ICAO

1. What does the ICAO stand for?

(International civil aviaton organization)

2. When (at what time) does the civil aviation begin to develop and what were the reasons for it?

(At the begining of world war II in 1939 the carriage of passangers and freight by air, although groving rapidly

3. What problems should be solved/overcome in the post-war period to develop the aviation?

(The problem of commercial rights, what arrangements had to be made for the airlines of one country to fly into and trough the territories of another, what could be done to maintain the airnavigation facilities installed during the war)

4. Say a few words about the Chicago conference. When was the Chicago conference held? What country hosted this conference? How many countries participated? What were the reasons for Soviet Union not participating in this conference? What were the main topics of the discussion?

( from 1 november throught 7 december 1944 the United States hosted the Chicago Conference. 52 allied , assiciated , or neutral countries participated in the conference. The main topics of discussion were the Five Freedoms of air: 1.fly over foreign territory without landing.2 land for technical, non trafic, non comercial reasons. 3. Load passangers, cargo, mail in the airlines country of origin and disembark them in foreign country.4 The freedom to take on board passangers , mailmand cargo in a foreign country and transport them to the airlines country of origin.5 The freedom to transport the passanger s from one foreign country to another foreigh country.)

5. What are the Fine Freedoms of Air? Name them.

6. Did the Chicago conference reach the multilateral agreement on all Five Freedoms?

( the Chcago conference failed to reach multilateral on all five Freedoms)

7. What is Air Transit Agreement? What freedoms does it consist of? Was this agreement adopted multilaterally or bilaterally?

(The air transit agreement were adopted multilaterally in Chicago and later bilaterally by additional countries.)

8. What does PICAO stand for? When was it organized? (1945) In what year was it replaced by the permanent advisory body? (1947)

9. What are the purposes of the ICAO?

(The purposes of the ICAO are to ensure safety, support civil aircraft design , support the development of airways, airports and air navigation facilities)

10. Where was the headquarters of the ICAO?

(Monreal)

11. What are the structural elements of the ICAO?

(Assembly, council, air navigation comission,secreteriat, ICAO Panels)

12. What are the functions of:

a) the Assembly;(operating budget)

b) the Council;( to adopt SARPs)

c) the Air Navigation Comission;(addopting the international standarts and approving the procedures)

d) the Secreteriat;( assisted in the work of...)

e) Regional Structure;( to keeping up to date regions)

f) ICAO Panels?

13. Into how many air navigation regions was the world divided? For what purposes?

(There are nine ICAO air navigation regions. For global hormonization of air navigation system)

14. What other international Civil Aviation Organizations do you know?

(IATA, IFATCA, Eurocontrol)

15. What is: - IATA (International Air Transport Association);

- IFATCA (International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Association);

- Eurocontrol?

History of aviation General history

1. What does the old myth tell us of Icarus?

( one of the oldest stories tell if Icarus flying and he fell to his death)

2. What can you say about man’s first successful flying vehicle?

( the hot-air-ballon designed by Montgolfier)

3. Who were the first airborne passengers?

(animals- sheep, rooster and duck)

4. When did man leave the ground for the first time? (1783, 4-minute flight)

5. Who was the designer of airship with steam-driven propellers? When was it?

(Sir George Cayley, 1837)

6. Who started to design military aircraft in 1874?

(Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin)

7. What was remarkably new in designing military aircraft?

(He used a metal framework)

8. What is Otto Lilienthal famous for?

(proved that flights in heavier-than-air craft were possible, made more than 2000 flights)

9. What do you know about the Wright brothers’s flight?

(The Wrights brothers made the first controlled aeroplane flight in december 1903, Flyer)

10. What aeroplane did Igor Sikorsky design in 1913?

(Russian Knight, 1^st 4engine aeroplane)

11. Who soloed across the Atlantic in the monoplane in 1927?

(Charles Lindberg ) spirit of St.louis)

12. Give the performance of the Boeing 247,built in 1933.

(all-metal single-wing airliners, could carry 10 passengers, could cross the USA in less than 20 hours)

13. When and by whom was the world’s first jet plane built?

(1939, by the Germans)

14. How can you characterize the new generation of civil aircraft?

( a new generation of civil aircraft wil be economical , environmentally acceptable and socially beneficial)

15. What is the role of civil aviation in the whole air transportation system?

(Civil aviation has developed to the point where it is now the largest and in many ways the most important segment of the whole air transportation system)

Russian history

16. Where does the word “aviation” originate from?

17. What did the people use to attempt to fly for the first time? (wooden wings)

18. What great Russian scientist designed and constructed the helicopter? (Lomonosov)

19. What did Mendeleev use for his first flight? (controlled air baloon) Was it successul? (No)

20. What aeroplane was designed by Mozhaisky? (with steam-driven engine)

21. What elements did it have? (All the elements of the modern airplane – fuselage, tail unit, landing gear, control systems, power plant)

22. What can you say about professor Zhukovsky contribution to the development of civil aviation? (220 scientific papers, researches on engineering and scintific subjects)

23. What were the purposes for central Aero-hydrodynamic Institution foundation? When was it founded? (1918)

24. What were and are the major Russian design bureaus focused on? (specific types of aircraft)

25. What design bureaus do you know? What are their achivements?

Airport

1. There are different types of airports. What do they difer in and what do they have in common?

(Airport differ in the type of traffic they accomodate , the flight distribution )

2. What is a terminal?

( is one of the key airport components intended to provide proper airport operation)

3. What elements does the terminal building accomodate?

(Arrivals hall, depature lounge , flight information service, passport and customs control, check in desk, baggage reclaim area, airport security, airlines offices)

4. Give the definition of concourse./What is concourse?

( usualy located on the arrival and depature floors, are intended to accomodate peak passenger flows in case of sudden influx of arrivals)

5. What kind of information can one get from the flight information board?

6. What is usually done at the check-in desk?

( tickets are verified and their baggage is weight.)

7. Where are passengers’ tickets verified?

( at the check in desk)

8. Why is baggage weight data entered into the computer?

( to ensure that the aircrafts total weight and centre of gravity stay within the limits)

9. Give the definitions of a departure lounge and an arrival hall. Which one is used by incoming passengers? What passengers use the departurelounge?

10. Nowadays airports get profit from non-aeronautical commercial activities. Which of them do you know?

(Their share in the total income of foreign airports approaches 40-50%)

11. What means of transportation provide the connection between the terminal and the plane? (gates and shattle bus)

12. What other aviation vehicles do you know? What is each of them used for?

(Tug, double deck loader , heavy tug, aircraft refueller, drinking water supply track , ground power unit)

13. What is the last door the passengers pass through before entering the plane?

(Gate)

14. What government office examines imported things? Where are imported things declared?

15. What aviation specialists maintain the proper operation of the airport?

(Airport director, airport engineer , maintenance engineer , meteorologist, air trafic controller , marshaller.)