AMS - PRELIM Flashcards
aircraft communication started in
1912
started with aerial communication/aerial telegraphy, started as two way radio
1912
Gives information about the location of the aircraft, altitude, speed and flight number
Transponder
color paddles & hand signals example of visual aid
wireless communication
usually used in military
Morse code
Since 1912, royal flying course started the ____ in aircraft.
wireless telegraphy
who was the lieutenant when the royal flying corps experimented the wireless telegraphy
Lieutenant James
When was Lieutenant James Died and why
July 13, 1915 binaril
first person to hear a voice from the ground using wireless communication
Capt. J.M Furnival
When was the first person to to hear a voice from the ground when Major Prince said “If you can hear me now it will be the first time speech has ever been communicated to an aeroplane in flight.”
April 1915
the world’s first air-to-ground voice transmission took place at Brooklands (England) over about 20miles (ground-to-air was initially by morse but it is believed two-way voice communications was being achieved during ____)
June 1915
how many miles the first air-to-ground voice transmission communication
20
When was the Marconi Company located in England started production of air-to-ground radio transmitters used in war over france
1916
in what year the AT&T invented the first American air-to-ground radio transmitter. They tested this device at Langley Field in Virginia and found it was a viable technology.
1917
this company experimented radio/air-to-ground transmitter in Langley Field
AT & T (american Company)
General George Squier of the U.S. Army Signal Corps contacted AT&T to develop an air-to-ground radio with a range of 2,000 yards. By July 4 of that same year AT&T technicians achieved two-way communication between pilots and ground personnel.
May 1917
who was the General when they achieved two way communication between pilot and ground personnel in 2000 yards
Gen. George Squier (US Army)
What year in France, two-way radio transmitter was installed in biplanes
1919
that airborne radios were reliable enough and had enough power to make them viable to be standard in all planes. Until this point only planes designated for scout missions required radios.
1930
On 15 November 1938 the _____ was established, this system was a point-to-point communications system used by the Army Air Corps.
Army Airways Communications System (AACS)
Radar Stations are originated in ___
Britain
When was the advance air-to-ground communication and radar was started. weather, METAR reports, AC identification are identifies
after WW2/ 1938
Single seat aircraft such as the Spitfire and Hurricane were equipped mostly with the
T1155
The Royal Air Force used the ____ combination in most of its larger aircraft, particularly the **Avro Lancaster and Short Sunderland. **
R1155/T1154 receiver/transmitter