patent to the
Wrights for their design.
The bid to the United States government in 1908 was for one
aircraft for $25,000.
Wilbur Wright was the subject of extensive ridicule on his arrival in
France in 1908.
All of the above are correct statements.
The Bureau of Air Commerce, established in 1934,
established all airmail rates.
assumed all aviation safety responsibilities.
controlled all airline prices and routes.
All of the above
In 1908,
Wilbur Wright demonstrated Model A of the Flyer to an unbelieving
crowd of onlookers in a field outside of Paris.
Lt. Thomas Selfridge was killed during a demonstration flight by
Orville Wright at Fort Myer, Virginia.
a new duration and distance record was achieved by Wilbur Wright.
All of the above took place.
Transcontinental airmail service became a reality in February 1921
when __________ flew three legs of the flight through stormy weather.
James Edgerton
Otto Praeger
Rueben Fleet
Jack Knight
In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed a special board to
investigate the development of aviation and establish a national
aviation policy. It was headed up by
William Boeing.
Paul Henderson.

Dwight Morrow.
Orville Wright.
__________ was the first to initiate in-flight passenger service staffed
by nurses in 1930.
American
TWA
Pan Am
United
An inspector at the Wright-Martin plant in New Jersey during World
War I, this individual went on to form Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Company.
William Boeing
Charles Kettering
Fred Rentschler
Charles Lawrence
When Jack Frye could not acquire the B-247, he turned to a small
manufacturer in California by the name of __________ to develop an
aircraft for TWA.
Douglas
Martin
Lockheed
Northrop
During World War II,
travel space on the relatively few commercial aircraft was
allocated on a priority system.
most of the transport flying was performed by commercial airlines.
Pan American continued to mostly fly its large flying boats.
All of the above
The War Department purchased its first aircraft for $30,000 in 1909
from the
Aerial Experiment Association.
Aeronautic Society of New York.
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.
Wright Company.