Air And Car Travel

Question 1

Early flight

Answer 1

From 1915 aeroplanes offered flights
Seaplane flew passengers at $5 each
Cabins I pressurised so banned from flying higher than 10,000 feet
Companies contracted to deliver mail put in seats for passengers
Smoking allowed: fires

Question 2

1925 Kelly Act

Answer 2

Laid national routes for mail delivery
No of air routes and passengers increased
Increased mobility to those who could afford

Question 3

Impact of WWII on flight

Answer 3

Firsts engine and radar discovered- help pilots fly ‘blind’ in bad weather
‘Tanker’ aeroplane allowed bombers to refuel mid flight
As many in air as possible, scheduled airline network

Question 4

Boeing 707 after WWII

Answer 4

1st US passenger jet carrying up to 181 passengers at 550miles an hour
Later Boeing 747 (69) could carry up to 450

Question 5

Impact of the Cold War on flight

Answer 5

US and USSR more in technological competitions

Question 6

Grand Canyon Collision

Answer 6

1956

Federal Aviation Administration (1958): run air traffic control and manage airlines

Question 7

Deregulation of airline act

Answer 7

1978 Airline Deregulation Act ran down Civic Aeronautics Board

Question 8

What did deregulation of airlines do?

Answer 8

Ended govt control on various airlines including ticket pricing, routes
Airlines would previously compete in service they provided but meant now airlines cut prices and services alongside
Organise own routes and equipment

Question 9

New ‘low cost’ airlines

Answer 9

Brought down prices

Short term benefits felt in the 80s

Question 10

Long term effects of deregulation

Answer 10

1) negatively impacts the environment
2) airlines could save $ by cutting back on service
3) old, previously established airlines unable to keep up

Question 11

Development of a car owning culture

Answer 11

No other country as reliant on car
Growth of towns, increasing number of parking lots and drive throughs
Motels for long distance journeys
Drive in movies

Question 12

Ford and economy of scale

Answer 12

More materials you buy/ produce the cheaper production is

Question 13

Statistics on car development

Answer 13

1919: 1/2 cars in the US are the Model T
1917: 5 million cars and 1980: 120 million

Question 14

Change in production to suit car industry

Answer 14

Change roads: Tarmac or concrete

Asphalt as a bi product of petrol

Question 15

Impacts of a car culture on factories

Answer 15

Produce spare parts
Employ more workers
Pushed up wages
Car prices went down- demand increased

Question 16

Car culture and associated supplies

Answer 16

Needed petrol to run and mechanics

Mechanics work shops and dealerships increased

Question 17

Roads and mobility

Answer 17

Expanded and improved
People could travel faster and cheaper
Travelling salesmen and door delivery
Removal trucks- easier to move

Question 18

Problems with mass car ownership

Answer 18

Traffic and pollution
Life without a car increasingly difficult
Widened divide if poorest Americans, many non white
By 1970: driving slow and pollution rising as well as protests about, 1970s fuel crisis: fuel rationing, rising prices, long queues for fuel and fights at pumps

Question 19

Life without a car (poor people)

Answer 19

Non car transport infrastructure shrank
Rail travel only convenient from city to city
Bad conditions on buses (eg Greyhound); crowded, buses slow and only passengers were those who unable to afford a car