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Intro to Aviation: Module 2Exam Study Guide
What are the 5 types of airlines? - --Legacy
-Low Cost
-Regional
-Cargo
-International
- What was the first scheduled commercial airline in the world? - -St.
Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line
-Formed in 1913
-carried 2 passengers for $5
- Air Mail Act of 1925 - -Allowed the contractor to be paid 80 percent of the
air mail revenue
- Air Commerce Act of 1926 - -Provided federal aid to build airports
- Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 - -Allowed the CAB to structure the interstate
airline industry by regulating price and intercarrier agreements
- What percentage of registered aircraft are in General Aviation(GA)? - -90%
- What percentage of GA operations take place at FAA towered and non-
towered airports? - -75%
- What percentage of certified pilots operate in GA exclusively? - -80%
- How many airports are available to GA aircraft? - -Over 19,000
- What was the first classification of aircarriers that formed the nucleus of
the air carrier industry? - -Domestic Trunks
- Airline Operating certificates are issued by the... - -FAA
- National carriers are scheduled airlines with annual operating revenues
between... - -$100 Million and $1 Billion
- Passenger Load Factors are determined by: - -RPM/ASM=LF
, - The basis of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 was a report by WHICH
GOVERNMENT AGENCY that said air fares have been 22% to 25% cheaper? -
-Government Accountability Office
- TRUE/FALSE
American, Delta, and Fed Ex are presently classified as National Carriers. - -
False
- Major airline generate operation revenues of more than how much? - -$1
Billion
- A fitness Certificate is issued by? - -The DOT
- Use of aircraft not for hire, but for an individual business's transportation. -
-Business Aircraft
- Aircraft used by a corporation to transport employees of property not for
compensation - -Corporate Aircraft
- Why is business aviation used? - -Many companies want the time and
flexibility benefits that commercial airlines cannot satisfy.
- How many fortune 500 companies use some sort of Business Aviation? - -
2/3
- When did business aviation start to be utilized? - -The 1950's
- Special Purpose - -Includes conservation, fishing and game, wildlife,
livestock feeding, agriculture, photography, pesticides.
- Sport Aviation - -Flying for sheer pleasure, makes up 5% of all GA activity.
- What percentage of aircraft are single engine? - -90%
- What basic services do FBO's provide? - -Fueling, hangaring, instruction,
and plane buying and renting.
- What types of activities fall under the "other category of GA? - -
Government Ops
Demo Flights and testing
Research and development
- What does GAMA stand for? - -General Aviation Manufacturers Association
- How many manufacturers are represented by GAMA? - -56
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