FCAS final exam Questions and Answers 2023

FCAS final exam Questions and Answers 2023 Who is credited for the principle of Buoyancy? Archimedes Balloons, what year, who? - 1783, Montgolfier Brothers (Joseph and Etienne) -- released first, manned, free ascent hot air balloon - 1783, J.A.C. Charles -- first manned flight of a hydrogen filled balloon Cayley, what were his contributions? 1804, first model airplane flown 1809, built full scale airplane Penaud, what were his contributions? - first airplane with inherent lateral and longitudinal stability - 1871, 20" rubber band powered model; with dihedral, tail surface, and pusher propeller Lilienthal, what book did he write, what were his other contributions? - wrote "Bird Flight as a Basis of Aviation" - built and flew a series of gliders beginning in 1891 Chanute, Pratt Truss, assisted others (Wright Brothers) - civil engineer - built and tested gliders based on Otto Lilienthal's designs - wrote "progress in flying machine" Langley, steam powered model, Smithsonian curator may 6, 1896, flew a steam powered model 3,300 ft Wright brothers, first names, profession, home city, where did they make their 1st flights? - Wilbur Wright - Orville Wright - Orville started a printing press while in high school - they owned a bike shop in Dayton, Ohio - Made their first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Date of Wright Brothers first flight? December 17, 1903 Length and distance of Wright Brothers first flight? 12 seconds, 120 feet other contributions from the Wright Brothers? - built wind tunnel in 1901 - 1900 began working with gliders Glenn Curtiss, what were his contributions? - July 25, 1909, first to fly across the English channel - first to build a monoplane and fly across the English Channel Louis Bleriot, what were his contributions? - July 25, 1909, first to fly across the English channel - first to build a monoplane and fly across the English channel 1st trans-americas flight, when, who? - Calbraith Perry Rogers - September 17-November 5, 1911 Sikorsky, what were his contributions? - September 14, 1939: first helicopter flight in the U.S. -- first practical single rotor helicopter NACA, what was this and when was it founded? - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915 WW1, dates, aviation advancements? - July 28, 1914-November 11, 1918 - Advancements: -- airplane development -- airplanes: --- stronger --- faster --- more powerful engines -- fighters are faster and armed better -- multi-engine bombers are able to deliver ordinance from hundreds of miles away Golden Age of Aviation, when was this , between World War 1 and World War 2 Air-Mail, when, what cities? - May 15, 1918 -- New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. - September 8-11, 1920 -- New York to San Francisco Trans-atlantic flights, what year (NC-4, Lindbergh) - NC-4 -- May 8-31, 1919 - Lindbergh -- May 20, 1927 Air Commerce Act of 1926, what was this, what did it accomplish? - development of civil aviation - navaids - licensed pilots - airworthiness certificates - accident investigation Richard Byrd, what were his contributions? - flew over the north and south poles - North Pole -- May 9, 1926 - South Pole -- November 28-29, 1929 Charles Lindbergh, when did he make the flight, what was the start and destination, when, who built the airplane, what was the name of the airplane and why was it named that way? - made the flight May 20, 1927 - start -- Long Island, NY, Roosevelt field - destination -- Paris, France, Le Bourget Field Jimmy Doolittle, what were his contributions? - September 4, 1929, first instrument flight - first to fly without visual references Amelia Earhart, what is she most famous for? - May 20-21, 1932, first woman to solo across Atlantic Wiley Post, what were his contributions? July 15-22, 1933, first solo around the world flight Boeing Model 247, what is significant about this airplane? first modern transport aircraft DC-3, what is significant about this airplane? most successful early transport aircraft Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, what did this act accomplish? - starts regulation economic aspect - created civil aeronautics authority (CAA) - office of administrator - air safety board WW2, what were the advancements in the war? - bomber technology at the beginning of war was represented by the B-17 - bomber technology by the end of the war was represented by the B-29 - one of the first jets ME-262