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25 Cards in this Set
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Your text list 5 modes of primary transportation in the United States. Name one.
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Aviation Marine Pipeline Road Rail |
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ATC is an acronym for |
Air Traffic Control |
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IATA in acronym for |
International Air Transportation Association |
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O&D means what |
Origin and Destination |
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FFDO is an acronym for |
Federal Flight Deck Officer |
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Who was Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin was a German general and later aircraft manufacturer. He founded the Zeppelin airship company |
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President Eisenhower launched a four decade construction project of what? |
Interstate Highway System |
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The Goodyear Company built 2 dirigibles. One in 1931 and one in 1933. Name one. |
USS Akron(ZRS-4) USS Macon(ZRS-5) |
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The world’s first jetliner was named? |
De Havilland Comet |
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Under the airmail act of 1925 who was awarded a contract to fly mail between Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland? |
Henry Ford |
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There were 16 airlines granted PC&N Certificates under the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938. Name one of the 16 airlines. |
Delta United Airlines American Airlines Northwest Airlines |
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The Airline Deregulation of 1978 reclassified airlines according to gross annual incomes. Name one of these Classifications. |
Majors Nationals Large Regional Medium Regionals |
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Name one of the top ten large certified route air carriers in 2009. |
American United Continental |
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In what year did United Airlines file protection under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy? |
December 9 2002 |
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Name one of the two best known airlines which were examples of U.S. flag carriers in 1938. |
Trans world Pan Am |
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What was the year of the Airline Deregulation Act? |
1978 |
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Name one of the two airlines which formed the first modern airline alliance in 1993. |
Northwest KLM |
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Name one of the five consumer benefits listed in your text which airline alliances provided to the airline alliances provide to the airline customer |
One stop travel Frequent flyer benefits |
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In 1972 an additional member was added to the airport enforcement team. Who/what was that member? |
Bomb sniffing k-9 unit |
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In 1996 the Gore Commission announced its five proposals to fight terrorism. Name one of the five proposals. |
State of the art bomb detecting equipment Increase bomb sniffing dog teams Mandatory full baggage match between passengers Better screening of passengers through computerized profiles |
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In 2007 seven US supporting aviation security plans were released. Name one of the plans. |
Aviation Transportation System Security Plan Aviation Operational Threat Response Plan Aviation Transportation System Recovery Plan Air Domain Surveillance and Intelligence Integration Plan International Aviation Threat Reduction Plan Domestic Outreach Plan International Outreach Plan. |
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In the 1920’s the post office department used two things to assist pilots in finding their way during the night. Name one of these two things. |
Beacon lights Bonfires |
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What is the fifth wave of economically related infrastructure development? |
World Class international airports |
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Lufthansa spearheaded new airline alliances in cargo in 2000. What were these alliances known as? |
WOW |
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There are three common things airlines must bring to cargo customer. Name one of them. |
Speedy delivery competitive rates flexible scheduling |
