Homework answers / question archive / Air Transportation Chapter 3 Questions 1) When was the first regular domestic air mail service provided? Who flew the mail in the years before 1925? What was the major significance of the Kelly Act? Of the Air Commerce Act? Who was the successful bidder on the Columbia route? What was the name of the aircraft specifically designed to carry mail on the Colombia route? Who were six of the first 12 carriers on the newly established CAM routes? What role did Walter Folger Brown play in developing the early CAM routes? What was the Spoils Conference? Which three carriers picked up the northern, central, and southern cross-country routes? What event prompted Senator Clack to investigate airmail bidding practices? What was the significance of the Air Mail Act of 1934?  What was the first modern airliner? How did Douglas Aircraft get started? Describe several technical developments that took place in the 1930s

Air Transportation Chapter 3 Questions 1) When was the first regular domestic air mail service provided? Who flew the mail in the years before 1925? What was the major significance of the Kelly Act? Of the Air Commerce Act? Who was the successful bidder on the Columbia route? What was the name of the aircraft specifically designed to carry mail on the Colombia route? Who were six of the first 12 carriers on the newly established CAM routes? What role did Walter Folger Brown play in developing the early CAM routes? What was the Spoils Conference? Which three carriers picked up the northern, central, and southern cross-country routes? What event prompted Senator Clack to investigate airmail bidding practices? What was the significance of the Air Mail Act of 1934?  What was the first modern airliner? How did Douglas Aircraft get started? Describe several technical developments that took place in the 1930s

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Air Transportation Chapter 3 Questions

1) When was the first regular domestic air mail service provided? Who flew the mail in the years before 1925? What was the major significance of the Kelly Act? Of the Air Commerce Act? Who was the successful bidder on the Columbia route? What was the name of the aircraft specifically designed to carry mail on the Colombia route? Who were six of the first 12 carriers on the newly established CAM routes?

2. What role did Walter Folger Brown play in developing the early CAM routes? What was the Spoils Conference? Which three carriers picked up the northern, central, and southern cross-country routes? What event prompted Senator Clack to investigate airmail bidding practices? What was the significance of the Air Mail Act of 1934? 

3. What was the first modern airliner? How did Douglas Aircraft get started? Describe several technical developments that took place in the 1930s. Why did the federal government tighten its grip over the industry toward the later 1930s? 

4. What were the leading commercial aircraft manufacturers in the post World War II period? What was Boeing doing at the time? What position did the CAB take when the major carriers wanted to establish feeder routes after the war? What major decision did the British make? Why? Briefly describe some of the technical advances that took place in the early 1950s.

5. How did Boeing arrive at the design for the 707? What were some of the events leading up to the establishment of the Federal Aviation Agency? List and briefly explain several major economic developments in air transportation during the four year decades from 1938 to 1978.

6. Describe some of the reasons government is rooted in the economic and physical characteristics of the air transport industry. What was the major object of the Air Commerce Act of 1926? How did the act define “air commerce” ? Which governmental agencies or departments were empowered to perform functions relative to carrying out the provisions of the act? Why did Congress choose to spread the workload over so many units of government? 

7. What was the primary purpose of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938? What does the following statement mean: “The five members of the CAA exercised quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative functions”? Describe four  of the six functions of the CAA. What was the significance of the reorganization plans of 1940? Briefly describe five economic functions performed by the CAB. Describe some of the features of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.

8. What were some of the events leading up to the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978? Describe the position of the CAB regarding deregulation under the chairmanship of Alfred E. Kahn. List some of the arguments against deregulation. What was the overriding theme act? What are the major changes under the act?

9.Explain how the certified airline industry has changed since deregulation in terms of expansion, consolidation, and concentration. Describe the role of commuter/ regional carriers and the reasons they have experienced significant growth despite their shrinking numbers during the 1980s. Identify some of the new-generation aircraft that have arrived in the postderegulation period

10. How was the term fixed-base operated coined? Who were some of the early general aviation aircraft manufacturers? What was the prevailing thinking of the light-aircraft manufacturers after World War II? What did they decide to do that subsequently turned the industry around? When did things start to look up? Describe the growth of general aviation during the 1960s and 1970s. What were some of the causes for the slowdown in unit sales during the 1980s and early 1990s? When did the large corporate aircraft arrive on the scene? What effect has airline deregulation had on general aviation and corporate aviation?

11. How will the development of new technology like SATS impact the future of aviation? How will this impact aircraft manufacturers, general aviation, and commercial airline operations?