AvMG 4190 Exam 1 SG

Airmail Act 1925

authorized postmaster general to contract with private individuals/corporations

1926 Air Commerce Act

regulate aviation, license pilots and technicians

Who was the first air traffic controller?

Archie W. League (1929)

What was the BAC?

Bureau of Air Commerce— established by congress to combat threats- 1936 established IFR

What were ATCUs

Air Traffic Control Units— separate a/c on fed. airways in IFR wx— military and noncomm not required to contact (run by airlines)

How did ATCUs keep track of planes?

Pilots file IFR flight plans, shrimp boats

Civil Aeronautics Act

Created the CAA, provided for caa cert of ATC controllers in tower

Civil Air Regulations

gave legal authority to controllers— fed govt became responsible for separation of a/c in airspace between major cities

ATC in WWII

army wanted military control of ATC system

IATCB

Interdepartmental ATC Board— CAA established control facilities and controllers now separated a/c 15-20 miles out

Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics SPECI Committee 31 Report

was requested to predict future needs of ATC system, reccomended common system be developed
-reccomended a bunch of navaids and RADAR

When is FL 180 unusable

when altimeter setting (local) is lower than 29.92

Q Routes

high RNAV routes

T routes

Low RNAV routes

K Routes

offshore RNAV routes

airway dimensions

4 NM either side of centerline if less than 102 NM from VOR to VOR

when was the first radar bought by the CAA

1956

what accidents made safety a larger problem

TWA 2 & United 718 (grand canyon)
1958 Brunswick MA

1960 NY DC-8 & TWA Super Constellation

when was the FAA created

31 dec 1958

What was project beacon?

a project in which Kennedy requested the FAA did a overview on R&D in aviation facilities and prepared a long-range plan to ensure efficient and safe control of all air traffic control in the U.S

Executive Order 1088

allowed trade unions to represent controllers — strikes illegal

PATCO Operation Air Safety

malicious compliance of controllers— in 1970 2000 controllers called out sick

Controllers Strike of 1981

10000 controllers participated in an illegal strike— most of which lost their job for doing so, military had to fill in and there were definite flight restrictions due to the lack of personnel

Pilotage (Visual navigation)

VFR nav using maps for position determination—- alter HDG due to winds

Dead reckoning

navigation of plane using airspeed, cruise, crs, hdg. wind direction and speed, groundspeed

First airway lighting in 1920s

Rotating beacons, 1000-watt produced white lights and other side had colored lens— installed every 15mi

TACAN

military developed—- smaller than VOR and less susceptible to reflection, easier to move

Inertial Navigation System

Gyro with accelerometers—— exact position must be programmed before flight (each parking spot has coords)—- certified by FAA as means of en route navigation, needs to warm up

Glide Slope Critical Ares

water or snow can reflect the glide slope signals and impact what a/c receives