AAAE CM EXAM QUESTION WITH ANSWER

December 17 1903ANSWER - Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first sustained, controlled, powered heavier-than-air manned flight at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolinalasting 12 seconds and 120 feet. An airport runway connectsANSWER - any town or city to the outside world, providing the benefit of air transportation while bringing goods, services, jobs, and money into a community, and during a natural or manmade disaster, airports are an essential community lifeline. The modern day airport - what began as a place for planes to land and take off, has transformed intoANSWER - a multi-use facility, designed to provide revenue for businesses, jobs for communities, a source of pride for communities, and essential resources during national or local emergencies. One of the early adopters of aviation wasANSWER - the U.S. government, and specifically, the military that used airplanes on a limited basis during World War I, WWI created over _____ airfields in the processANSWER - 900, including open fields or golf courses The Air Mail Act of 1925/Kelly Act AuthorizedANSWER - the postmaster general to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air carriers. Resulted in the widespread of commercial airlines. Automaker Henry Ford became the first toANSWER - open a private air freight service between Detroit and Chicago, and the government opened the bidding for private companies to fly mail. This increased interest and resulted in the takeoff of commercial aviation. Fixed-Base Operator (FBO)ANSWER - Began as early terminals to account for the several fuel stops required for the slower planes in the 1920s and 30s. Currently use in order to get fuel, conduct flight planning, and take care of other needs. Air Commerce Act of 1926ANSWER - the cornerstone of the federal government's regulation of civil aviation. The legislation was passed at the insistence of the burgeoning aviation industry, which felt that aviation could not reach its full commercial potential without federal regulations to establish and improve safety standards. It created the a new Aeronautics Branch within the Department of Commerce and charged the agency with the following: fostering air commerce, issuing and enforcing air traffic rules, licensing pilots, certifying aircraft, establishing airways, and operating and maintaining navigational aids. These are now the responsibility of the Current FAA. The aeronautics branch turned into the CAA then split between the CAB. The first meeting of the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)ANSWER - AAAE created in 1928, first meeting consisted of ten airport directors attending the National Air Races at Mines Field. Their professional accreditation standards were adopted in 1954. The CAB would control the economics of the airline industry for nearly four decades, approving air routes and regulating airfares, until finally being dissolved byANSWER - the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978ANSWER - increased competition between airlines. Airlines and air cargo operators were free to raise or lower airfares and to expand or remove routes and destinations at will. This was passed due to will of the public, although unions opposed it due to concern of job security and safety. Also allowed hub and spoke concept and allowed Today's FAA has its roots in the Department of Commerce and was originally charged withANSWER - fostering air commerce. The Air Commerce ActANSWER - specifically prohibited the use of federal funds to build or improve airports, but the onset of the Great Depression resulted in several government aid programs, which effectively overrode the prohibition. What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?ANSWER - part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" to put American's back to work—assisted in the funding of numerous new airports and expansions of existing facilities. This ended up funding the development/expansion of 852 US airports. Cost share approachANSWER - WPA only provided 50% of necessary funding, so the rest had to come from bonds or elsewhere. This shaped federal government funds for public-use airports. today, 75-90% of a project is covered by federal funds when eligible Through the Development of Landing Areas for National Defense (DLAND) appropriation,ANSWER - the Secretary of War and Commerce and the Secretary of the Navy were allowed to acquire land for the development of airports needed for the war effort. 986 airports were built with this effort. After the war, 500 airports were declared surplus and handed over to cities for civil use. For a municipality to accept an airport, it had to promise to make it available for public use without discrimination and to the government in the event of a national emergency. In 1946 the government passed the Federal Aid to Airports Act, which created the Federal Aid to Airports Program (FAAP).ANSWER - Continued to provide grant funds for certain airport projects. Must be a part of the National Airport Plan (NAP) which listed recommendations for airport construction, maintenance, and operations. Airports that accepted grant money must provide public use airport without discrimination (cannot deny civil aeronautical operations, and today they are known as Sponsor Assurances) Sponsor assurancesANSWER - AKA Grant Assurances. Promises made that states a public airport receiving federal aid cannot deny civil aeronautical operations. Safety began to be a big concern as aircraft became bigger and faster. the mid-air collision of two aircraft over Brunswick, Maryland, in 1958 that killed 12 people promptedANSWER - the Air Commerce Act to be repealed and the