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| Airmail Service. When did it start? When did it end. |
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| Started in 1918. Ended in 1925. |
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| First Commercial flights. Where and when? |
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| 1910. Flying across a bay in Florida, and across the San Francisco bay. |
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| Air Commerce Act does what in 1926? |
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| Gives infrastructure responsibilities to the government and established an Aeronautics devision. |
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| Airmail Act of 1925 does what? |
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| Charters off segments of the airmail service from the government to the private sector. |
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| What year was the first flight from London to Paris? |
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| Did Europe start a passenger service before or after the United States? |
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| What year did someone fly nonstop across the UNited States? Who did it? How long did it take? |
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| 1923 by two Army Officers in 27 hours. |
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| First around the world flight. By who and when? How long did it take? |
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| 1924 by army pilots. 6 months and 70 landings. |
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| What year did zeppelins first make their oceanic flights over the Atlantic? |
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| Harry wanted to raise 1/2 million to further aviation by setting up a school in NYU. |
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| Who flew over the south and north poles and in what years did they do it? |
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| Commander Richard Bird. South Pole: 1929. North Pole: 1926 |
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| Who changed the stereotype of flying from a "daredevil" activity to a respected profession? |
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| Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic. How long? What type of plane did he fly? Did he have a parachute? What was the name of his plane? How many hours could he have flown? What was his plane number? |
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| 33 hours long. Single Engine Plane, No parachute or survival gear. Spirit of Saint Louis. Could have flown 41 hours. Plane number was NX211. |
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| What type of navigation did LIndbergh use? |
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| Accounting for changed in compass headings, for wind changes, and the magnetic fields found in the plane. |
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| What year did Cal Poly build their first airplane? What was it called? |
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| Guggenheim Foundation. Founded by who? |
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| Daniel Guggenheim and Harry Guggenheim (Pilot WWI). |
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| Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology. |
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| Guggenheim founded Lindbergh for which projects? |
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| US Flight, Mexico Flight, Flights to central and South America. |
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| Guggenheim funded Goddard for which projects? |
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| What did the Guggenheim Foundation paint and how many did they paint? |
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| They painted rooftops and they painted about 8000 of them to help aid aviation efforts. |
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| How much did the Guggenheim Foundation spend? |
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| Amelia Earhart. First woman to do what? What year was she born? What pilot did she take lessons from? |
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| First woman to cross the Atlantic. She was born in 1897. She took lessons from Nita Snook. |
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| Amelia Earhart. Sets altitude record of what? What plane did she buy? What did she name her record setting flights? What female flying organization did she found. |
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| 14000 ft. Lockheed Vega. She named her record setting flights the Powderpuff Derbies. She helped co-found "The 99's". |
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| Amelia Earhart. Who did she marry? What did she do in her "big year"? What award did she receive from the army? What trophy did she win? |
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| George Putnam. BIg year was 1932, she was the first woman to fly across the atlantic non stop, first person to fly twice across the atlantic, 2nd person to fly solo across the atlantic. She wins the Distinguished Flying Award. Wins the Outstanding Air Woman Harmon trophy 4 years in a row. |
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| Amelia Earhart. What plane did she fly around the world? Who did she take with her? What segment did she disappear on? What ship had her signal? |
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| She flew the Lockheed L-10 Electra. She took Fred Noonan with her as a navigator on her trip starting in Miami. Never made it from New Guinea to the Howlan Islands. Itasca picked up her signal but she was never found. |
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