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AVIA 340 CASE STUDY FLIGHT 1420 2026 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE, Exams of Ways of warfare

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AVIA 340 CASE STUDY FLIGHT 1420 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ The first American Air Show was held in Los Angeles in 1910. At
what airfield in California were the races held?
1) Mojave Field
2) Rodriguez Field
3) Oceanside Field
4) Dominguez Field
5) None of the Above. Answer: 4) Dominguez Field
◉ Hiram Maxim was best known for the _______.
1) Machine Gun
2) First Glider Flight
3) Carbonic-Acid Engine
4) All of the Above. Answer: 1) Machine Gun
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AVIA 340 CASE STUDY FLIGHT 1420 2026

COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE

◉ The first American Air Show was held in Los Angeles in 1910. At what airfield in California were the races held?

  1. Mojave Field
  2. Rodriguez Field
  3. Oceanside Field
  4. Dominguez Field
  5. None of the Above. Answer: 4) Dominguez Field ◉ Hiram Maxim was best known for the _______.
  6. Machine Gun
  7. First Glider Flight
  8. Carbonic-Acid Engine
  9. All of the Above. Answer: 1) Machine Gun ◉ In 1783 a Duck, _____, and a ______ were the first passengers in a balloon.
  10. Sheep and Rooster
  11. Pig and Dog
  12. Dog and Cat
  1. Rooster and Pig. Answer: 1) Sheep and Rooster ◉ The statement "It is not necessarily for human beings to fly, but it so happens that God did not give them the knowledge of how to do it. It follows therefore that anyone who claims that he can fly must have sought the aid of the Devil. To attempt to fly is therefore sinful." Was given by ______.
  2. Oliver the Monk
  3. Leonardo da Vinci
  4. Roger Bacon
  5. Clement Ader. Answer: 3) Roger Bacon ◉ _______ probably had the most comprehensive database on aeronautical knowledge.
  6. Octave Chanute
  7. Alberto Santos-Dumont
  8. Otto Lilenthal
  9. Glenn Curtiss. Answer: 1) Octave Chanute ◉ The Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) was created in 1907 by ______.
  10. Orville and Wilber Wright
  11. Glenn Curtiss

◉ In 1894 Hiram Maxim built a 7,000 pound machine. This machine was used as a test bed for aeronautical research. Which of the following were items that Hiram Maxim was testing?

  1. Propeller Performance
  2. Lift Production
  3. Control
  4. All of the Above
  5. None of the Above. Answer: 4) All of the Above ◉ The Wright Brothers first flight took place on _______.
  6. 17-Dec- 1803
  7. 17-Dec- 1903
  8. 17-Dec- 1906
  9. None of the above Santos-Dumont made the first flight.. Answer:
  10. 17-Dec- 1903 ◉ In 1907 the U.S. Army recognized the growing potential of the airplane. The potential caused the establishment of the Aeronautical Division in the office of the Chief Signal Officer.
  11. True
  12. False. Answer: 1) True

◉ Sir George Cayley was the first to use a whirling arm device for testing.

  1. True
  2. False. Answer: 1) True ◉ ______ was the first to build a successful human carrying glider.
  3. Otto Lilienthal
  4. Octave Chanute
  5. Sir George Cayley
  6. None of the Above. Answer: 3) Sir George Cayley ◉ The Schneider Cup race was important to the development of seaplanes.
  7. True
  8. False. Answer: 1) True ◉ To stimulate interest to develop aviation in England, the British Government posted prize money for the first person who could fly from London to Manchester in 24 hours or less.
  9. True
  10. False. Answer: 2) False
  1. Samuel Franklin Cody
  2. Lincoln Beachey
  3. Henri Fabre. Answer: 2) Samuel Franklin Cody ◉ The first ever air meet had the excitement of a superbowl. How many people attended?
  4. 3,
  5. 100,
  6. 500,
  7. None of the Above. Answer: 4) None of the Above ◉ Concerning early engine technology, which of the flowing is/are advantage(s) of using an air cooled rotary engine instead of a liquid cooled engine.
  8. Rotary engines are lighter than liquid cooled engines
  9. Rotary engines are heaver than liquid cooled engines
  10. All of the Above
  11. None of the Above. Answer: 1) Rotary engines are lighter than liquid cooled engines ◉ Two early aviation pioneers, Hanson and Stringfellow, were inspired by the works of _____.
  12. Otto Lilienthal
  1. Octave Chanute
  2. Francis Wenham
  3. Sir George Cayley. Answer: 4) Sir George Cayley ◉ The first ever air meet was held in 1909 at ____ France.
  4. LeMans
  5. Rheims
  6. Paris
  7. Lake Berre. Answer: 2) Rheims ◉ Percy Sinclair Pilcher joined forces with Walter Wilson in 1897 to form Wilson and Pilcher Limited. What did Wilson and Pilcher Limited specialize in?
  8. Designing and Manufacturing Gliders
  9. Designing, Manufacturing, Repairing, and Modifying Engines 3)Designing, Manufacturing, Repairing, and Modifying Boats
  10. Designing and Manufacturing Boat Propellers. Answer: 2) Designing, Manufacturing, Repairing, and Modifying Engines ◉ The first long distance race was won by Louis Paulhan in 1910. During this race an historic decision was made. ____ decided to attempt a night flight flight to catch and pass Louis Paulhan.
  11. Lincoln Beachey
  1. The airplane had a great impact and helped the Germans win the war
  2. The airplane had very little impact on W.W.I.
  3. All of the above
  4. None of the above. Answer: 2) The airplane had very little impact on W.W.I. ◉ After W.W.I ended, the United States was flooded with pilots, mechanics as well as surplus aircraft. Many of these pilot and mechanics bought surplus aircraft and became flying gypsies better known as Barnstormers. What did the Barnstormers do for aviation?
  5. The barnstormers showed the public that aviation is very safe.
  6. The barnstormers brought aviation to the rural United States and increased the air mindedness of the American people.
  7. The barnstormers gave the public the perception that aviation was for dare devils.
  8. 1 and 2
  9. 2 and 3. Answer: 5) 2 and 3 ◉ An outstanding American technical and manufacturing achievement during W.W.I was the design and production of the Rolls-Royce rotary engine.
  10. True
  11. False. Answer: 2) False

◉ What company manufactured the aircraft that Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris?

  1. Spirit of St. Louis
  2. Travel Air
  3. Bellanca
  4. Ryan
  5. None of the above. Answer: 5) Ryan ◉ Concerning airships, the sister ship of the USS Akron was the USS _____________________.
  6. Hindenburg
  7. Los Angeles
  8. Macon
  9. Delag. Answer: 3) Macon ◉ What was the first American jet fighter?
  10. P- 59
  11. P- 80
  12. F- 16
  13. X-1. Answer: 2) P- 80
  1. $8.5 million. Answer: 2) $85, ◉ The first American airman joined the war effort before the United States entered World War One (W.W.I). One flying squadron of American volunteers was in France. What was the name of the all- American French flying squadron?
  2. Black Sheep Squadron
  3. Lafayette Escadrille
  4. Les langoustines
  5. Bien entendu. Answer: 2) Lafayette Excadrille ◉ At the beginning of W.W.I the airplane was __________________.
  6. Viewed as a Toy
  7. The Most Influential Weapon of the War.
  8. Viewed as the Greatest Most Efficient Military Weapon Ever Built.. Answer: 1) Viewed as a Toy ◉ The English deployment of aircraft to France was considered the first mass movement of airplanes in history. What year was this movement?
  9. 1909
  1. None of the Above. Answer: 5) None of the Above ◉ The first attempt too use a machine gun on an aircraft in combat was made by __________________.
  2. Lt. Louis Strange
  3. Roland Garros
  4. Anthony Fokker
  5. Col. Raynal Bolling. Answer: 1) Lt. Louis Strange ◉ One of the biggest advances in air combat during W.W.I was the development of the interrupter gear. Who developed this device?
  6. Roland Garros
  7. Anthony Fokker
  8. Lt. Louis Strange
  9. None of the above. Answer: 2) Anthony Fokker ◉ In what year was the first American combat airplane en route to France?
  10. 1914
  1. New York, Ohio, and California.
  2. California, New York, and Kansas.
  3. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and California.
  4. New York, Pennsylvania, and California.. Answer: 4) New York, Pennsylvania, and California ◉ The most dominant engine, at least for the Allies at the start of W.W.I, was the _______________ engine.
  5. Rotary
  6. In-line
  7. Radial
  8. None of the Above. Answer: 1) Rotary ◉ When W.W.I ended, the American aviation manufacturing industry came to an abrupt halt within ___________.
  9. 10 days
  10. 3 weeks
  11. 3 months
  12. None of the Above. Answer: 4) None of the Above ◉ In 1926 _________ went in to the history books as the first pilot in the United States ever to have made four emergency parachute jumps from a plane.
  1. Charles Lindbergh
  2. Erold Bahl
  3. William Stout
  4. None of the Above. Answer: 1) Charles Lindbergh ◉ What inspired Charles Lindbergh to make the New York to Paris Flight?
  5. A Movie News Real Advertising a $25,000 Prize.
  6. A Newspaper Ad Advertising a $50,000 Prize.
  7. A Radio Advertisement for a $15,000 Prize.
  8. A Television Advertisement for a $50,000 Prize.. Answer: 1) A Movie News Real Advertising a $25,000 Prize. ◉ The prize for the first to fly from New York to Paris or Paris to New York was offered by _________.
  9. Charles Lindbergh.
  10. The New York Times.
  11. Raymond Orteig.
  12. William Stout.. Answer: 3) Raymond Orteig ◉ What year did Charles Lindbergh make the New York to Paris flight?
  13. 1925

◉ Which Boeing aircraft was considered to be the first modern airliner?

  1. B- 707
  2. B- 314
  3. B- 247
  4. DC-3. Answer: 3) B- 247 ◉ What year did Jimmy Doolittle complete the first successful blind flight ( flying by instruments only )?
  5. 1917
  6. 1927
  7. 1919
  8. None of the Above. Answer: 4) None of the Above ◉ By the 1930's DC-3's carried nearly ________% of the U.S. Air Traffic.
  9. 50
  10. 70
  11. 90
  12. None of the Above. Answer: 3) 90 ◉ What year did the stock market crash?
    1. Answer: 2) 1929 ◉ In 1924 the Travel Air Manufacturing Company was formed by _____________.
  2. William Boeing, Clyde Cessna, and William Lear.
  3. William Stout, Walter Beach, and William Piper.
  4. Walter Beech, Clyde Cessna, and William Piper.
  5. Walter Beech, Lloyd Stearman, and Clyde Cessna.. Answer: 4) Walter Beech, Lloyd Stearman, and Clyde Cessna. ◉ Around 1932 the Model 17 Staggerwing was built by __________.
  6. Cessna
  7. Piper
  8. Stearman
  9. Beech. Answer: 4) Beech ◉ The Lockheed Vega was designed by ____________.
  10. Donald Douglas
  11. Lloyd Stearman