First Airline Service
This aircraft carried passengers on the first commercial airline route and was described as a “flying boat.”
What is the Benoist Model XIV Airboat?
At the beginning of World War I, airplanes were mainly used for this purpose.
What is intelligence gathering/reconnaissance?
Women in the early 1900s were allowed to do this aviation activity, even though many other rights were denied to them.
What is fly airplanes
Earlier airway systems used these to help pilots navigate between locations.
What are beacons and/or arrows?
In World War I, a pilot earned this title after shooting down five enemy planes.
What is an ace?
During World War I, more powerful engines helped aircraft do these two things better.
What are travel faster and carry heavier loads?
The first commercial airline route connected these two Florida cities.
What are St. Petersburg and Tampa?
These wing configurations became popular in World War I because they increased lift and made aircraft more maneuverable.
What are biplanes and triplanes?
Women were not granted this right nationwide until the 19th Amendment in 1920.
What is the right to vote?
Before radios, radar, and reliable charts, pilots often navigated by following landmarks like rivers, towns, and railroad tracks; this method is called this.
What is pilotage?
Named Manfred von Richthofen, this German pilot was the ace-of-aces of World War I with 80 air combat victories and nicknamed this.
What is "The Red Baron"?
In the early airmail era, pilots usually flew only during the day because they lacked this.
What are navigation systems for nighttime flying?
This was a major reason the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line failed as a business. It could carry only this many passengers at a time.
What is one passenger?
A tradeoff of greater maneuverability in wartime aircraft was less of this flight characteristic.
What is stability?
This famous aviator was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
The first scheduled airmail route connected New York and this city, with a stop in Philadelphia.
What is Washington, D.C.?
With 75 confirmed victories, this French pilot was the top Allied and top French ace of the war.
Who is René Fonck?
This early commercial aviation line was not profitable because its business model was unsustainable.
What is the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line?
Even though it lasted only four months, the airline still transported this many passengers.
What is more than 1,200 passengers?
This device synchronized a machine gun with the propeller so bullets would not strike the blades.
What is interrupter gear?
This pioneering aviator could not learn to fly in the United States, even though she was American.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
In 1924, the government created this system of flashing beacon towers and giant concrete arrows to guide pilots at night and by day.
What is the transcontinental airway system?
This Canadian pilot scored 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of World War I.
Who is Billy Bishop?
The Curtiss Jenny’s 90-horsepower OX-5 engine was known for this dangerous problem.
What are random engine failures?
According to the lesson, a modern airline succeeds because it needs this kind of system connecting destinations across the country.
What is a network of airports?
This all-metal airplane, built by Hugo Junkers, helped prove that metal could be used successfully in aircraft construction.
What is the Junkers J1?
This aviator began flight training in secret and later became the first woman to circumnavigate Australia by air.
Who is Maude Rose Lores Bonney?
The first regularly scheduled U.S. airmail service began on this year.
What is 1918?
Credited with 61 victories, this pilot is listed as the top British ace of World War I.
Who is Mick Mannock?
One major theme across all four lessons is that this need pushed aviation forward—whether for war, mail, or passengers.
What is the need to improve speed, safety, and efficiency in air travel?