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1 AS100-U3C5L1 - The Propeller Era in Commercial Flight - Study Guide Page 1 Name: Flt Date: 1 What aircraft was the first to fly nonstop across the country in less than seven hours? A DC-3 B L-049 Constellation C H-4 Hercules D B-17 2 What happened to interest in aviation after World War II? A Declined B Was limited to the military C Was keen D Took a long time to impact the commercial sector 3 What nickname for the H-4 Hercules did Howard Hughes hate? A The Flying Boat. B The Mighty Hercules. C The Huge Hughes. D The Spruce Goose. 4 Which of the following was not a technical advance in aviation spurred by World War II? A Jet airplanes came into use B Navigation aids improved C Better fuel gave aircraft more power D Pressurized cabins made aircraft more comfortable 5 What are cabins with normal air pressure even at high altitudes? A High altitude chambers B Comfort cabins C Normal pressure compartments D Pressurized cabins 6 What was the most widely used aircraft right after the war? A The L-049 Constellation B The DC-3 C The DC-4 D The H-4 Hercules 7 Which two aircraft manufacturers developed bigger and better planes right after the war? A Curtiss and Douglas B Martin and Douglas C Lockheed and Douglas D Martin and Lockheed

2 AS100-U3C5L1 - The Propeller Era in Commercial Flight - Study Guide Page 2 8 What is the term for airlines that carried freight, not passengers? A Freight airlines B Non-passengers airlines C All-cargo airlines D Transport airlines 9 Who was offered an assistant professorship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before getting into the aircraft business? B William Boeing C Clement Keys D Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. 10 What marked the end of efforts to use airships for commercial travel? A The Hindenburg disaster B The Shenandoah explosion C The US government s lack of support for airships D The airships were not luxurious and couldn t compete with planes for comfort 11 Which feature(s) of air travel today had its roots in these early years of commercial flight? A Frequent-flier programs B Travel credit cards C Flight attendants D All of the above 12 Which decade was a time of enormous growth in passenger air travel? A 1910s B 1930s C 1960s D 1990s 13 What airline began the first cross-country passenger air service between New York and Los Angeles? 14 What is the ground-based system for keeping aircraft safely separated from one another? A Aircraft safety system B Radar C Air traffic control D Civil Aeronautics Administration

3 AS100-U3C5L1 - The Propeller Era in Commercial Flight - Study Guide Page 3 15 What are the routes that planes must follow through the sky? A Air-routes B Air traffic rules C Airways D Scheduled air roads 16 Who did Congress give the task of promoting development of the nation s civil airports in 1946? B The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) C The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) D The major airlines 17 What did leaders of the major airlines do that helped aviation progress during this period? A Collaborated with one another B Competed with one another for passengers C Petitioned Congress for money and support D Formed a US Aviation Association 18 What airline worked out a deal with Douglas Aircraft to build DC-3s and was flying more passenger miles than any other domestic airline by 1939? 19 Who was an editor at The Wall Street Journal who promoted commercial aviation in the 1920s and 1930s? B William Boeing C Clement Keys D Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. 20 Which World War I ace became Eastern Air Transport s general manager? A Eugene Bullard B Brig Gen Billy Mitchell C Gen Hap Arnold D Eddie Rickenbacker 21 What airline started out with a connection to Boeing and advertised itself as the world s largest air transport system?

4 AS100-U3C5L1 - The Propeller Era in Commercial Flight - Study Guide Page 4 22 What aircraft was called the world s first modern passenger plane? A Boeing 247 B DC-3 C DC-4 D Convair What type of commercial service was a real challenge to offer because natural stopping places are few? A Transatlantic B Continental C Nonstop D Around-the-world 24 What did passenger airlines try to keep out of airports? A The military B New aircraft C Freight carriers D Federal safety guidelines 25 What aircraft s introduction marked the end of the propeller era? A De Havilland Comet B The Wright Flyer II C Boeing 707 D The DC-3

5 AS100-U3C5L1 - The Propeller Era in Commercial Flight - Study Guide Page 5 Answer Key: AS100-U3C5L1 - The Propeller Era in Commercial Flight - Study Guide Question: 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 A 5 D 6 B 7 C 8 C 9 D 10 A 11 D 12 B 13 A 14 C 15 C 16 C 17 B 18 C 19 C 20 D 21 B 22 A 23 A 24 C 25 A Answer

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