the largest manufacturer of general aviation aircraft in the world
What is Cessna?
100
fraction of Fortune 500 companies who own aircraft for business purposes
What is 2/3?
100
how the weight of US fighters compares to enemy fighters
What is heavier?
200
27: when compass heading is 270 degrees
What is the runway number?
200
The most successful airliner ever built in terms of numbers
What is the 727?
200
inspections that homebuilt aircraft must pass to be certified as an experimental aircraft
What are FAA inspections?
200
a segment of general aviation which deals with using general aviation aircraft for hire as a commercial business
What is commercial aviation?
200
two advantages of US pilots
What are better training and better technology?
300
Taxiway lights and runway edge lighting
What is blue and white?
300
smaller airlines that carry passengers in a limited geographical region
What are regional (commuter) carriers?
300
reasons to enjoy sport aviation
What is flying for fun (building an airplane, hobby, relaxation, or competition)?
300
a non transportation area of commercial aviation
What is agriculture, aerial advertising, aerial photography, fire fighting, fish & wildlife, patrol aircraft, or industrial uses? (just name one)
300
world's first operational aircraft designed to exploit low-observable stealth technology
What is the F-117?
400
lights used by pilots to line up with the runway
What are approach lights?
400
Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas, Lockheed
What are the big three US manufacturers of passenger airliners?
400
instructional, personal, sport, business, and commercial aviation
What are the five groups of general aviation?
400
the use of a private or company owned general aviation aircraft for business purposes
What is business aviation?
400
used primarily in support of ground forces but can defend itself with air-to-air missiles
What is the A-10?
500
Bird strikes, community encroachment, and noise
What are challenges faced by airports today?
500
freed airlines from having to provide service to airports where little or not profit was made; increased competition among air carriers; lowered ticket prices; generated new airlines to serve smaller airports
What is the Airline Deregulation Act (of 1978)?
500
Two companies with the most name recognition in personal and trainer aircraft
What are Cessna and Piper?
500
three factors important in selection of aircraft for business aviation
What is fuel efficiency, noise, and cost effectiveness?
500
the airplane dominates all aspects of warfare; control of the air is a prerequisite to winning on the ground