History of aviation Flashcards
When was the first unmanned flight
19 sep 1783 (balloon)
When was the first manned flight
21 nov 1783 (balloon)
What as the first fully controllable free flight aircraft
La France airship 1884
Who was Lawrence Hargrave
Aussie dude who studied aerofoils and worked on the rotary engine
What did Samuel Langley do
first successful sustained flight of an engine driven heavier than air aircraft (UNPILOTED)
Who did the first sustained, controlled, powered heavier-than-air manned flight
The wright brothers (17 dec 1903) (Orville)
Who flew the first flight in Australia
Colin Defries (1909)
Who invented the aileron
Alexander Graham Bell
What did Glenn H Curtiss do
Was basically the first to do everything in terms of selling and building aircraft
Who were the three guys responsible for Lockheed-Martin
Glenn L. Martin, Allan & Malcolm Loughead
Who conducted the first dual pilot cotrolled flight
Allan Lougheed (ailerons) and George Gates (rudders and elevators)
When did William Boeing build his company’s first aircraft
1916
When and how was McDonnel Douglas formed
Douglas Aircraft company and McDonnell aircraft merged in 1967
When was the Cessna 172 first released, and how many were built
1956, 43000 ac
What did Igor Sikorsky do
DESIGNED and FLEW the first multi-engine fixed wing aircraft (1913) and the first airliner (1914)
Describe the first international flight
Calais (France) to Dover (England) 25th July 1909
Describe the first trans-continental flight
17 sep-5 nov 1911 from NY to CA
Describe the first scheduled passenger flight service
1914, St Petersburg to Tampa
Describe the first schedules international flight service
1920, Florida and Cuba (Aeromarine West Indies Airways)
Who accomplished the first round-the-world flight
Wiley Post in 1933
What was the first commercially successful airliner and when did it enter service
Douglas DC-3 1936
What was the first commercial jet airliner
de Havilland Comet (1949)
When was the Concorde first flight and service entry date
1969, 1976
When was Qantas formed
1920 (16th Nov)
in 1925 how were airlines paid to carry airmail
paid by number of letters carried
In 1926 how were airlines paid to carry airmail
paid by the weight of the airmail they carried
what did the Air Mail Act of 1930 do
encouraged airlines to upgrade to larger capacity and technologically advanced aircraft (because rates were paid through space or volume (bigger aircraft=more volume))
What did the Chicago Conference do
Basically standardised things internationally in terms of airspace, documentation and ATC rules
When was the RFDS established
1928
What happened in 1989 in Australia
Pilot’s dispute
Military had to help out with civil service cuz other pilots were making a fuss
When did deregulation occur in Australia and what does it do to the market
1990, allows new players to enter the market
What did deregulation do for the australian market
allowed new players to join in and low cost carriers emerged
What was the two airline policy
Basically airlines had to be identical to each other
Would business carriers work in Australia
evidence shows that no, generally not
