US Government hires private contractors to carry mail by air. Represents the start of aviation.
✔Ans✔ Air Mail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act)
The Civil
... [Show More] Aeronautics Board (CAB) was charged with these three things: ✔Ans✔ "1) Making
Safety rules
2) Conducting aircraft investigations
3) economic regulation of airlines"
This Act split the CAA into two agencies, the CAA and the CAB. ✔Ans✔ Reorganization Act of
1940
What phased out CAB economic regulation of airlines? ✔Ans✔ "Airline Deregulation Act of
1978
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) would control the economics of the airline industry for nearly
four decades, approving air routes and regulating airfares, until finally being dissolved by the
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978"
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 ✔Ans✔ "Driven by a the ""jet age,"" safety became a concern. A
mid-air collision of 2 aircraft, killing 12 prompted the repeal of the Air Commerce Act. Federal
Aviation Act created the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), taking over rulemaking from the CAB.
Renamed to Federal Aviation Administration in 1966 and moved from the Commerce
Department to the Department of Transportation."
What government Act did Part 139 evolve from? ✔Ans✔ Airport and Airway Development Act
(1970)
This establishes Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and establishes the National Airspace
System (NAS), which eventually becomes the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
(NPIAS). NPIAS is reflected at the local airport level in the Airport Capital Improvement
Program. ✔Ans✔ Airport and Airways Improvement Act of 1982
* How many enplanements per year does an airport have to have to be considered as
commercial service? ✔Ans✔ 2500 or more
This refers to the concept of a 'Next Generation Air Transportation System' or the ongoing
transformation of the NAS, moving from land based navigation to satellite. ✔Ans✔ NextGen
"This Act endorsed the concept of a Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).
NextGen is a multi-faceted series of initiatives designed to make air travel more efficient, more
secure, and safer overall.
""Reauthorization of FAA Funding launches NEXTGEN""" ✔Ans✔ Vision 100-Century of
Aviation Reauthorization Act of 2003.
What are the type types of airport land use? ✔Ans✔ Aeronautical and Non-aeronautical
Publicly or privately owned airports with scheduled air carrier service with 2500 enplanements
per year are categorized as... ✔Ans✔ included in the NPIAS
An airport that doesn't meet qualifications to be part of the NPIAS may be considered if...
✔Ans✔ "Other airports that do not meet the criteria may be included if they are:
1. Part of a State Airport System Plan;
2. Serving a community more than 30 minutes from the nearest NPIAS airport;
3. Forecast to have 10 or more based aircraft within the next 5 years; and
4. Currently being considered by an eligible public sponsor who is willing to undertake
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